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Negotiate a Career with a Heart for You and Your Employees
Idea posted: November 2014
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business Boston University Questrom School of Business California State University
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Do you wake up every morning and cannot wait to start working? Have you been challenged and fulfilled in every step of your career journey? Throughout your many jobs, do…
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Overreacting to Bad Financial News Can Lead to Poor Investment Decisions
Idea posted: November 2014
Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Neuroscientific research reveals that the brain reacts differently to negative vs. positive outcomes; recent research in finance shows that market participants (including investors and investment professionals) draw different lessons from…
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The Good and Bad Reasons Corporate Cash Is Trapped Overseas
Idea posted: November 2014
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania University of Oregon Charles Lundquist College of Business Tuck School of Business
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When overseas earnings by U.S. multinationals are brought back to the U.S., those earnings are taxed as income. However, multinational companies have the option of leaving those earnings abroad and…
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How CEOs Strong-Arm Their Compensation Consultants to Get What They Want
Idea posted: November 2014
Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School
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Does hiring compensation consultants result in higher pay for CEOs? Until recently, academic studies exploring this question have yielded no evidence that CEOs use compensation consultants to justify higher pay.…
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Social Media Grabbing a Major Share of the Marketing Budget
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business
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Internet-based sales have been growing steadily — companies report a 25% increase in the past year alone, according to a survey of 351 marketing executives. Not surprisingly, investment in digital…
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What to Get Right when Crowdsourcing
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Crowdsourcing and social media channels have largely replaced the private channels between a lone individual and an organization with a public debate in which external contributors not only submit suggestions…
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Five Things a New CIO Must Do to Operate as a Business Leader
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology
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The increasing sophistication of communication technologies and channels, data analytics, market intelligence, and virtual working in organizations has dramatically increased the strategic importance of information. At the same time, digital…
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Markdown Vs Everyday-Low-Prices: The Impact of Regret and Availability Misperceptions
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management MIT Sloan School of Management
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Özalp Özer of The University of Texas at Dallas and Yanchong Zheng of MIT Sloan researched the role of regret and availability misperception in shaping a retailer's pricing and inventory strategies.…
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Seven Key Steps to Effective Succession Planning
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business The Institute of Executive Development (IED)
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No one would deny the importance of strong, capable leaders at the helm of a company. Successfully managing the transition from a departing leader to a new CEO or C-suite…
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