Ideas
Socially Aware, Media Savvy: Social Media Strategy
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: Henley Business School
Companies can no longer control their communications with their customers. Social media tools have enabled information to be generated from within the marketplace by consumers themselves. This shift of power…
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Custom-made: Customer Funding for Business Growth
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: London Business School
Eureka! You’ve had the great idea, now you are off to write your business plan, get some investors on board, and head down the road to riches, simple as that.…
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The Ties That Bind: How Family Businesses Create Value
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: Banca March IE Business School
A report published in 2012, Value Creation in Listed European Family Firms, showed that listed European family businesses have created more value over the last decade than non-family concerns, achieving…
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Mars Vs Venus: Gender and Self-Image in the Workplace
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: IE Business School
What is your view of yourself as a leader, and how does it compare to what those around you think? Recent research shows that when examining their competence as leaders…
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Why Scaling Up Is No Longer the Only Strategy
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: Columbia Business School
Sooner or later, any engineer working on new technology or infrastructure will hear a familiar question from investors: Does it scale up? There are few axioms in business as simple…
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Culture Club: Coaching by Values for Corporate Success
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: ESADE
Success in business is no longer about simply becoming bigger or richer than one’s competitors. It is about being able to deal with increasing levels of complexity, including the management…
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Female Directors Create Corporate Sustainability
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business
The importance and value of corporate sustainability has been acknowledged for quite some time now. More and more organizations are striving to introduce ‘green’ and policies into their strategic plans.…
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Financial Literacy to Get Women on Board
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management
Following the economic and financial crises that began in 2008, corporate governance has been more of a management concern than ever before. Boards of directors and their compositions have gained…
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Win-Win Negotiation to Create Long-term Value
Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: INSEAD
By squeezing suppliers and customers hard, particularly in difficult economic times, you can get results very quickly. But it does have a cost of consequences. The last five years have…
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