Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Singapore Management University    Leuphana University Lueneburg    NUS Business School   

The complexity and competitiveness of today’s business environment means knowledge of how creativity can be stimulated within organizations has become critical for effective managerial practice. Previous research has confirmed that…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Cornell University    University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business    Washington University Olin Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    Vanderbilt University   

In January 2011, a football commentator found himself unceremoniously fired after he made a remark about the appearance of a female match official, and questioned whether another was capable of…

Idea posted: July 2021

Institutions: Rutgers University Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Most attempts at persuasion are met by wary resistance. People are naturally suspicious of the motives of persuaders, ready to believe that persuaders will use devious means to achieve their…

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: Southern Methodist University Edwin L. Cox School of Business    Stanford Graduate School of Business    University of Illinois College of Business    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Hierarchies are everywhere, and the business world is no exception; the distribution of power and status has become a defining feature of today’s organizations. What role, if any, do such…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Duke Corporate Education   

Following an economic crisis, organizations often find themselves needing to do more with less employees. Is this possible? How can organizations construct a flexible workforce of highly-skilled workers that supplement…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business    INSEAD    IE Business School   

Online product reviews are becoming an important part of the marketing ‘mix’. In 2012, a study by Bazaarvoice found that 80 per cent of ‘Generation Y’ consumers (those born between…

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Neuroscientific research reveals that the brain reacts differently to negative vs. positive outcomes; recent research in finance shows that market participants (including investors and investment professionals) draw different lessons from…

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business    Cornell University    Harvard Business School   

Why don’t many employees say something when they see something wrong in the workplace, or when they are unfairly attacked by their boss? Why do they sit silent in meetings…

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…