Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Case Western Reserve University    Boston University Questrom School of Business    Tel Aviv University    University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Virtuous organizations are organizations that create an environment in which everyone works for the good of all: employees, customers and the community. There will be challenges and setbacks, however, and…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, the participation rate for women in the labour force was down from 60.3% in 2000, to 57.6% in 2012. This was despite…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford    University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce    International Monetary Fund    Ohio State University Moritz College Of Law   

Investment banking was once regulated mainly by ‘reputational incentives’: bankers were motivated to act in the client’s best interests by concern for the bank’s good name. It was a system…

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: Northwestern University    University of Texas, Austin    Stanford University   

The ‘lure of the virtual’ has led many organizations to believe that one day not too far away, we will be able to accomplish with computers what has historically only…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management    Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business    Columbia Business School    Ohio State University Fisher College of Business   

Social category diversity — diversity of race, gender or political leanings, for example — has been shown to enhance creative thinking in groups, and leads to more effective decision-making that…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School   

In the 1940s, psychologist Jean Piaget suggested that children use their hands-on experiences of the world around them to build and develop their knowledge. This theory went on to shape…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Harvard Business School    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Outsourcing is no longer just an operational issue. As globalization takes hold and more companies shift more activities to suppliers in emerging economies, outsourcing is now a strategic concern. Slowly,…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science   

Recent decades have seen increased focus on corporate governance and business ethics — and an increased number of ethics-based courses at business schools. While this is true of countries across…