Thought Leadership
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Three ways firms can profit from environmental investments
Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, lays out three ways for firms to profit from investing in environmental sustainability: forestalling risk, increasing operational efficiency, and selling to the environmental niche
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Walmart CEO: Waiting for consensus "can kill you"
Head of world's largest company discusses making decisions and knowing when to admit failure
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Why globalisation is failing, and what to do about it
Dan Trefler, the Douglas and Ruth Grant Canada Research Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity, shares his thoughts on globalization failure
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Where are all the global Asian brands?
Emerging market companies have grabbed market share by doing things faster and cheaper. But their next phase of value creation will come from building their brands
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Itamar Simonson: What influences shoppers?
Researchers revisit a longheld marketing concept about how product placement impacts purchases
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Companies in the internet economy: The way we work now
The internet economy is bringing efficiency to the world of work, but it has downsides as well
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Are technology companies ripe for disruption?
Today's tech products seem increasingly stuffed, full of features most users don't want - kindling for igniting Clayton Christensen's disruptive innovation. Is information technology the next industry to be disrupted? What do you think?
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The power of making people 'feel felt'
Mark Goulston, the psychiatrist and difficult conversations expert explains the power of making people 'feel felt'
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Four ways to gain positions of power
Weak players in organisations can overcome their dependence on powerful actors, but it comes at a cost
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The Xiaomi business model: Built to last?
Xiaomi has attained an enviable position in the Chinese smartphone market. But will its current strategies help it retain its prized spot as it gains scale?