Idea posted: May 2019

Institutions: The Vanguard Group Inc.    New York University Stern School of Business    Carleton University Sprott School of Business    University of Michigan Ross School of Business    Stanford Graduate School of Business   

With the pool of workers within traditional working ages (18-64) expected to shrink dramatically, keeping older workers in the workforce longer would help both companies and national economies. Older workers,…

Idea posted: May 2019

Institutions: University of Florida    Florida State University   

From its founding, Amazon has been a socially liberal company, notable for its active involvement in LGBTQ issues. Its Seattle, Washington headquarters is embedded in the Northwest, a socially liberal…

Idea posted: April 2019

Institutions: Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão Instituto Politécnico de Leiria    Instituto Universitário de Lisboa   

Authentic leadership refers to leaders whose external behaviours and decisions are driven by internal positive values and concern for others. They tend to be self-aware, recognizing their strengths, weaknesses, values…

Idea posted: April 2019

Institutions: INSEAD    Graduate School of Culture Technology Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology    ESMT European School of Management and Technology   

Competition is often a catalyst to productive work. Just as competition among companies spur them to design superior products and offer superior services in an effort to gain competitive advantage,…

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: March 2019

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

The workplace of tomorrow, according to a study of work in 2028, will be characterized by ubiquitous digitisation, disorientation in the face of constantly changing technology, and the continuous erosion…

Idea posted: March 2019

Institutions: University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business    Cornell University    Ivey Business School at Western University   

While it is well documented that women earn less than men, a series of three studies examined whether agreeableness had an impact on this wage inequality — that is, whether…

Idea posted: March 2019

Institutions: University of California, Riverside    INSEAD   

Past research has demonstrated the benefits of collaboration in creative endeavours. A new study drills down into the issue of collaboration and creativity by asking the question: does the quality…

Idea posted: March 2019

Institutions: Copenhagen Business School   

As described by Copenhagen Business School professors Torben Juul Andersen and Carina Antonia Hallin, companies in today’s turbulent environment must react quickly to continuous changes and events in their marketplace…