Corporate Governance: The Power of Outside Directors on CEO-Only Boards

Idea posted: April 2015

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business    Kellogg School of Management    Georgetown University McDonough School of Business   

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More and more board of directors have the CEO as the only insider on the board. At first glance, this movement toward near unanimous outside directors would seem to meet…

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Firms Are Not Adapting to the Millennial Workforce

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

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In addition to economic and diversity issues, the Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey for the fourth quarter of 2014 focused on the issue of millennials in the workplace.…

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Does Work/Life Balance Help or Hurt Productivity?

Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Munich School of Management    London School of Economics   

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Work-life balance issues bring out the optimist in some, the pessimist in others. For pessimists, the work-life balance concerns of employees will be undermined when a firm faces increased competition…

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Six Imperatives for Companies to Embrace Cloud Computing

Idea posted: December 2014

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management    Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management   

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Since 2005, the business units of California-based health care company Allergan has used cloud computing for a wide range of functions, from field sales effectiveness and travel and expense processing…

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Launch Intentional Communities of Practice in Global Companies

Idea posted: September 2014

Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management   

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Professionals in an organization — technical experts in a service organization, for example — will acquire best practices, solutions, resources, ideas and other knowledge as they develop responses to the…

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Can Late-Night Smartphone Use Reduce Engagement and Productivity?

Idea posted: June 2014

Institutions: University of Florida Warrington College of Business Administration    Michigan State University The Eli Broad College of Business    University of Washington Michael G. Foster School of Business   

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In recent years, extensive management research has focused on the need for sufficient sleep in order to perform better in the workplace. It has been consistently highlighted as one of…

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Navigating the Global Online Contract Labour Market

Idea posted: April 2014

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    New York University Stern School of Business   

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When looking for contract employees for a project, employers now have direct access to workers from across the world thanks to digital labour contract platforms such as Elance, Freelancer, Guru…

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How Valuable is Integrity for Mid- and Top-Level Executives?

Idea posted: April 2014

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)    Pennsylvania State University    Korea University    Elon University    Davidson College   

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Integrity — defined as the ability to act with honesty and strong moral principles — is often considered a crucial character strength for top executives. But what about middle-level executives?…

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How Showing Emotions Builds Individual and Team Resilience

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Case Western Reserve University    Boston University Questrom School of Business    Tel Aviv University    University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

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Virtuous organizations are organizations that create an environment in which everyone works for the good of all: employees, customers and the community. There will be challenges and setbacks, however, and…

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