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: August 2014

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

Traditional closed business models still dominate in today’s business world, but more and more companies are looking at the opportunities created through open collaboration and exchange with business model partners.…

Idea posted: September 2023

Institutions: University of Cambridge Faculty of Law   

Should corporations be focused exclusively on making a profit for shareholders, or given their wide influence and impact on our daily lives, should they have a greater responsibility towards all…

Idea posted: March 2018

Institutions: University of California, San Diego    University of Bonn   

Companies have two options for the acquisition of customers through customer online searches. The first is to pay for search ads — those links that appear at the top of…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: IESE Business School   

In Shakespeare’s Othello, the eponymous lead’s passionate jealousy motivates all of his actions, including ultimately the murder of his own wife. Similarly, in the corporate world, there exist executives whose…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Hebrew University of Jerusalem    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

In 1995, Japanese telecommunications giant NTT agreed to distribute a new product featuring new technology, but rejected the offer of exclusivity to the Japanese market. Going against the conventional wisdom…

Idea posted: March 2022

Institutions: London School of Economics    University of Edinburgh    Copenhagen Business School   

Effective communication among members of a team or organization is key to the success of a group. Fast and direct face-to-face communication would appear to be the ideal method of…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

A company’s business model is the ultimate measure by which it is judged, as it expresses the underlying logic of its business. Most importantly, it explains how it creates and…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

A new survey from Stanford University’s Rock Center for Corporate Governance on how investors use information from corporate proxy statements reveals deep dissatisfaction with corporate disclosure about executive compensation. The…