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’…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #318Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: Henley Business School
In many facets of life, collective energy affects the way things run, positively or negatively. Take schools, for example. They may go through periods of upheaval, in which results and…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #317Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business INSEAD
Procurement risks now include the possibility of someone in the supply chain flouting international labour laws, causing unnecessary damage to the environment or acting in other socially irresponsible ways. These…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #316Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: IESE Business School
In Shakespeare’s Othello, the eponymous lead’s passionate jealousy motivates all of his actions, including ultimately the murder of his own wife. Similarly, in the corporate world, there exist executives whose…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #315Idea 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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #314Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business Emory University Goizueta Business School
In 2013, JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $20 billion to settle investigations and lawsuits about misrepresentation of the quality of mortgages the bank sold during the housing bubble. They are…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #313Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
In 1995, Japanese telecommunications giant NTT agreed to distribute a new product featuring new technology, but rejected the offer of exclusivity to the Japanese market. Going against the conventional wisdom…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #312Idea posted: February 2014
Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
Research suggests that executives tend to learn more from negative work and life experiences than positive ones, as failures and the threat of failure may force an individual to revisit…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #297Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: Henley Business School
Leaders cannot succeed in isolation. By definition, leadership is about getting the best from other people throughout the organization. The cumulative improvement leaders can generate in their teams through successful…
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