Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business    Frankfurt School of Finance & Management    Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business   

In 1997, a fire at the only Toyota supplier providing the carmaker with P-valves inspired a change of policy: from then on Toyota would dual-source every part. By 2000, however,…

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: NUS Business School   

Founder and director of the China Supplier 1000 Project, Neale O’Connor, a former visiting associate professor at the National University of Singapore Business School, conducted face-to-face interviews with 1,000 suppliers in…

Idea posted: October 2014

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

It is not easy to motivate subsidiaries of multinational companies to create competence that can be useful to other subsidiaries, and for good reason. Developing competence, including know-how and technological…

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: HEC Lausanne    MIT Sloan School of Management   

For the past 20 years, like a herd of stampeding buffaloes, companies have been moving en masse their manufacturing to low-labour-cost countries. Despite the occasional bad publicity as working conditions…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

A flinch is defined as any show of shock, disgust or disbelief in response to a first offer. Do flinches work for negotiators, or are they counterproductive, and end up…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management    City University London Cass Business School   

Supply chain management has become increasingly sophisticated over recent decades with improved financial performance as a result. Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing; sole-source suppliers; outsourcing to low-cost locations; common parts; and centralized…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Progressive corporate leaders have been at the forefront of many societal changes, and climate change is no different. While different surveys show between 62% and 76% of the general public…

Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management    INSEAD   

The past 10 or so years have seen a significant rise in the incidence of product recalls. Multiple sectors and product categories, ranging from toys to automobiles and food to…

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: EMLYON Business School   

Scholars have identified different approaches to the management of uncertainty in the entrepreneurial process. The ‘classic’ model is ‘focused commitment’. The argument in this stream of research is that making…