Idea posted: September 2015

Institutions: INSEAD    Harvard Business School    Columbia Business School   

Is sarcasm in the workplace as destructive as usually assumed? While sarcasm — in which people express one thing by saying the exact opposite — is rampant in organizations, most…

Idea posted: September 2015

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    London Business School   

Two schools of thought exist on the best source of innovation. The foundational school argues that a deep, expert knowledge of the domain is required to unlock new pathways. Only…

Idea posted: September 2015

Institutions: China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)    University of Illinois College of Business    Jinju National University    Seowon University   

The core self-evaluation (CSE) assessment is an attempt to reconcile the variety of personality types assessments (e.g. Myers-Briggs) available. The CSE looks at four personality traits: self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus…

Idea posted: September 2015

Institutions: Warwick University Business School    UCLA Anderson School of Management    Old Dominion University   

In finance, a capital asset's sensitivity to risk is often represented by the quantity beta (β), and investment opportunities that have a high risk profile are known as ‘high beta’…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: Washington University Olin Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

While material purchases are purchases of tangible products that one intends to keep, experiential purchases are purchases of products that must be experienced. Restaurant meals, movies, or vacations are examples…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Hong Kong Polytechnic University   

Workplace anxiety and stress causes work performance to suffer. Previous research shows that performance suffers because of what academics call ‘cognitive interference’: when employees are stressed, they cannot focus on…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

How well is your company performing? For many companies, the answer to this question comes through customer satisfaction surveys, which tell companies where they are successfully meeting customer expectations and…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: Harvard Business School    Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

When people do good things, they reward themselves. This is the conclusion of a number of previous studies into the psychology of doing good deeds. Two researchers from Harvard Business…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

The annual leadership survey conducted by the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School was focused in 2015 on the development of globally competent leaders. Global competence is required for…