Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: Vlerick Business School   

  The KSV plastics company is in trouble. A myopic cost control program has created supply chain and production problems and made it difficult to deliver orders on time and…

Idea posted: October 2014

Institutions: Frankfurt School of Finance & Management    Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business    University of Chicago Booth School of Business   

For most consumers, waiting in a long queue is a frustrating experience. There is nothing to be gained from standing in a slow line at the grocery store or waiting…

Idea posted: March 2014

Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    IE Business School   

The profile of leaders has changed over the decades, with a significant shift away from the notion of lifetime employment. The employee of the mid-twentieth century who climbed the ladder…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford    Franklin and Marshall College    Quinnipac University    Bentley University    Brandeis University   

Imagine rushing into a store to grab a bottle of wine on your way to a dinner party and encountering a salesperson who wants to share their extensive knowledge of…

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: Neoma Business School    University of Alberta - Alberta School of Business   

Many organizations must deal with multiple ‘logics’ that come with different and often conflicting or competing rules of the game. For example, organizations in the medical field must balance the…

Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: IE Business School   

A successful global leader is someone who can operate effectively across national boundaries and cultures, defining goals that will appeal to a diverse set of people, whether individuals in their…

Idea posted: February 2023

Institutions: NYU Stern School of Business    Tuck School of Business   

Business projects, opportunities, or endeavours typically involve conjunctive risk—that is, the endeavour will succeed only if multiple, uncertain events occur. If just one of these required events fail to occur,…

Idea posted: October 2015

Institutions: International Integrated Reporting Council   

As our perception of corporate governance has evolved, the need for a new and comprehensive way to report on an organization’s performance and sustainability has become apparent. One that takes…

Idea posted: May 2018

Institutions: Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University    University of Missouri-Kansas City Henry Bloch School of Management    State University of New York At Buffalo School of Management    University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business   

For many brand managers, the link between brand equity — the knowledge of and trust in the brand that for consumers differentiates that brand from its competitors — and brand…