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Online Customers Reviews: Loyalty and Deception
Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management MIT Sloan School of Management
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Many Internet retailers give customers the opportunity to review their products on their site, and some Internet companies even specialize in reviews only (e.g. Yelp and TripAdvisor). Given, as research…
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Great Innovation! But What’s it for? Marketers Beware
Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University University of British Columbia University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business
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In a classic episode from the old American TV show The Odd Couple, the main character Felix replaces all of the traditional furniture in his apartment with new furniture featuring…
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Navigating the Global Online Contract Labour Market
Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management New York University Stern School of Business
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When looking for contract employees for a project, employers now have direct access to workers from across the world thanks to digital labour contract platforms such as Elance, Freelancer, Guru…
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How Seeing Things Employees-Way Builds Performance
Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: London Business School
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If you could eavesdrop on your employees’ conversations, what do you think they would be saying about you? Or if you look back over your own career, considering the good…
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How Valuable is Integrity for Mid- and Top-Level Executives?
Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) Pennsylvania State University Korea University Elon University Davidson College
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Integrity — defined as the ability to act with honesty and strong moral principles — is often considered a crucial character strength for top executives. But what about middle-level executives?…
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The Overlooked Longevity of Experiential Goods
Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: New York University Stern School of Business
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More and more people are feeling financially constrained. In the U.S., half of American families recently surveyed considered themselves ‘financially fragile’. Financial constraint does not refer to income level, but…
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How Conducting Appraisals Well Builds Ethical Behaviour
Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Amsterdam Business School
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Treat people with respect and you encourage the kinds of behaviours that create value for shareholders and stakeholders. The high-profile scandals that have engulfed both the private and public sectors…
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Generalist CEOs Not Specialists Spur Innovation
Idea posted: April 2014
Institutions: Arizona State University Nova School of Business and Economics University of Virginia Darden Business School
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Generalist CEOs are CEOs who have worked in different organizational areas, for a number of different firms, in different industries, or even in a conglomerate firm. Former IBM CEO and…
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Reallocating Resources to Realize Strategic Goals
Idea posted: March 2014
Institutions: McKinsey United Kingdom University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business The University of Sydney Business School
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Companies that regularly evaluate the performance of business units, acquire and divest assets, and adjust resource allocations based on each division’s relative market opportunities have a significant edge over those…
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