Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science   

  Music transforms experience … from the humdrum, the everyday, into something else … Music is used in theater, it is used in movies, it is used to ratify revolutions…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Maastricht School of Management    United Nation University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU MERIT)    Tilburg University   

A growing body of literature demonstrates the positive impact of regional clusters and networks on innovation. Including links to government agencies and research institutes as well as to similar companies…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Fordham University Graduate School of Business    George Washington University School of Business    University of Virginia Darden Business School   

The declining level of trust in businesses and corporations, from both customers and employees, is well documented. As companies seek to maintain or rebuild the trust of their stakeholders, they…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Henley Business School   

Businesses need to adopt a multichannel mindset when interacting with their customers, because customers use multiple channels and expect relevant, consistent experiences across all of them. This research seeks to…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: WHU–Otto Beisheim School of Management    Kellogg School of Management   

While the commonly accepted wisdom is that new CEOs from the outside will be in a better position to bring change to an organization, the record indicates otherwise. They often…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

A company’s business model is the ultimate measure by which it is judged, as it expresses the underlying logic of its business. Most importantly, it explains how it creates and…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Vlerick Business School    Maastricht University   

The importance of trust to individuals and organizational teams is widely acknowledged by scholars. Recent studies, however, have started to explore its darker side in relationships — especially in innovative…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Executives should stop working at cross-purposes with the brain and get more sleep if they want to function at their best, say researchers from the Center for Creative Leadership. In…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

Issues related to diversity in the workplace have been at the forefront of management research in recent years. Numerous studies have highlighted the benefits of, for example, including more women…