Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: HEC Paris    University of Greenwich   

Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development are increasingly linked to competitive advantage and innovation. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer have, in recent years, ‘reframed’ CSR as ‘shared…

Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: Henley Business School   

Change forms a huge part of our world today, whether we like it or not. The pace of technological progress is phenomenal, while the growth of emerging markets is one…

Idea posted: March 2014

Institutions: McKinsey United Kingdom    University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business    The University of Sydney Business School   

Companies that regularly evaluate the performance of business units, acquire and divest assets, and adjust resource allocations based on each division’s relative market opportunities have a significant edge over those…

Idea posted: March 2014

Institutions: Oliver Wyman    George Washington University School of Business    University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management    University of St. Gallen   

The speed at which strategic decision-making takes place in an organization has been identified by many researchers as a critical factor for performance. Competitive business environments, shortened life cycles and…

Idea posted: March 2014

Institutions: Babson College    Baylor University Hankamer School of Business    Vlerick Business School   

Entrepreneurs sometimes have several offers from venture capitalists ‘on the table’ and will often spend a significant amount of time evaluating potential financiers, but the factors that influence their ‘willingness…

Idea posted: March 2014

Institutions: Change Logic LLC.    Harvard Business School    Stanford Graduate School of Business   

Strategic renewal is not an easy process to begin, fund, or lead, because it entails making changes before disruption occurs. The problem for many businesses, stretched as they are by…

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 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: 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…