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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #103Idea 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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #002Idea 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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #031Idea 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…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #025Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: IMD
Collaboration has turned traditional leadership and project management on its head in recent years. In this Idea we examine how leaders and managers can benefit from a collaborative model for…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #022Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: Simon Fraser University
Decision-making is perhaps the essence of management, and much attention continues to be focused on how to do it better. In this Idea we consider whether managers are making the…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #021Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: INSEAD Aalto University School of Business Pennsylvania State University Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management University of Cambridge Judge Business School Erasmus University Erasmus School of Economics
A multi-year, collaborative research study set out to examine the steps global companies can take to ensure that they recruit, develop and deploy the right people. Researchers from institutions including…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #018Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: Accenture Institute for High Performance Grenoble Ecole de Management Moxie Software Inc. University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce
Finding ways to generate more value from employees and optimize talent is critical for leaders and HR professionals. Organizations could get even more from their investments in talent management if…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #017Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: Harvard Business School The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
A research study set out to examine how effective extraverted leadership actually is on group performance, and what characteristics on the part of employees also play a role in this.…
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