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CFOs Reborn as Agents of Organizational Change

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Egon Zehnder International   

Discussing her return to PwC as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2012, Carol Sawdye said she would be spending much of her first year on the job focused on “change…

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Managing Risks: Culture Matters More Than Rules

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford   

Formal risk management systems now provide the dominant logic for governing an uncertain world and are prevalent in public services as well as private firms. What happens when these systems…

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Smart Moves – the Tango and Modern Leadership

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: IE Business School   

The traditional, hierarchical structure of organizations is diminishing as we work our way through the 21st century. Business is fast-paced and unpredictable; we cannot rely on things the way we…

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What Is the Real Value in CSR?

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management   

Exploring the relation between information that is presented in corporate accountability reports and future financial performance three professors from the Kellogg School of Management’s Accounting Information and Management Department focused…

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Character – The Unspoken Essence of Leadership

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

The idea of character has been lost sight of. One reason could be that the educational system and organizations are completely competency focused, or perhaps because character seems an old-fashioned…

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Psychopaths in the C-Suite: How to Avoid Them

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

Only a small number of psychopaths become violent criminals. Others lead outwardly normal lives and appear integrated into society. Strongly attracted to money and power, these ‘psychopaths lite’ often seek…

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Motivation by Last Place Aversion

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    Harvard Business School    Stanford Graduate School of Business   

Professors Ilyana Kuziemko of Columbia Business School and Ryan Buell and Michael Norton of Harvard Business School, working with doctoral candidate Taly Reich of the Stanford Graduate School of Business,…

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Severe Weather: Moderating Its Impact on Productivity

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Does bad weather reduce productivity within factories and other workplaces? This is the question that the latest research from Marcelo Olivares of the Columbia Business School and Gérard Cachon and…

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Precise First Offers in Negotiations Vs Rounding

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School   

In a typical negotiation process, one of the parties will make an opening or first offer, which is then met by the recipient of that first offer. Prior research has…

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