Idea posted: December 2023

Institutions: University of California, Berkeley    New York University and ECGI   

Discussion of corporate social responsibility is typically framed within the either-or debate on the purpose of a corporation pitting those who believe the purpose of a corporation is to increase…

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…

Idea posted: October 2017

Institutions: Carnegie Mellon University    Warwick University Business School   

In pure economic theory, policy making involves applying economic levers — taxes, regulations and economic incentives — to problems that have economic roots. These problems can take the form of:…

Idea posted: December 2016

Institutions: University of Kansas, KU School of Business    Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business    Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business    University of British Columbia    Sauder School of Business   

That low-income purchasers face challenges in the marketplace is no surprise, given that they have less money to spend than other groups. However, low-income buyers face an additional, unexpected challenge:…

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: University of Michigan Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise   

What is the role of social movements in inspiring or sparking corporate social responsibility? To answer this question, Panayiotis Georgallis of the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Global Sustainable…

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: Ecole de Commerce et Management (EMD)    MIT Sloan School of Management    MIT Tata Center for Technology and Design   

Megaprojects are large, technically complex, multi-year, billion-dollar (or more) engineering and financial ventures that somehow overcome challenges, turbulence, risk and resistance to eventually meet the needs for which they are…

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford   

The word ‘scenarios’ has many different meanings in a variety of fields and disciplines. In strategic planning, scenarios refer to a small set of carefully structured and tailored narratives about the future…

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    University of Oregon Charles Lundquist College of Business    Tuck School of Business   

When overseas earnings by U.S. multinationals are brought back to the U.S., those earnings are taxed as income. However, multinational companies have the option of leaving those earnings abroad and…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Progressive corporate leaders have been at the forefront of many societal changes, and climate change is no different. While different surveys show between 62% and 76% of the general public…