Overreacting to Bad Financial News Can Lead to Poor Investment Decisions

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Neuroscientific research reveals that the brain reacts differently to negative vs. positive outcomes; recent research in finance shows that market participants (including investors and investment professionals) draw different lessons from…

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Competitive Advantage through Individuals Outside the Norm

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

When in May 2013, software giant SAP announced that it would hire hundreds of people who were diagnosed with autism, the assumption among casual observers might have been that SAP…

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An Holistic Approach to Leadership Development

Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Traditionally, research on leadership development has put behavioural competencies under the spotlight; training, coaching, on-the-job experiences and mentoring are all intended to facilitate the development of these behaviours. But are…

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Can Stress Improve Experiential Learning for Leaders?

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

Research suggests that executives tend to learn more from negative work and life experiences than positive ones, as failures and the threat of failure may force an individual to revisit…

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Co-operative Behaviour: Neuroscience Insights

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…

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Social Influences on Decision-Making: Neuroscience Insights

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,…

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Celebrities in Advertising: Neuroscience Insights

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…

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