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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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How to Design Organizational Structures by Understanding Organizational Routines
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: Tuck School of Business Boston University Questrom School of Business
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How are organizational routines — routines in an organization that involve more than one individual — related to the effectiveness of an organizational design or redesign? Answering this question begins…
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Why Increasing Demand Is Not Always the Answer to New Competition
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business University of Chicago Booth School of Business University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Using the movie exhibition industry as its central case study, a team of researchers studied how the entry of a new movie theatre impacts an incumbent’s theatre movie choices. From…
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Corporate Values: Translating Platitudes into Sustainable Practices
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: University of Alberta - Alberta School of Business Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business
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Organizational values can exemplify the old saying that “words are cheap.” Inspiring words about ethics, diversity or sustainability etched on a lobby wall mean nothing if they are not reflected…
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Should Technology Innovators Participate in the Commercialization Process?
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
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Entrepreneurs innovating in the technology space often lack the know-how or “specialized complementary assets” within their companies to successfully commercialize their innovations. Consequently, to date, the academic literature on this…
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The Impact of Ideal Vs Problematic Shareholders
Idea posted: October 2014
Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
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Companies want shareholders who share their long-term investment horizon, according to a survey of 138 North American investor relations professionals. More than 90% of the companies surveyed describe their ideal…
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