Idea posted: January 2018

Institutions: Henley Business School   

Where does innovation come from? A new study of the ‘geography of innovation’ indicates that most innovation continues to be generated in the advanced economies of the world. However, emerging…

Idea posted: January 2018

Institutions: Queensland University of Technology Business School   

Many companies develop their relationship marketing strategies based on the assumption that their customers are unerringly cold and calculating, and driven by one question: what kind of a financial deal…

Idea posted: January 2018

Institutions: Harvard Business School    Columbia Business School   

Marketing luxury products requires connecting with consumers’ often emotion-driven desires, aspirations, and/or fantasies. However, many consumers cannot put aside their ‘rational’ mindset, and as a result feel guilty when purchasing…

Idea posted: January 2018

Institutions: University of Waterloo    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    University of San Diego   

What influence does a CEO’s personality have on the major strategic decisions of his or her firm? To answer this question, a team of researchers studied the impact of a…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: ESADE    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

When it comes to business – and most areas of life – we tend to think in straight lines. For example, if one shelf holds 50 books, two shelves will…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

One of the key success factors of an organization is that its executives, managers and employees or staff are able to share with each other best practices and processes, new…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    University College London   

Friendship in the workplace can be a positive factor as friendly colleagues collaborate harmoniously, share information easily and support each other’s work.  On the negative side, friendships can also lead…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School    University of Surrey Business School    Aston University Business School    University of Bath   

What makes a good leader? The answer is often given in the context of the leader’s impact on followers — a natural response since the effectiveness of a leader is…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Open University of the Netherlands    Artevelde University College Ghent   

The digital native is a myth, according to an extensive review of the research by by Paul Kirschner of Open University of the Netherlands and Pedro de Bruyckere of Artevelde…