Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: HEC Paris
Economic theory tells us that human capital, i.e. employee ability, is positively linked to productivity and that high performers should be rewarded. Strong financial incentives for performance, however, can carry…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #180Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management
The concept of governance is certainly not new, but in recent years it has been gaining more attention, especially in the business world. ‘Corporate casualties’ are proof that commercial pressures…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #179Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: New York University Stern School of Business University of St. Gallen
In recent years, the trust afforded to senior management has eroded significantly, particularly for those executives in finance-related positions. The demise of certain companies sent shockwaves across industries; successful covering…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #178Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: Pennsylvania State University University of Virginia Darden Business School University of Waterloo
According to Mirko Kremer of Pennsylvania State University, Benny Mantin of the University of Waterloo and Anton Ovchinnikov of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, there are two…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #177Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
The type and amount of information collected by organizations today is on a scale never seen before. This explosion in the volume of data received through sources such as social…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #176Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: EMC Cranfield University School of Management
By digitizing many business processes, organizations have begun to automate operations and how they interact with customers and suppliers. As a consequence, more and more aspects of our working lives…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #175Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: IESE Business School
There is a hotel in Japan — Houshi Ryokan — that has been run by the same family for approximately 1,300 years. Forty generations have managed to maintain control of…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #174Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: Kenexa High Performance Institute NUS Business School University of Central Florida University of Minnesota University of St. Thomas
“Excessive, shameful, soaring…” these are just some of the words used by the media when discussing executive compensation. Over the past two decades in particular, CEO compensation has increased exponentially,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #173Idea posted: July 2013
Institutions: IE Business School
The term “tribalism” was coined by sociologist Michel Maffesoli in the 1980s to explain a shift in Western society from one built around the individual to a world populated by…
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