Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

The desire for high status is widely considered a universal human motive. Those with higher status tend to be listened to more, and are often perceived as having more power.…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: Maastricht School of Management    Delft University of Technology   

Buying integrated services is now the dominant ‘modus operandi’ for clients in IT outsourcing arrangements. But relatively little is known about how integrated services are co-ordinated and implemented by providers.…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science   

  Music transforms experience … from the humdrum, the everyday, into something else … Music is used in theater, it is used in movies, it is used to ratify revolutions…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Vlerick Business School    Maastricht University   

The importance of trust to individuals and organizational teams is widely acknowledged by scholars. Recent studies, however, have started to explore its darker side in relationships — especially in innovative…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of Illinois College of Business    INSEAD   

Many research studies provide evidence of the impact of culture on leadership. For example, the Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness study or GLOBE, one of the most extensive comparative…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: INSEAD    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology   

It is important to draw a distinction between over-confidence and over-optimism in business. The former can be seen as a pejorative term, linked to arrogance and hubris, and the latter…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: Tuck School of Business    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    New York University Stern School of Business    Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

Academic research supports the anecdotal evidence that people value moral standards. And yet, academic research also supports the suggestion that people don’t always seem to act in concert with their…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: Harvard Kennedy School    Harvard Business School    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   

Seasonal depression is well-known and has traditionally been easy to recognize: difficulty concentrating, low levels of energy, etc. — all related to bleak winter weather conditions. So naturally, it follows…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: INSEAD    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Sunk cost bias has been blamed for everything from disastrous military campaigns to over-budget public works and is widely acknowledged as a serious obstacle to effective decision-making. Defined as the…