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Calculating the cost of climate change
Vergara, CarlesArticle 74860FinanceThe coronavirus was only the latest disaster to hit real-estate markets. Now is the time to think more, not less, about the effects of climate change on your business.Starting at €8.20
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Shaping an Industry in Your Favor
Ferraro, FabrizioArticle ART-1646-EInnovation and Change, StrategyIn 1939, at the age of 26, Lew Wasserman arrived in Los Angeles with the talent agency MCA. Over the next three decades, he took MCA from a peripheral player to becoming the dominant studio in Hollywood. How did an outsider manage to change the competitive landscape of the entire moviemaking industry so completely? A study of this fascinating historical account reveals the process by which a firm can achieve architectural advantage. Managers ma...Starting at €8.20
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The Science of Tomorrow
IESE InsightArticle ART-1822-EInnovation and ChangeThough he fits the bill of the mad scientist, Michio Kaku is no crank but a serious physicist who has managed to popularize string field theory and other arcane scientific concepts. In this interview, he casts his vision of the future, which has enormous impact on the way we will live and work.Starting at €8.20
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Islamic Banking Lessons for the Financial Sector
Etzold, Veit M.; Ribera, Alberto; Wackerbeck, PhilippArticle ART-2012-EFinanceThe financial crisis that started with the demise of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and almost brought the world economy to its knees has prompted many international financial institutions to do some serious soul-searching. As they try to strengthen their capital and reduce their risk operations, whom should governments, regulators and financial bosses turn to for inspiration? A good place to start would be to study those banks that have performed best ...Starting at €8.20
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Building a Creative Culture for Innovation
Miller, Paddy; Brankovic, AzraArticle ART-2049-EInnovation and ChangeOver the past couple of years, many companies have been taking steps to formalize the innovation function, creating a separate innovation office and appointing a Chief Innovation Officer (CIO). Interestingly, this development coincides with a period of economic crisis, and may signal a growing recognition that the way forward is innovation, which will ultimately affect or condition a company's industry position over the long term. As companies fo...Starting at €8.20
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Creating Bold Innovation in Mature Markets
Cooper, Robert G.Article ART-2150-EInnovation and ChangeFor many firms operating in mature markets, there are only so many sources of growth open to them, which is why launching unique, superior products with a compelling value proposition is so vital. Yet company surveys show that bold innovation is down, while improvements and modifications to existing products are up. This only serves to maintain existing market share, rather than grow it. To succeed in bigger, bolder innovation, five vectors need ...Starting at €8.20
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Five Essential Strategies for Creative Negotiations
Mehta, KandarpArticle ART-2273-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeFrom the corridors of political power to the boardroom, the ability to hold your own around the negotiating table is a vital element of success in today's world. Unfortunately, many negotiations end in deadlock. This is partly because many negotiators are unable to come up with creative, integrative deals, which research shows are a significant variable in reaching a conclusion satisfactory to both parties. Using a role-play-based experiment, the...Starting at €8.20
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Understand Your Network and Let Knowledge Flow
Tortoriello, MarcoArticle ART-2274-EInnovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationCompanies communicate and operate across vast social and geographical spaces. The way that valuable knowledge is shared and transferred across these spaces is essential for creating and sustaining a healthy culture of innovation. To facilitate this, managers must look beyond formal organizational structures to the informal networks of ties and relationships that employees form across functions and divisions. Through his research, IESE Prof. Marco...Starting at €8.20
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What Are the Logics Driving Your Firm?
Almandoz Rios, JohnArticle ART-2312-EFinance, Leadership and People ManagementAll organizations have some form of institutional logic defining what is taken for granted and what is appropriate or legitimate behavior. Most banks, for example, tend to be driven by a financial logic focused on profit maximization, which has served shareholders well, but if taken to the extreme, can lead to damaging consequences, as evidenced by the crisis. Drawing on extensive research the author has conducted into community and green banking...Starting at €8.20
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The Real Value of Say-on-Pay
Giné, MireiaArticle ART-2313-ECorporate Governance, FinanceIn light of the financial crisis, shareholder activism is growing around the globe, leading to Say-on-Pay policies, which give shareholders the opportunity to voice their opinions on executive pay, and put pressure on boards to justify and explain pay packages more clearly to shareholders, if not redesign them completely. In several high-profile cases, large companies have failed to obtain approval of pay packages for their CEOs due to such activ...Starting at €8.20