Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Wilfrid Laurier University    Hong Kong Polytechnic University    University of Texas, San Antonio   

More than just an assigned period for eating, a lunch break is an opportunity for employees to engage in various types of activities, from socializing with friends and colleagues to…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

There are long been various types of communities bringing together like-minded product enthusiasts — from Corvette or 2CV car clubs to Tupperware party groups to the techies dedicated to Java…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management   

Susan Perkins, a professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a visiting professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, sought to empirically measure the role of prior international…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: Henley Business School   

Social media encompasses the activities and behaviours of communities of people who gather online to share knowledge and opinions. Social media, or otherwise ‘user-generated communication’, now represents a prevalent source…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

"47 per cent say their current high-potential talent pool does not meet their anticipated needs." The term ‘high-potential’ is often found in business literature referring to employees.  What exactly differentiates one from…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford    University of Nottingham   

In Aristotle’s great work the Nicomachean Ethics, happiness (eudaimonia) is not a feeling so much as a state — and a state with a distinctly moral dimension. Synonymous with ‘living…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

Colour has been found to affect cognition, moods and feelings, all of which in turn can influence consumer decision-making. According to the US-based Color Marketing Group, it can increase brand…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: North Dakota State University    University of New Mexico    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   

Have you heard of the ‘pink elephant in the room?’ If you are a woman in the US, you might be one of up to 70% of women that have…

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

Networking has been linked to a number of indicators of individual attainment and success within organizations, including promotions and career satisfaction. But despite its acknowledged importance, little is known about…