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Second Global Network survey: challenges remain for women in global business
The results show that women are still underrepresented in business leadership roles worldwide, which can be traced back to specific reasons including the reconciliation of work and family life and…
FT Executive Education ranking: ESMT Berlin again top in Germany
The school has been the top provider of executive education in Germany since entering the ranking in 2010. ESMT open enrollment programs are ranked 8th and customized programs 18th. Compared to…
Agility is (l)earned
Joseph Schumpeter coined this catchphrase to characterize market-based economies more than 100 years ago, but the acceleration of today’s product cycles and social practices, in particular in the…
A study shows how to find new ideas inside and outside the company
Companies know this. That’s why many seek to tap the potential of “open innovation” by encouraging their employees to scout for new ideas among external partners, such as universities, research…
The economic and the social: anatomy of a contract change in India
In a variety of interactions, the economic and the social rub shoulders, often in uneasy co-existence. Think of blood donation, for example. People probably do it out of a genuine sense of social…
What is the future of free trade?
The clear and unanimous commitment on the part of the last G20 summit in Hangzhou to create an open world economy — i.e., the rejection of protectionism and the promotion of trade and investment on a…
The economics of the money-back guarantee
“Returning the product to Amazon ASAP!” complained one disgruntled Amazon customer as they gave a one-star review for a digital camera on the company’s site. This is despite the same product having…
The customer is not always king
Service sector workers are often required to enforce certain rules. Researchers in the "International Journal of Research in Marketing" reported how this affects their relationship with customers…
When do customers get what they expect?
The underlying rationale is intuitive: Because customers are more satisfied when their expectations are exceeded, lowering expectations may be a shortcut to improving customer satisfaction. However,…
Why some crowdsourcing efforts work and others don’t
Efforts to leverage the knowledge of external contributors have been used for centuries. For instance, the British Parliament used crowdsourcing to find the solution to the longitude problem that was…