Turn Employee Envy into a Tool for Personal Development

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: INSEAD   

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When envy pervades a company — when employees and managers for one reason or another focus more on competing against each other instead of the company’s marketplace competitors — the…

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Do Your Managers – Responses to Market Results Damage Profits?

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: London Business School    University of St. Gallen    ESADE   

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Many managers believe that quality is something that they as managers and decision-makers can control. Quality is internal and stable, unlike prices, which are subject to changing market conditions. Although…

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How to Turn a Product-Focused Company into a Platform Business

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: Harvard Business School    Boston College Carroll School of Management   

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The most basic business is product-based, involving the manufacturing, assembling and/or delivery of a product. A different type of business, once rare but becoming more and more common, is platform-based,…

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How to Use Disbelief and Strategic ‘Flinches’ in Negotiations

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

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A flinch is defined as any show of shock, disgust or disbelief in response to a first offer. Do flinches work for negotiators, or are they counterproductive, and end up…

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Why Employees Hide Their Knowledge and How to Encourage Sharing

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: McMaster University DeGroote School of Business    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    University of Toronto Scarborough   

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While employees are supposed to share their knowledge with other employees for the benefit of the company, employees will often find a reason to keep that knowledge to themselves. Perhaps…

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What is the Psychology Behind Resistance to Change?

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: New York University School of Engineering   

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Why are some people more open to change and others instinctively resistant to anything that significantly alters the status quo? The key is often in an individual’s basic attitude toward…

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Balancing Incentives, Risk and Tolerance of Failure for Collaborative Innovation

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: University of Virginia Darden Business School   

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Innovation through collaborative teams can succeed or fail in large part based on resources dedicated to the venture. While many factors may ultimately impact success or failure, all else being…

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Why Women Who Blend Gender and Professional Identities Are Better Negotiators

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    University of Oregon    Columbia Business School   

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Why are some women negotiators better than others? The answer may lie in whether or not women believe that their gender and professional identities are compatible or not. Women who…

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How Landmarks in Time Help Employees Set Aspirational Goals

Idea posted: July 2014

Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

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Why do so many people make New Year’s resolutions? Because the New Year is the most obvious and universal of temporal landmarks — the dates or periods in time that…

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