Idea posted: April 2015

Institutions: City University of Hong Kong    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Kellogg School of Management   

An investigation into the problems of the 1973 Ford Pinto, a car susceptible to catastrophic explosions when rear-ended, revealed that Ford’s engineers had calculated that the company could save $11…

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: Boston College Carroll School of Management    EDHEC Business School    ESDES School of Business and Management   

There is no doubt that social media has improved both internal and external corporate communication, especially for multinational companies. Social media has, for example, enabled corporations to increase opportunities for…

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

Public sector organizations are multirational organizations. They do not fall under a single rationality archetype — for example, they are not uniquely political organizations or economic organizations or legal organizations,…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

In addition to economic and diversity issues, the Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey for the fourth quarter of 2014 focused on the issue of millennials in the workplace.…

Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF)    Kellogg School of Management    University of Chicago Booth School of Business   

The true measure of integrity in a firm is not comforting slogans on the home page of the company website, but how employees feel about whether top management, through its…

Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: NUS Business School    Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business    George Washington University    Renmin University of China School of Business   

Unconstrained exercise of power and high self-regard on the part of leaders can have damaging consequences for organizations. Previous research has consistently demonstrated the negative and potentially detrimental effects that…

Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: Indian School of Business    West Texas A&M University    California State University   

In recent years, there has been tremendous focus on ways to enhance employee engagement, performance and workplace outcomes. The crucial role of the supervisor has been at the centre of…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Northwestern University    University of Texas, Austin    Stanford University   

The ‘lure of the virtual’ has led many organizations to believe that one day not too far away, we will be able to accomplish with computers what has historically only…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Henley Business School   

In many facets of life, collective energy affects the way things run, positively or negatively. Take schools, for example. They may go through periods of upheaval, in which results and…