Thought Leadership
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Clicks versus Bricks: The Battle for the High Street
Could social media and e-commerce provide the road to salvation for beleaguered High Street retailers? In Britain, shopkeepers figure you can beat them – but how?
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Consumer Behavior 2.0
Wharton’s David Bell elaborates on the possible directions e-commerce in China could take in future
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Why Do Some Ideas Spread?
Can any message be shaped to spread? A scholar offers tips to increase the odds
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The Benefits of Embracing Conflict and Integration
If a paradoxical frame is not activated, the employee is likely to focus on only one dimension and not the other, missing the opportunity to achieve both
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Valuation in Distress
The key to carrying out a reasonable valuation lies in establishing the main objectives that the valuation process needs to achieve
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Growth Engine: China's Search Giant Baidu
Jennifer Li reflects on Baidu’s strategy so far, opportunities for the future and the allegations of Baidu being a Google clone
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Making Big Data Real
Many of the business models used in digital marketing channels are going the way of their counterparts who have become dinosaurs in the offline world. But the market is about to be forced to organize by the vendors offering distinctive services that solve business problems for publishers and marketers, and by strategic investors seeking to create a more efficient marketplace. This author, an authority on trends and developments in digital marketing, describes the forces and the companies setting
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Are Accountants and CFOs Killing Innovation?
What can you do when penny-pinchers get in the way of your disruptive ideas to make necessary, often disruptive, changes in your company?
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Your Genes May Affect Your Financial Decisions
A team of scholars studies the link between emotions and investment behavior
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Blind Spots and How to Work at Them
Douglas Stone, the Boston-based consultant and ‘difficult conversations’ expert talks about blind spots (the bad news: we all have them) and the best way to give and receive feedback
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The High-Growth Conundrum: Helping Companies Cross the Chasm
Geoffrey Moore provides some pointers on how companies can counter the challenges that come with hypergrowth