Thought Leadership
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The Economist: Thriving in the Age of Digital Media
With the advent of digital media, traditional print media publishers have struggled to survive. The Economist, however, has bucked this trend and evolved to thrive on both print and digital media platforms. In this interview with Andrew Rashbass, former CEO of The Economist, we learn how the publication has come out stronger despite the disruption in print media
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Innovation Requires More Than Systems and Tools
Broad based engagement in innovation has to be carefully nurtured and actively monitored
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Forgiveness as a Business Tool
Forgiveness can make us a better person but does it make a better leader? An eye for an eye for an eye for an eye…ends in making everyone blind. (Mahatma Gandhi)
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Business Models for an Era of Innovation Glut
It seems that innovation today goes to the company that simply says that its product or service is “innovative.” The real problem for the client or consumer, is that each supposedly new innovation has a “me too” look. As this author writes, knowing your market and differentiating sharply on value will enable your product or service to stand out in the crowd. He describes the steps to take in this article
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A Peek Behind the Curtain
No one has been willing to share private equity data – until now
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Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild on Reinventing Capitalism
Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, CEO of E.L. Rothschild and Co-Chair of the Henry Jackson Initiative for Inclusive Capitalism, believes that capitalism is not a lost cause. It only needs long-term thinking and a more human face
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The Power of Ambition: How Social Entrepreneurs Unleash Human Potential
Ambition moves human beings from wanting to improve their lives to taking the actions to do so. Social entrepreneurs harness that force, creating ventures explicitly designed to help people help themselves
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Growth at Any Price?
When firms are desperate to grow and to please shareholders who demand growth, they take desperate measures such as overpaying for acquisitions and put themselves on the road to long-term hardship
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Why Peace Can Pay
An economist shows how financial innovation can help reduce ethnic violence.
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Great Potential. Great Peril.
Required – a roadmap for risk when investing in emerging markets
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Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway
Why do businesses evaluate candidates solely on past job performance, failing to consider the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions officers focus on high GPAs, discounting influence of easy grading standards? Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error."