Thought Leadership
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Taking a regular email holiday can make you smarter
A constant, ubiquitous excess of emails has become so ingrained in our professional life that it's hard to imagine any alternative
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Harnessing artificial intelligence for development
One of the most promising technologies is artificial intelligence: The use of computers to perform tasks which normally require human intelligence
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Why some men feel the need to win at all costs
If men fight harder than women at the negotiation table, they perhaps also fight dirtier
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The most successful startups have hands-on founders
Research by Rembrand Koning and colleagues says the best-performing startups are those where the founder is hands-on with people management
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Warren Buffett: Why the media went rogue
82% of the world distrusts the media. What happened?
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Does Canada have an income-inequality problem?
Inequality is a necessary condition of a dynamic economy
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From grain to gain: Lessons for Indian farm policy
By demonstrating savings behaviour to help farmers take advantage of inter-temporal price fluctuations between harvest and lean seasons, ISB Professor Shilpa Aggarwal and colleagues created a model for Kenyan farmers to maximise maize sales and revenues. Their findings can help inform the creation of seasonal arbitrage opportunities for Indian smallholder farmers.
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The cooperative workplace starts with citizenship
A corporate culture which rewards stakeholders for virtuous citizenship behavior invests in its own social capital, an intangible feature of group behavior that is believed to lie at the very foundation of successful economies
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The WeChat economy, from messaging to payments and more
Since its release in 2011, WeChat has expanded from being a mere messaging app to an all-purpose digital tool capable of everything from social sharing to investment, attracting hundreds of millions of users in the process. But parent company Tencent won't stop there
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Capital a myth in the world of disruption...
Disruption came with mobile revolution which has given emergence to new business models like 'Sharing Economy' and 'Gig Economy'. Some of these reforms are not only challenging existing businesses but also giving regulators a challenging time
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The 3 Es of effective board leadership
A study of successful board chairs across countries shows how they engage, enable and encourage boards