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How to Motivate Subsidiaries to Share Useful Know-How with Others in the Group

Idea posted: October 2014

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

It is not easy to motivate subsidiaries of multinational companies to create competence that can be useful to other subsidiaries, and for good reason. Developing competence, including know-how and technological…

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How to Measure and Manage Reputation

Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: Henley Business School   

How would you describe the impact of your organization’s reputation on overall business performance? Trust may play a big part in building that reputation, but how closely are trust and…

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How to Make and Keep Customers Grateful

Idea posted: January 2018

Institutions: Queensland University of Technology Business School   

Many companies develop their relationship marketing strategies based on the assumption that their customers are unerringly cold and calculating, and driven by one question: what kind of a financial deal…

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How to Limit Ambiguity of Responsibility and Learn from Failure

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School    Harvard Business School   

The nature and dynamics of today’s organizations are such that failures are almost inevitable; the failure of a new product initiative or the failure of an existing strategy to meet…

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How to Leverage Organizational’ Cultural Toolkit’ for Change

Idea posted: March 2021

Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School    Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business    University of Victoria Peter B. Gustavson School of Business   

Significant developments such as new strategies, new competitive pressures, or new leadership often require changes to a company’s organizational culture. This undertaking, however, is complicated by the amorphous nature of…

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How to Lead Virtual Teams

Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: INSEAD   

Virtual teams, made necessary by globalization and possible by technology, are now common in business. They’ve taken over traditional functions such as procurement, manufacturing, IT and finance, as well as…

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How to Keep Your AI Ethical

Idea posted: March 2022

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford   

While the technological capabilities and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought significant change to multiple facets of business and even society, the core of AI is still machines, not…

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How to Keep Clients When a Linchpin Leaves

Idea posted: March 2014

Institutions: INSEAD   

Strong relationships and social ties between clients and individual executives can be something of a double-edged sword in business. There is always the danger of client defection when the ‘linchpin’…

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How to Inspire Resistant Employees to Embrace Health and Wellness

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

More and more business leaders and top managers understand that employee wellness programs help the organization succeed, through less absenteeism and greater engagement and productivity, as much as it helps…

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