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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

Idea posted: March 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    Rutgers University   

There are two basic types of exchanges employed by people when forming new relationships: incremental exchanges and constant exchanges. In the former, we ‘test the water’ and build relationships gradually…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Virtuousness is more common to theological and philosophical discussions that scientific ones: Its relevance in the world of work and in organizations has little credence in the face of economic…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: Henley Business School    Zhejiang University School of Management   

In traditional Chinese Confucian culture, an emphasis is placed on the development, maintenance, and exploitation of social networks, which depend on reciprocity, integrity, and the highest individual ethical standards. In…