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…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Temple University Fox School of Business and Management    University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management    New York University Stern School of Business   

Crowdfunding is becoming an increasingly popular way to raise funding for a new venture or a new cause. Because it is relatively new, academic research on how crowdfunding works, and…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: NUS Business School    Singapore Management University    INSEAD   

Social exclusion has been described as one of the most severe punishments people can mete out to each other. A 2007 report by the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: Tel Aviv University    New York University Stern School of Business    INSEAD   

Marketing messages promising powerful benefits such as enhanced social status in return for smoking a particular brand of cigarettes or sexual potency after taking a ‘cure’ for erectile dysfunction are…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of Amsterdam    Tuck School of Business    University of Groningen   

This is the age of multichannels. Companies today are selling their wares through the Internet, catalogues and bricks-and-mortar stores. Not all channels, however, are cost-effective, especially given the low-cost opportunities…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: IÉSEG School of Management    Columbia Business School   

While traditional advertising still commands the lion’s share of the marketing budget, companies continue to look for alternative communication platforms to enhance their brands, including event marketing. How effective is…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of Illinois College of Business    INSEAD   

Many research studies provide evidence of the impact of culture on leadership. For example, the Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness study or GLOBE, one of the most extensive comparative…