How to Fight Off an Upstart with a New Business Model

Idea posted: October 2018

Institutions: Cornell University S.C. Johnson College of Business    City University London Cass Business School   

The appearance of a new competitor with a new business model can disrupt an industry and knock down a once dominant incumbent. A classic example of this type of disruptive…

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Six Imperatives for Companies to Embrace Cloud Computing

Idea posted: December 2014

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management    Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management   

Since 2005, the business units of California-based health care company Allergan has used cloud computing for a wide range of functions, from field sales effectiveness and travel and expense processing…

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Five Things a New CIO Must Do to Operate as a Business Leader

Idea posted: October 2014

Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology   

The increasing sophistication of communication technologies and channels, data analytics, market intelligence, and virtual working in organizations has dramatically increased the strategic importance of information. At the same time, digital…

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Bring Your Own Device to Work: The Pros and Cons for a Multinational

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

The IT innovations that have emerged on the consumer market in recent years have led employees, familiar with the benefits consumer products offer, to expect the same level of technology…

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IT Leadership: Shifting Mindsets to Add Value

Idea posted: April 2014

Institutions: IMD    ESMT European School of Management and Technology   

In many organizations, IT is managed via a Chief Information Officer (CIO), who is given a budget and mandate and simply left to ‘get on with it!’ This may be…

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Cyberloafing: Lost Sleep and Lower Productivity

Idea posted: March 2014

Institutions: NUS Business School    Singapore Management University    Virginia Tech University    Pennsylvania State University   

Cyberloafing is a term used to describe behaviour in which employees spend work hours and company internet access to check personal e-mails or visit websites not related to their work.…

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Reducing the Risks of ‘Offshore’ IT

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: HEC Paris    NUS Business School   

New technologies and the digitization of the economy have extended the use of offshore outsourcing beyond manufacturing to services. India, which has its own ‘Silicon Valley’ in Bangalore, has become…

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