Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: Carlos III University of Madrid    ESADE   

Many companies recognize the reputational risk of the environmental reputation of their suppliers. As a result, companies launch green supply chain management (GSCM) initiatives, working with suppliers to ensure that…

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: ESADE    University College Dublin    Georgetown University McDonough School of Business   

Developed in Japan, lean manufacturing introduced tools, processes and a mindset that eliminated waste and ensured the smooth flow of production without sacrificing quality. Kanban, a system that sounds the…

Idea posted: May 2016

Institutions: Harvard Business School   

Sceptics of enterprise risk management believe that the 2008 financial crisis proves their point: risk management practices do little to prevent risks. Instead, according to these sceptics, focusing on potential…

Idea posted: March 2016

Institutions: LUISS Guido Carli    Nova School of Business and Economics    University of Technology Sydney   

Despite its best intentions, a company may have structures and processes in place that allows it to construct its own misfortune. This is organizational ‘zemblanity’, a term coined by writer…

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: York University Schulich School of Business   

Canadian banks are now strong, stable and profitable. They have become sterling examples of successful Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Yet, it wasn’t very long ago that Canadian banks were in…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: NUS Business School    Technische Universität Darmstadt   

Learning from errors is central to human development. Learning in a business context occurs best when there is a mind-set of acceptance of human error, and furthermore the experimental trials…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

Highlighting the continuing challenge of information systems security, more than 80% of companies around the world have been hacked by cyber-criminals, including more than 80% of companies in the U.S.,…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School   

The extensive damage caused by computer hackers accessing the confidential information held within a company’s information technology is, unfortunately, well documented. But beyond compromising millions of customers or accessing company…

Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management   

Mined materials are in many if not most of the products we buy — from the obvious such as jewellery to the not so-obvious, such as the number of mined…