Ideas
Organizational Capabilities Fit for the Future
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School
The industrial age bought with it bureaucratic principles of work organization. Things we now consider commonplace were considered major innovations, such as employing staff in an official capacity, building hierarchies…
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Managing Workforce Ideas Effectively
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Idea management programs can be used to increase the proportion of successfully implemented projects based on ideas contributed voluntarily by employees. This research highlights that people who come forward with…
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New Priorities for Marketing Leaders
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management
This research sought to learn more about the strategic, functional and tactical priorities of marketers for the future. What they found was a rapidly changing focus in marketing strategies, and…
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Consumers/Brand Relationships and Fair Treatment
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Some researchers argue that consumers form a relationship with brands that in many ways mirror social relationships. Pankaj Aggarwal, a marketing professor at the Rotman School of Management, and Richard…
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CEO Connectedness Can Facilitate Fraud
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business
‘Connected’ CEOs are those who have very close ties to the other top executives in the firm. CEOs are especially connected if they were responsible for appointing the executives to…
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Reverse Innovation: Ideas from Emerging Countries
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Tuck School of Business
How do you sell an automobile in an emerging nation where salaries are a tiny fraction of salaries in developed countries? The traditional answer: make a cheaper model of the…
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Community Banks Offer a Better Business Logic
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: IESE Business School
Every organization is driven by some sort of institutional logic (i.e. ‘belief systems’ that define what is or is not accepted as legitimate behaviour). It is this logic that shapes…
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How Team Reflexivity Fosters Innovation
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Lancaster University Management School University of Sheffield
Assessing a situation before acting may seem like common sense. After all, many languages have an equivalent of the English proverb: ‘look before you leap’. However, people rarely apply this…
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The Pros and Cons of Sharing Intellectual Property
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: HEC Paris INSEAD
The purpose of R&D is to invest time and money in a technology in order to bring it to market to make a profit. The window of competitive advantage that…
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