Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Long-distance relocation of the whole of a company’s headquarters remains rare. Long-distance relocation of the offices of members of the top management team and of core functions such as finance…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #368Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management New York University Stern School of Business
When looking for contract employees for a project, employers now have direct access to workers from across the world thanks to digital labour contract platforms such as Elance, Freelancer, Guru…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #354Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: INSEAD Indian School of Business
Classical and neo-classical economic theory is predicated largely on an ‘impersonal’ model, in which transactions between parties are governed not by social obligations and kinship ties but by rational and…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #341Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: INSEAD Tel Aviv University Columbia Business School
The next head of General Electric will be somebody who spent time in Bombay, in Hong Kong, in Buenos Aires. We have to send our best and brightest overseas and…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #340Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management Columbia Business School INSEAD
Spending time overseas has long been associated with the development of a more open and optimistic view of humanity and the world. In his 1869 autobiographical work Innocents Abroad, Mark…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #335Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science
Recent decades have seen increased focus on corporate governance and business ethics — and an increased number of ethics-based courses at business schools. While this is true of countries across…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #319Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: INSEAD University College London University of St. Gallen
Despite decades-long efforts to eradicate it, corruption continues to be a serious business risk in emerging markets. Policies by national and international governments have had only limited success; so, too,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #307Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: IE Business School
A successful global leader is someone who can operate effectively across national boundaries and cultures, defining goals that will appeal to a diverse set of people, whether individuals in their…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #306Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science
Africa’s growth and development prospects over the past decade have attracted the attention of investors, development agencies and governments across the world. ‘Traditional partners’ — i.e. the Americans and the…
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