When companies do poorly at innovation, and most do, they tend to throw every idea out onto the market, hoping something will work.

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They tend to get sellers who wander into the business for want of something better to do, says Kenneth Jackson , personnel director for Asbury Automotive (nyse: ABG - news - people ), a Stamford, Conn.

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Occasionally Facebook will do something greedy and stupid like the recent Instant Personalization feature, and they may not tend to rush to keep users in the loop when they do.

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