Centralized or Decentralized Decision Rights in Multinationals

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: Tuck School of Business   

A parent company can either centralize decision-making related to a foreign subsidiary at the parent company headquarters or decentralize those decisions to the subsidiary. Working with two decades worth of…

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Family Business in India: Meeting 21st Century Challenges

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: Indian School of Business   

Family businesses are large contributors to the Indian economy, forming an integral part of Indian culture and society. They account for approximately 85% of business in the country, but have…

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Working Abroad: The Value of Experience

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management   

Susan Perkins, a professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a visiting professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, sought to empirically measure the role of prior international…

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Chinese Philosophy: Lessons for Western Leaders

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Maastricht School of Management   

What can classical Chinese philosophy teach the West about leaders and leadership? A lot, according to the author of this paper; Western leaders can, amongst many things, learn how to…

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Leadership: Beyond the Western Model

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Carleton University Sprott School of Business    IESE Business School    University of Oregon Charles Lundquist College of Business   

Leading employees from different cultural backgrounds has become an everyday reality and challenge for managers. An understanding of cultural differences, as well as how these differences play out in interpersonal…

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Developing Business Leaders in China

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)    Lingnan University   

Across the world, effective leaders are needed now more than ever; China is no exception, but the experiences of Chinese leaders may certainly warrant a different perspective for their development.…

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Reverse Innovation: Ideas from Emerging Countries

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: Tuck School of Business   

How do you sell an automobile in an emerging nation where salaries are a tiny fraction of salaries in developed countries? The traditional answer: make a cheaper model of the…

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