Idea posted: July 2018

Institutions: University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business   

New research into the personal history and decisions of division managers, CEOs and directors of nearly 360 S&P 1500 industrial conglomerates reveals the extent of the gender bias that exists…

Idea posted: July 2016

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business    Harvard Business School   

When Indiana passed its Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) in March of 2015, Apple CEO Tim Cook’s response was swift and unequivocal. “Apple is open for everyone. We are deeply…

Idea posted: September 2024

Institutions: Stanford University    Graduate School of Business; MIT Sloan School of Management   

The impact of corporate culture on a firm's success has been widely studied. A consensus exists among scholars and practitioners that CEOs, through their decisions and behaviors, play a vital…

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…

Idea posted: June 2024

Institutions: University of Reading    Henley Business School   

How much do a CEO’s values influence firm activities? To answer this question, a team of researchers from Henley Business School and the University of Edinburgh explored the impact of…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: Tuck School of Business   

A parent company can either centralize decision-making related to a foreign subsidiary at the parent company headquarters or decentralize those decisions to the subsidiary. Working with two decades worth of…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

Over the past 25 years, use of celebrity endorsement by big-budget advertisers has grown significantly. Despite this, it’s unclear why famous faces should be more effective in advertising than (equally…

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: Bocconi University Department of Management & Technology    Singapore Management University    London Business School    SDA Bocconi School of Management   

Every organization has finite resources, starting with compensation, budgets and expense accounts, as well as high quality assignments, accounts or customers and even office space. The people who control the…

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

Research suggests that executives tend to learn more from negative work and life experiences than positive ones, as failures and the threat of failure may force an individual to revisit…