Idea posted: October 2015

Institutions: Saint Mary's University    Queens University School of Business   

While much research has focused on the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on profitability and results, less attention has been paid on the antecedents of CSR — that is,…

Idea posted: July 2019

Institutions: Stanford University    MIT Sloan School of Management    Tel Aviv University    MIT Department of Economics   

Does management matter in producing results? The intuitive response is yes. Multiple books and articles about famous, successful companies also celebrate the power of good management to drive great results.…

Idea posted: September 2020

Institutions: University of Virginia Darden Business School    Kellogg School of Management   

The dearth of female leaders in industry, despite the stated intentions of most companies and organizations to encourage diversity and promote women, is well documented. Past studies in this field…

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management   

Many CEOs recognize gender equality as an important strategic priority. However, top-level strategic priorities can be undermined if male middle managers display or enable gender bias through the type of…

Idea posted: May 2023

Institutions: York University    Johns Hopkins University   

After we have finished a compelling book or a film, the narrative of the story will linger in our minds. This lingering is involuntary: we do not choose or decide…

Idea posted: October 2022

Institutions: Université de Lille    University of St. Gallen   

When a company has committed a transgression against one or more of its stakeholders, and wishes to rebuild the stakeholders’ trust and confidence, it engages in ‘moral repair’. For example,…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management   

Rivalries in the workplace can be destructive to both personal career growth and group success. Many attempts to reverse rivalries fail because of the complex way emotion and reason operate…

Idea posted: June 2019

Institutions: HEC Paris    University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

As robotics continues to advance, companies are finding more and more opportunities to transfer repetitive and tedious tasks to robots, freeing up their employees to focus more on tasks that…

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: London Business School    University College London   

There is a quote from Mahatma Gandhi that should be in the lexicon of every aspiring business: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were…