Ideas
Emerging Market Strategy: Creating Order out of Chaos
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…
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Embedding Diversity: Three Key Steps
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: University of St. Gallen
Diversity management has become a key instrument for employers in recent years. University graduates around the world are no longer predominantly white males, and most companies now have a diversity…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #027
Embedding CSR and Sustainability: Marks & Spencer
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management
Sustainable business practices are in the spotlight more than ever before, as awareness of the environmental and economic aspects to resource management keeps increasing. It’s changing the way businesses work…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #039
Embed the Strategy (Do Not Rely on Cascading)
Idea posted: May 2013
Institutions: INSEAD
Strategic embeddedness is a priority for companies; a strategy is much more likely to succeed if a critical mass of employees understands and accepts it. Despite this, articles on strategic…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #143
Effective Risk Management to Secure Change and Growth
Idea posted: May 2016
Institutions: Harvard Business School
Sceptics of enterprise risk management believe that the 2008 financial crisis proves their point: risk management practices do little to prevent risks. Instead, according to these sceptics, focusing on potential…
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Economic Initiatives Can Lead to Unexpected Behaviours… at First
Idea posted: December 2015
Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology New York University Stern School of Business
Shifting the bulk of compensation from mostly incentives (how much employees earn depends on how much they work) to mostly wages (employees earn the same guaranteed amount no matter how…
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Dysfunctional Leadership: Context and Causes
Idea posted: May 2013
Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
In this paper, the author examines the possible bases for dysfunctional leadership, moving away from an emphasis on a leader’s performance and personality to focusing on the contextual features that…
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Driving Risk Appetite Higher or Lower: Penalties Vs Rewards
Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: University of Virginia Darden Business School
In many organizations, collaborative innovation teams are utilized to manage new product development initiatives. This involves different types of managers (marketing, operations, engineering, etc.) working together to allocate resources to…
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Don’t Let Employees Become Too Inhibited to Do the Right Thing
Idea posted: November 2022
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business Utrecht University
When we find ourselves in social situations that are unfamiliar, unsettling, or confusing, our tendency is not to react immediately, but rather to take a moment and think about what…
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