Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

The factors that bring people together into a collaborative venture are varied. One is proximity and shared goals: people within a department, for example, have more opportunities to work together…

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

When in May 2013, software giant SAP announced that it would hire hundreds of people who were diagnosed with autism, the assumption among casual observers might have been that SAP…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: INSEAD   

When envy pervades a company — when employees and managers for one reason or another focus more on competing against each other instead of the company’s marketplace competitors — the…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: London Business School    University of St. Gallen    ESADE   

Many managers believe that quality is something that they as managers and decision-makers can control. Quality is internal and stable, unlike prices, which are subject to changing market conditions. Although…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: Harvard Business School    Boston College Carroll School of Management   

The most basic business is product-based, involving the manufacturing, assembling and/or delivery of a product. A different type of business, once rare but becoming more and more common, is platform-based,…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

A flinch is defined as any show of shock, disgust or disbelief in response to a first offer. Do flinches work for negotiators, or are they counterproductive, and end up…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: McMaster University DeGroote School of Business    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    University of Toronto Scarborough   

While employees are supposed to share their knowledge with other employees for the benefit of the company, employees will often find a reason to keep that knowledge to themselves. Perhaps…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: New York University School of Engineering   

Why are some people more open to change and others instinctively resistant to anything that significantly alters the status quo? The key is often in an individual’s basic attitude toward…

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: University of Virginia Darden Business School   

Innovation through collaborative teams can succeed or fail in large part based on resources dedicated to the venture. While many factors may ultimately impact success or failure, all else being…