Trust, Fraud and the Financial Markets

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: HEC Paris    University of Innsbruck    ESSEC Business School    Adelphi University   

Decision-making on the financial markets is driven by information and by trust. But trust can be flagrantly abused. This was amply demonstrated by the Bernard Madoff scandal, considered to be…

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Narcissistic CEOs – A Signature for Poor Performance

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Recently, faculty from Kenan-Flagler Business School and Robert H. Smith School of Business looked at the relationship between egotistic (or narcissistic) CEOs and firm performance by measuring ego by the…

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How Twitter Levels the Information Dissemination Playing Field

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business    University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Social media, and particularly ‘direct access technologies’ such as Twitter, Facebook, email alerts, etc., have firmly marked their place in the business world as effective tools with which to engage…

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How Private Equity Can Boost Company Performance

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: HEC Paris   

Private equity investment, which has grown exponentially in Europe in the past decade, is more than a source of financing for enterprises, its presence in the capital of a company…

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