Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: IESE Business School    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

With good governance recognized as a key factor in a company’s success, the recruitment of new members to a board is a highly important and consequential task. New research focuses…

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: ESADE    Politecnico di Milano School of Management   

Company follow different strategies in their quest for competitive advantage. For example, some companies compete on price. Other companies try to differentiate themselves from competitors through their capabilities. Still others…

Idea posted: July 2016

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Products and services fit into certain categories. For example, circuses, theatres and sporting events are all sources of live entertainment, yet they each fit their own category. Categories are defined…

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford   

The word ‘scenarios’ has many different meanings in a variety of fields and disciplines. In strategic planning, scenarios refer to a small set of carefully structured and tailored narratives about the future…

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: Emory University Goizueta Business School    University of Miami Miller School of Medicine    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences   

Michael Porter gave us a process for strategy development. It was a very cognitive process (i.e., using conscious mental activities such as thinking, understanding, learning, remembering) that followed prescribed steps:…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management    Tuck School of Business    Boston University Questrom School of Business   

There are a variety of product-related services that manufacturers offer their customers. New research pinpoints the following different categories of services: Complementary services help customers feel more comfortable buying the…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Tuck School of Business    Kellogg School of Management   

A website today is indispensable for any retail operation, no matter how small. The Internet is an integral part of the shopping experience. Not every online retail experience is the…

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: April 2015

Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology   

Research has shown that downsizing will often have a direct negative impact on customer satisfaction, and this negative impact results in a decline in business performance. This causal chain seems…