Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: North Dakota State University    University of New Mexico    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   

Have you heard of the ‘pink elephant in the room?’ If you are a woman in the US, you might be one of up to 70% of women that have…

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: Southern Methodist University Edwin L. Cox School of Business    Stanford Graduate School of Business    University of Illinois College of Business    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Hierarchies are everywhere, and the business world is no exception; the distribution of power and status has become a defining feature of today’s organizations. What role, if any, do such…

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: NUS Business School   

The ‘nature v. nurture’ debate has been around for centuries, argued over by psychologists, sociologists and the like; the business world has not escaped from it either. Whether leaders are…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

A growing number of studies in both the field and the laboratory demonstrate that people are imperfect co-operators — they tend to co-operate only if others do so, and a…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

In making decisions, people are susceptible to the influence of those in their ‘in-group’, who commonly include others of the same age, sex, ethnicity or religion, as well as friends,…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

Over the past 25 years, use of celebrity endorsement by big-budget advertisers has grown significantly. Despite this, it’s unclear why famous faces should be more effective in advertising than (equally…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School   

There is a hotel in Japan — Houshi Ryokan — that has been run by the same family for approximately 1,300 years. Forty generations have managed to maintain control of…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: IE Business School   

The term “tribalism” was coined by sociologist Michel Maffesoli in the 1980s to explain a shift in Western society from one built around the individual to a world populated by…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

The story of Nelson Mandela is a remarkable illustration of forgiveness. In the face of fierce opposition from most members of the ANC, Mandela reached out to his former enemies…