Idea posted: May 2023

Institutions: York University    Johns Hopkins University   

After we have finished a compelling book or a film, the narrative of the story will linger in our minds. This lingering is involuntary: we do not choose or decide…

Idea posted: February 2023

Institutions: IÉSEG School of Management    Bocconi University Department of Management & Technology   

Knowledge acquired from contacts in the social networks of employees can influence and impact their creativity—contributing, for example, insights, perspectives, and supporting material to help them generate innovative ideas for…

Idea posted: March 2021

Institutions: Henley Business School    University of Surrey Business School   

Personality traits can impact how well people learn. For the Big Five personality traits, for example, previous research has found that Conscientiousness, Extraversion and Openness (being open to new ideas…

Idea posted: November 2020

Institutions: University of Delaware Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics    Thunderbird School of Global Management    Arizona State University    University of Houston-Clear Lake   

Interest in the need to develop training programs for women entrepreneurs is growing, especially in developing countries where the potential influence of women entrepreneurs is significant. In these countries, woman…

Idea posted: November 2020

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    INSEAD    Johns Hopkins University    Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business    Entrepreneur Futures Network   

Mentors with extensive entrepreneurial experience can make a significant contribution to the success of new or less experienced entrepreneurs facing the inevitable setbacks of early stage ventures. Many entrepreneurial mentoring…

Idea posted: April 2019

Institutions: Henley Centre for Leadership    Henley Business School    Deutsche Telekom    Detecon International   

New technologies and new attitudes about the role of business in society have rendered obsolete the business models, routines and processes rooted in the industrial world, according to a recent…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

One of the key success factors of an organization is that its executives, managers and employees or staff are able to share with each other best practices and processes, new…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Open University of the Netherlands    Artevelde University College Ghent   

The digital native is a myth, according to an extensive review of the research by by Paul Kirschner of Open University of the Netherlands and Pedro de Bruyckere of Artevelde…

Idea posted: July 2017

Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Decades of research have shown that algorithms (defined here as any evidence-based forecasting formula, including statistical models) are more accurate than forecasts made by humans. However, research has also shown…