Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: Boston Consulting Group    HEC Paris   

Family-controlled companies are associated with tradition and continuity, but that doesn’t mean they’re ‘behind the curve’. A recent study suggests that when it comes to sustainable performance, they can beat…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: SKEMA Business School    INSEAD   

Buying companies in other countries poses significant challenges, requiring close co-ordination and careful integration and creating what’s been referred to in management literature as the ‘liability of foreignness’. But the…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: Baylor University   

How to make your voice heard and be more influential in the workplace has always been a topic of interest for executives. Traditionally, it has been suggested that in order…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Florida Warrington College of Business Administration    Michigan State University The Eli Broad College of Business    University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business   

In recent years, extensive management research has focused on the need for sufficient sleep in order to perform better in the workplace. It has been consistently highlighted as one of…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: Carnegie Mellon University    University of California, Riverside    Seoul National University   

Research in recent years has consistently shown emotional intelligence (EI) to be a key determinant of performance for leaders and employees. Broadly defined as a set of competencies for identifying,…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Southern California Marshall School of Business    Washington University Olin Business School    UCLA Anderson School of Management    Harvard Business School   

Competition has traditionally received much praise, particularly from economists who point to its contributions in lowering market prices and also improving the quality of goods and services. However, recent research…

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…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Creating positive societal and environmental impact whilst retaining competitiveness has become an increasingly popular concept for companies in recent years—also known as ‘creating shared value.’ A term first coined by…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Southern California Marshall School of Business    University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business    University of Chicago Booth School of Business   

The use of reference points — for example, a monthly sales quota of 20 sales — is at the heart of reference-dependent behavioural economic theories, the most influential being “prospect…