Idea posted: January 2017
Institutions: Duke University Duke University Fuqua School of Business Columbia Business School
How important is corporate culture to the success of a company, and what factors play into developing an effective or ineffective culture? A team of researchers from Duke University’s Fuqua…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #641Idea posted: November 2016
Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management
In the annual global MIT/Deloitte survey of executives and managers, 90% of respondents recognized that digital trends would disrupt their industries. Only 44%, however, believed their organizations were prepared for…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #633Idea posted: January 2016
Institutions: Tel Aviv University University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Intuitively, respectful relationships and creativity are assets of a successful company. Respectful relationships lead to more effective collaboration, while creativity leads to new, competitive ideas. Business leaders might not realize,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #578Idea posted: October 2015
Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
According to Jim Johnson of University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, the major demographic trends transforming America today are unprecedented — so unprecedented that he calls these trends “disruptive…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #557Idea posted: August 2015
Institutions: ESADE
Innovation is central to a firm’s survival. In a world of demanding customers, myriad choices, and constant change, a company must build its competitive advantage on its ability to innovate.…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #537Idea posted: August 2015
Institutions: NUS Business School Technische Universität Darmstadt
Learning from errors is central to human development. Learning in a business context occurs best when there is a mind-set of acceptance of human error, and furthermore the experimental trials…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #545Idea posted: April 2015
Institutions: Cornell University University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business Washington University Olin Business School Vanderbilt University
Conventional wisdom has it that diversity helps creativity, in that people in homogenous groups are similar to one another with similar ideas and therefore less divergent thinking occurs. Also most…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #505Idea posted: April 2015
Institutions: City University of Hong Kong University of Toronto Rotman School of Management Kellogg School of Management
An investigation into the problems of the 1973 Ford Pinto, a car susceptible to catastrophic explosions when rear-ended, revealed that Ford’s engineers had calculated that the company could save $11…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #504Idea posted: March 2015
Institutions: Boston College Carroll School of Management EDHEC Business School ESDES School of Business and Management
There is no doubt that social media has improved both internal and external corporate communication, especially for multinational companies. Social media has, for example, enabled corporations to increase opportunities for…
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