Hedge Fund Activism Can Help, Not Hurt, in the Long Run

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: Harvard Law School    Duke University Fuqua School of Business    Columbia Business School   

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Critics argue that ‘myopic’ activist shareholders, especially activist hedge funds, force corporations to sacrifice long-term profits and competitiveness in order to reap quick short-term benefits. The immediate spike that comes…

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Why Companies from Emerging Markets Are Putting the Heat on Multinationals

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: York University Schulich School of Business   

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What is the basis for a company’s competitive advantage? Traditionally, this question elicits one of two answers: 1) Industry structure. Finding the product-market space within a particular industry that is…

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How to Build Long-Lasting Collaborations

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

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The factors that bring people together into a collaborative venture are varied. One is proximity and shared goals: people within a department, for example, have more opportunities to work together…

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Competitive Advantage through Individuals Outside the Norm

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

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When in May 2013, software giant SAP announced that it would hire hundreds of people who were diagnosed with autism, the assumption among casual observers might have been that SAP…

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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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