When Supply Chain Partners Move Up the Value Chain

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Harvard Business School    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

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Outsourcing is no longer just an operational issue. As globalization takes hold and more companies shift more activities to suppliers in emerging economies, outsourcing is now a strategic concern. Slowly,…

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Changing Attitudes to Business Ethics: Insights from South Africa

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science   

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Recent decades have seen increased focus on corporate governance and business ethics — and an increased number of ethics-based courses at business schools. While this is true of countries across…

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Mothers of Invention: Companies that ‘Spawn’ New Enterprises

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: EDHEC Business School    University of Zurich    HEC Paris   

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Entrepreneurial spawning — whereby an existing company gives birth to another company, founded by former employees — is prevalent in many new industries. (California’s Fairchild Semiconductor, for example, is ‘mother’…

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Organizational Energy: May the Force Be With You

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Henley Business School   

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In many facets of life, collective energy affects the way things run, positively or negatively. Take schools, for example. They may go through periods of upheaval, in which results and…

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Supply Chain Networks and CSR Sourcing

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business    INSEAD   

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Procurement risks now include the possibility of someone in the supply chain flouting international labour laws, causing unnecessary damage to the environment or acting in other socially irresponsible ways. These…

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Is Othello Boss Syndrome Affecting Your Organization?

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: IESE Business School   

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In Shakespeare’s Othello, the eponymous lead’s passionate jealousy motivates all of his actions, including ultimately the murder of his own wife. Similarly, in the corporate world, there exist executives whose…

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Ideas, Implementation and the Learning Organization

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: London Business School    INSEAD   

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Giving people the freedom to work on their own ideas is commonly associated with progressive leadership and company creativity. (Google’s policy of allowing employees to spend 20 per cent of…

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Rebuilding Reputation after a Serious Financial Restatement

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business    Emory University Goizueta Business School   

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In 2013, JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $20 billion to settle investigations and lawsuits about misrepresentation of the quality of mortgages the bank sold during the housing bubble. They are…

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Is New Product Exclusivity Always a Good Idea?

Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: Hebrew University of Jerusalem    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

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In 1995, Japanese telecommunications giant NTT agreed to distribute a new product featuring new technology, but rejected the offer of exclusivity to the Japanese market. Going against the conventional wisdom…

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