Idea posted: February 2023

Institutions: IÉSEG School of Management    Bocconi University Department of Management & Technology   

Knowledge acquired from contacts in the social networks of employees can influence and impact their creativity—contributing, for example, insights, perspectives, and supporting material to help them generate innovative ideas for…

Idea posted: February 2023

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business    Warwick University Business School   

Often treated as a joke or as a facetious explanation for unexpected behavior, the mid-life crisis is in fact real, according to a detailed report from a global team of…

Idea posted: February 2023

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Building on internal and external research, the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) has developed a framework that not only measures the impact of leadership development programs but also reveals the…

Idea posted: January 2023

Institutions: University of Reading    St. John’s University   

Foreign companies can be at a disadvantage when competing against domestic companies strengthened by informal networks developed over years and even lifetimes. In Korea, for example, two types of informal…

Idea posted: January 2023

Institutions: RMIT School of Management    St. John’s University    National Taiwan University   

Past studies have demonstrated the power of humor in strengthening relationships between leaders and followers. In the early stages of these relationships, the power position of leaders requires them be…

Idea posted: January 2023

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

While new technology is intended to make work more efficient and effective, it often helps the professionals in a company while increasing the workload and decreasing the autonomy of assistants…

Idea posted: December 2022

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

Meritocracy is an ideal that today's organizations strive for. However, the practice of meritocracy doesn't often live up to the aspiration. For example, studies continue to show that women and…

Idea posted: December 2022

Institutions: LUT School of Business and Management    Ruhr-University of Bochum    University of Mannheim    SDA Bocconi School of Management    University of Houston Bauer College of Business   

Companies that raise prices might expect some unhappiness from customers, especially if the price increase is seen as deliberate profit-taking. The reaction to Marks & Spencer doubling the price of…

Idea posted: November 2022

Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München    University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business    Zicklin School of Business Baruch College City University of New York    University of Mannheim   

The business world has increasingly accepted the concept of a corporate purpose that extends beyond profit and shareholder value. More and more companies recognize that their core purpose is to…