Idea posted: April 2020

Institutions: Boston Consulting Group   

Terms such as ‘volatility’ and ‘disruption’ are often used to describe a world in which competitive advantage is increasingly difficult to maintain. The extent of such volatility and disruption is…

Idea posted: January 2020

Institutions: IESE Business School   

Corporate venturing, a collaboration between an established firm and an innovative start-up, has been gaining ground as a strategic path to innovation. There is a wide range of mechanisms for…

Idea posted: January 2020

Institutions: Babson College   

The concept of agility — an approach to innovation and development based on shorter project timeframes, focused targets and ‘sprints’ — was first conceived in software development companies. Metaphors such…

Idea posted: September 2019

Institutions: University of Ljubljana    RWTH Aachen University   

GHG-intensive firms in the energy and industrial sectors are the source of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions recognized as the major cause of climate change. Not surprisingly, these firms are…

Idea posted: July 2019

Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management    Warwick University Business School   

Ambidexterity involves two goals that are often at odds:  exploitation – successfully competing in the present with quality products and services, superior execution, and successful marketing; and  exploration – preparing…

Idea posted: July 2019

Institutions: University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business    Western Ontario University Ivey Business School    Jagiellonian University   

Any merger between two companies is a long, detailed, often-frustrating process in which, one hopes, the hard-earned result is a new company that represents a synergistic melding of the partners’…

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…

Idea posted: January 2019

Institutions: Universität Düsseldorf   

Women face an uphill battle in achieving high leadership positions because of the prejudice of many men — and women — against women leaders. Too many men and women buy…

Idea posted: December 2018

Institutions: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)    University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business   

How does competitive pressure impact innovation? To answer this question, two researchers, Kenneth Younge of the E?cole polytechnique fe?de?rale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Tony Tong of the University of Colorado…