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Emotion Management
Family Business
Emotions in the strategic management of family business organizations: Opening up the black box
Emotions play a crucial role in the strategic management of family business organizations (FBOs). Yet, they are commonly treated as a black box, and we have a limited understanding of their antecedents, and the processes and mechanisms through which they develop and unfold in FBOs, ultimately leading to strategic outcomes. This paper opens the b…
Emotions in the strategic management of family business organizations: Opening up the black box
Summary
Emotions play a crucial role in the strategic management of family business organizations (FBOs). Yet, they are commonly treated as a black box, and we have a limited understanding of their antecedents, and the processes and mechanisms through which they develop and unfold in FBOs, ultimately leading to strategic outcomes. This paper opens the b…
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General Management
Strategy
A machine learning-based framework for forecasting sales of new products with short life cycles using deep neural networks
Demand forecasting is becoming increasingly important as firms launch new products with short life cycles more frequently. This paper provides a framework based on state-of-the-art techniques that enables firms to use quantitative methods to forecast sales of newly launched, short-lived products that are similar to previous products when there i…
A machine learning-based framework for forecasting sales of new products with short life cycles using deep neural networks
Summary
Demand forecasting is becoming increasingly important as firms launch new products with short life cycles more frequently. This paper provides a framework based on state-of-the-art techniques that enables firms to use quantitative methods to forecast sales of newly launched, short-lived products that are similar to previous products when there i…
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Organizational Behavior
Culture
Reconnecting when network ties go dormant
Reviving a professional relationship isn’t as simple as it looks. New research uncovers three key elements for successfully refreshing an inactive tie — and avoiding disastrous missteps. We’ve known for a while that relationships that have fallen into a state of inactivity — or become dormant ties — can be resurrected. As people venture back int…
Reconnecting when network ties go dormant
Summary
Reviving a professional relationship isn’t as simple as it looks. New research uncovers three key elements for successfully refreshing an inactive tie — and avoiding disastrous missteps. We’ve known for a while that relationships that have fallen into a state of inactivity — or become dormant ties — can be resurrected. As people venture back int…
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Politics
Global Business
Politically connected EMNCs in a (de)globalising world: A review and future research directions
Emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs) have emerged as significant global players, driven by their home country political connections that present both opportunities and challenges. Despite the insights gained from current studies, we still lack a clear conceptualisation of diverse political connections and the distinctiveness of pol…
Politically connected EMNCs in a (de)globalising world: A review and future research directions
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Emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs) have emerged as significant global players, driven by their home country political connections that present both opportunities and challenges. Despite the insights gained from current studies, we still lack a clear conceptualisation of diverse political connections and the distinctiveness of pol…
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Leadership
Team
Culture
Coaching
Coaching the German national soccer team: What’s at stake
A willingness to make unpopular decisions and commit to a clear and bold vision will be needed if the next head coach of the German soccer team is to turn around the national side’s fortunes.
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General Management
Ethics
Corporate Governance
Managerial short-termism and corporate social performance: The moderating role of external monitoring
While commentators have long decried managerial short-termism, the deleterious effects of managerial short-termism on corporate social performance (CSP), and how to ameliorate those negative effects, remain underexplored. Specifically, due to the difficulty of unobtrusively measuring what is fundamentally a cognition in managers, empirical evide…
Managerial short-termism and corporate social performance: The moderating role of external monitoring
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While commentators have long decried managerial short-termism, the deleterious effects of managerial short-termism on corporate social performance (CSP), and how to ameliorate those negative effects, remain underexplored. Specifically, due to the difficulty of unobtrusively measuring what is fundamentally a cognition in managers, empirical evide…
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Investment
Finance
Sustainability
Leadership
Temasek CEO: Why I back carbon tax to achieve a net-zero portfolio
Dilhan Pillay, CEO of Singapore’s global investment giant Temasek, discusses with Jean-François Manzoni the importance of a carbon tax and how his company is working to ensure ‘every generation prospers’ without sacrificing profits.
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Sustainability
How companies can stabilize the patient called planet Earth
With the Earth well outside the safe operating space for humanity, according to a new report, here’s how companies can take action.
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Strategy
Competitiveness
Talent Management
South Korea needs to transform its talent and its organizations to continue to grow
South Korea possesses formidable R&D and digital prowess yet fails to fully capitalize on it due to talent shortages and organizational inefficiencies.
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Human Resources
Emotion Management
How to operate at your best now you’re back at your desk
Establishing a self-awareness training regime that monitors your energy levels and assesses your emotional state and presence can enhance your long-term well-being.
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Strategy
Sustainability
Halfway to 2030: Are our Sustainable Development Goals still fit for purpose?
While the rosy optimism that greeted the UN Sustainable Development Goals when they were first launched in 2015 may have faded, I have tracked some cross-sector and private-sector progress that’s really making a difference. Based on my research, here are three positive examples for others to emulate instead of giving in to the gloom.
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Diversity and Equity and Inclusion
Human Resources
Raising “techquity”: Closing the skills gap starts with sharing the possibilities
Policymakers and business can increase equity and opportunity in the global labor market by improving access to digital skills training, writes Shelley Zalis.
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Sustainability
A new framework is needed to cut through the sustainability jungle
With over 300 sustainability standards and labels available, it’s no wonder that so many companies get away with ‘greenwashing’. A new approach is needed.
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Technology Management
Digital
The Rise of Generative AI: From AlphaGo to ChatGPT
Mike & Amit discuss the history of artificial intelligence, and how today’s particular brand of generative AI emerged.
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Sustainability
Strategy
Innovation
Leadership
Set an ambitious goal, then work backward to achieve it
Using the ‘Future Back’ tool can set your organization on the path to a successful sustainable business transformation. Knut Haanaes and Bryony Jansen-van Tuyll outline three practical steps to achieve lasting results.
