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The Pros and Cons of Sharing Intellectual Property
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: HEC Paris INSEAD
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The purpose of R&D is to invest time and money in a technology in order to bring it to market to make a profit. The window of competitive advantage that…
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Video Games for Learning and Development
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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From the Atari arcade games made popular in the 1970s-80s, to Angry Birds on iPhones across the world, video games have grown significantly in popularity and sophistication over the past…
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Creating Harmony: Harnessing Stakeholders to Boost Innovation
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Henley Business School
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In today’s increasingly competitive and fast-changing global marketplace, businesses must seek to develop more frequent and higher quality innovations. At the same time, customers, employees and other stakeholders are demanding…
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Live and Learn: The Innovation Imperative
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: London Business School University College London
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There is a quote from Mahatma Gandhi that should be in the lexicon of every aspiring business: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were…
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Tap Outside Communities for Innovations
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
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Ethan Mollick, the Edward B. and Shirley R. Shils Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has conducted extensive research on how user communities…
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The Cost of Rudeness and Incivility at Work
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Thunderbird School of Global Management
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"One-half of all employees reported being on the receiving end of rudeness at least once a week — compared to only one-quarter 1998." Christine Pearson of Thunderbird and Christine Porath…
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Advantages of Confidence and Dangers of Overconfidence
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business
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Executives cannot afford to ignore the dangers posed by acting overconfidently. Numerous examples in recent history can attest to this, from the inflation of the dot-com bubble in the late…
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Don’t Let CFOs and Accountants Slow Innovation
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: INSEAD
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For big corporations, regardless of industry, making disruptive changes is not a question of money: many have substantial budgets. It is a question of mind set and how you position…
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Unseen Dangers of Positive Stereotyping
Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business
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Executives and managers recognize today that discrimination has no place in the workplace. No employee should be required to work in an environment of abuse and harassment — including in…
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