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Co-creating with Customers: More Pros than Cons?
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: Ghent University Vlerick Business School
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Co-creation in the business-to-consumer (B2C) environment is nothing new. Many services — ranging from hairdressing to care for the elderly through architecture and interior design — have long involved close…
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Cyberloafing: Lost Sleep and Lower Productivity
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: NUS Business School Singapore Management University Virginia Tech University Pennsylvania State University
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Cyberloafing is a term used to describe behaviour in which employees spend work hours and company internet access to check personal e-mails or visit websites not related to their work.…
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Modernizing without Westernizing: Social Ties and Indian Business
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: INSEAD Indian School of Business
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Classical and neo-classical economic theory is predicated largely on an ‘impersonal’ model, in which transactions between parties are governed not by social obligations and kinship ties but by rational and…
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Multicultural Experience: Better Performance, Better Job Prospects
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: INSEAD Tel Aviv University Columbia Business School
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The next head of General Electric will be somebody who spent time in Bombay, in Hong Kong, in Buenos Aires. We have to send our best and brightest overseas and…
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HQ Controls and the Speed of Strategic Decision-Making
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: Oliver Wyman George Washington University School of Business University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management University of St. Gallen
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The speed at which strategic decision-making takes place in an organization has been identified by many researchers as a critical factor for performance. Competitive business environments, shortened life cycles and…
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How Price, Time and Functionality Affect Customers’ Choices
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: Washington University Olin Business School University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
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Consumers often have a choice between products that are convenient or easy- to-use and products that offer greater functionality but are less convenient. When making a purchase that involves a longer time…
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Do Soldiers Make Good CEOs?
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management
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Do soldiers make better CEOs? There is no doubt that the hands-on leadership lessons learned in combat — or in preparation for combat — can seldom be matched by any…
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How Procrastination Undermines Pro-Active Leadership
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
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Being able to make the right decisions at the right time is a crucial part of leadership. Too often, however, lack of a proactive attitude gets in the way, causing…
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How Travelling Abroad Builds Trust and Tolerance
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management Columbia Business School INSEAD
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Spending time overseas has long been associated with the development of a more open and optimistic view of humanity and the world. In his 1869 autobiographical work Innocents Abroad, Mark…
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