Idea posted: December 2014

Institutions: NUS Business School   

Singapore is known for the diversity of its population, but you would never glean this from the boards of directors of its companies. A new report, from the NUS Business…

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: Pennsylvania State University    University of Central Florida    University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business    University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Blowing the whistle on internal wrongdoing can be a risky endeavour. What if nothing happens and you’re now branded a fink? What if there’s retaliation from your boss or even…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: EMC    Cranfield University School of Management   

By digitizing many business processes, organizations have begun to automate operations and how they interact with customers and suppliers. As a consequence, more and more aspects of our working lives…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

The authors propose that different leadership development learning methods should be adopted according to the varying needs and issues faced by leaders at different levels and stages of their lives.…

Idea posted: September 2015

Institutions: Warwick University Business School    UCLA Anderson School of Management    Old Dominion University   

In finance, a capital asset's sensitivity to risk is often represented by the quantity beta (β), and investment opportunities that have a high risk profile are known as ‘high beta’…

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: Duke University   

Most leaders possess typical leadership qualities such as the ability to inspire and persuade, a grand vision, and a controlled fearlessness when taking risks. There is, however, a darker side…

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business    University of Chicago Booth School of Business   

Logically, the percentage of work that each team member contributes to a team project cannot add up to more than 100%. For example, if both authors of an academic paper…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: NUS Business School    Technische Universität Darmstadt   

Learning from errors is central to human development. Learning in a business context occurs best when there is a mind-set of acceptance of human error, and furthermore the experimental trials…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School   

One way that organizations ensure that they accomplish certain objectives is through management control systems. These systems reward and promote employees according to certain criteria, in order to achieve goal…