Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

For many strategic decisions such as product development or market expansion, retailers have access to sophisticated information on which to base these decisions. When it comes to customer service, however,…

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School   

Does hiring compensation consultants result in higher pay for CEOs? Until recently, academic studies exploring this question have yielded no evidence that CEOs use compensation consultants to justify higher pay.…

Idea posted: November 2016

Institutions: Harvard Business School    University of Chicago Booth School of Business    Stanford Graduate School of Business   

How much does the personality of a CEO impact his or her decision-making and the performance of the firm? A team of researchers explored connections between the personality traits of…

Idea posted: December 2018

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management    University of the Sciences   

The self-concept refers to how people think of themselves. I am a good person, I am a good listener, I am impatient — these are the kinds of ideas and…

Idea posted: November 2015

Institutions: London Business School    Harvard Business School    University of Michigan Ross School of Business    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

Best-self activation is the deliberate effort to think the best of yourself. You can do this in one of two ways: 1) reflecting on situations in your history that show…

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: HEC Montréal    Queens University School of Business   

Technology that is supposed to make us more productive only seems to have complicated our task. We may be in an important meeting but know that whoever just sent an…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Henley Business School   

Do you want your business to operate sustainable, socially and environmentally friendly practices? Almost every business leader will answer with a “yes”. But if they are allowed to elaborate, most…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: Drexel University LeBow College of Business    New York University Stern School of Business    University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business    University of Texas McCombs School of Business   

A team of researchers used video tracking to observe consumers in real time during the entire shopping process. Analysing the video, the researchers were able to distinguish a number of…

Idea posted: April 2014

Institutions: Columbia Business School    Ghent University    University of Antwerp   

Previous academic studies have connected how people feel about an ad to how they feel about the brand, but the validity of these results in the real world marketplace was…