How Time of Day Impacts on Business Conversations

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: New York University Stern School of Business    University of Virginia Darden Business School   

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It is standard practice for corporations to have a conference call with stock market analysts after quarterly earnings are released. In this call, executives make a presentation concerning the earnings…

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Human Judgement Vs Computer Aided Forecasting

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: IE Business School    University of Cambridge Judge Business School   

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Robots are taking over our jobs! Ok, maybe that’s not quite the case just yet, but as technology continues to develop swiftly, there is no doubt that machines are getting…

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Green Light for Governance

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: IE Business School   

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Recent years have seen company stakeholders demand better environmental performance, particularly by businesses in polluting industries. Whether it is consumer pressure for green products, media pressure for a green approach…

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Four Capabilities of Great Strategic Leaders

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Tuck School of Business   

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Building on the latest research on leadership, as well as scores of interviews with CEOs and other leaders, Professor of Strategy and Leadership Sydney Finkelstein of Dartmouth’s Tuck School of…

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How Twitter Levels the Information Dissemination Playing Field

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business    University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

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Social media, and particularly ‘direct access technologies’ such as Twitter, Facebook, email alerts, etc., have firmly marked their place in the business world as effective tools with which to engage…

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When Successful Managers Go off the Rails

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

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Derailment is the term assigned to the phenomenon of once-successful managers whose careers have ‘gone off the track.’ They are no longer effective in their functions or as leaders. They…

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Gender and the Use of Deception in Negotiation

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: Melbourne Business School-Mt Eliza Executive Education    University of South Australia   

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To an extent, all negotiations involve a certain level of deception; participants almost always withhold information as a self-protective strategy. After all, revealing all of your cards may leave you…

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Onboarding New Employees Successfully

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: London Business School    Harvard Business School    University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

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Here is how most employees’ first day on a new job goes: they are shown how things are done, introduced to the company’s environment and culture, and subtly told what…

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The Value of Front Line Managers

Idea posted: April 2013

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business    University of Utah David Eccles School of Business   

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CEOs are often put under the spotlight, with everything from how they spend their time to their leadership style closely scrutinized. But what about managers and supervisors lower down in…

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