Ideas
How Signaling Motives Send Women Managers Towards the “Glass Cliff”
Idea posted: May 2022
Institutions: LMU Munich University of Konstanz
Prior research has revealed a ‘glass cliff’ phenomenon: Companies in crisis situations are more likely to appoint women top managers than companies that are not in trouble. These disproportionate crisis…
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Hybrid Working Leads to Faster Product Development
Idea posted: April 2022
Institutions: University of St. Gallen University of Kassel
In a bid to increase the agility, quality, and speed of its product development process, companies are exploring with the use of external talent through crowdworking—a form of crowdsourcing in…
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The Four Business Models Based on Customer Interactions
Idea posted: April 2022
Institutions: Bayes Business School CityUniversity of London
An ongoing collaborative research project, led by Bayes Business School professor Charles Baden-Fuller and involving scholars from around the world, has developed a fundamental typology of business models based on…
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Work from Home and Job Satisfaction: It’s Complicated
Idea posted: March 2022
Institutions: Stanford University Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Work-from-home (WFH) flexibility was once available only to a select group of employees and professions. The sudden emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic forced companies in many industries to make WFH…
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Geography Still Counts for Electronic Word of Mouth
Idea posted: March 2022
Institutions: Emory University Goizueta Business School
The Internet age, some argue, heralds “the death of distance.” For example, aside from occasional utilitarian factors, such as shipping costs, geography is irrelevant to a purchasing decision. Unlike physical…
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Leadership Communication Changes Attitudes on Failure
Idea posted: March 2022
Institutions: George Mason University Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Failure can undermine the confidence of employees, causing them to avoid setting ambitious goals, and to experience high stress and give up more easily when faced with challenges. Many leaders…
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How to Keep Your AI Ethical
Idea posted: March 2022
Institutions: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
While the technological capabilities and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought significant change to multiple facets of business and even society, the core of AI is still machines, not…
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Is Face-to-Face Communication Always Best?
Idea posted: March 2022
Institutions: London School of Economics University of Edinburgh Copenhagen Business School
Effective communication among members of a team or organization is key to the success of a group. Fast and direct face-to-face communication would appear to be the ideal method of…
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When Should Companies Change their Ethical Norms?
Idea posted: March 2022
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Building on his own research, and other studies and theories developed by researchers in the field of ethics and morality, RSM professor Muel Kaptein offers a framework that answers the…
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