Idea posted: April 2014

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    University G.d Annunzio   

How do you combine previously unconnected technologies in an entirely new product ‘architecture’? This is a particularly important question when the development project involves collaboration with other industries and companies…

Idea posted: April 2014

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University    University of British Columbia    University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business   

In a classic episode from the old American TV show The Odd Couple, the main character Felix replaces all of the traditional furniture in his apartment with new furniture featuring…

Idea posted: April 2014

Institutions: Arizona State University    Nova School of Business and Economics    University of Virginia Darden Business School   

Generalist CEOs are CEOs who have worked in different organizational areas, for a number of different firms, in different industries, or even in a conglomerate firm. Former IBM CEO and…

Idea posted: March 2014

Institutions: Ghent University    Vlerick Business School   

Co-creation in the business-to-consumer (B2C) environment is nothing new. Many services — ranging from hairdressing to care for the elderly through architecture and interior design — have long involved close…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: IESE Business School    INSEAD    Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business   

Increased emphasis on continual innovation — and increased awareness that it demands knowledge beyond the confines of a single organization — means research partnerships have become a more common and…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    University of Alberta - Alberta School of Business   

In a popular article published by Harvard Business Review in 1999, the authors proposed that those who use stories as part of their management and strategy technique tend to become…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: EDHEC Business School    University of Zurich    HEC Paris   

Entrepreneurial spawning — whereby an existing company gives birth to another company, founded by former employees — is prevalent in many new industries. (California’s Fairchild Semiconductor, for example, is ‘mother’…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: London Business School    INSEAD   

Giving people the freedom to work on their own ideas is commonly associated with progressive leadership and company creativity. (Google’s policy of allowing employees to spend 20 per cent of…

Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: Rutgers University    University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science   

The migration of nationals from less-developed countries, once thought of as ‘brain drain’, has been ‘re-framed’. A new concept, ‘brain circulation’, has taken root — and with it the idea…