How Can Companies Rethink the Idea of Productivity?
Henrik Bresman
July 24, 2024
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By broadening their definition of productivity beyond conventional metrics, organisations can nurture a happier and healthier workforce to achieve better overall performance. Traditional productivity metrics are used by many companies to assess the value that employees bring to the organisation. These tangible, quantifiable and results-based measurements include work quality and output, efficiency and the number […]
Do Corporate Insiders Behave When the SEC’s Not Watching?
Daniel A. Bens, Geraldine Ee
July 23, 2024
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The 2018–2019 US federal government shutdown provided important insights into insider trading in the absence of the watchdog. The United States narrowly escaped yet another government shutdown at the start of this year, which would have been the fourth US government partial shutdown in the last decade. But as the world’s largest economy heaved a huge sigh of […]
Connecting Across Disconnections
Daisy Pollenne, Kaisa Snellman
July 17, 2024
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Amid recent pushback, maintaining robust diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives will require a coordinated, comprehensive approach. It’s a tough time to be talking about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Many companies in the United States – including tech heavy-hitters such as Google and Meta – have been scaling back on diversity initiatives and doing away […]
Can You Collaborate With Someone You Compete Against?
Thorsten Grohsjean
July 17, 2024
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When team members compete outside of the workplace, their relationship and willingness to cooperate take a hit. In December 2022, the world watched in awe as Argentina’s Lionel Messi and France’s Kylian Mbappé lit up the World Cup final. Playing at a top international tournament for their national team is the pinnacle of any footballer’s career. […]
How Africa Can Embrace Venture Capital
Claudia Zeisberger, Edwin Obonyo
July 9, 2024
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Education, local perspectives and stronger networks can help unlock the continent’s investment potential. According to the African Development Bank, 11 African countries currently feature in the top 20 fastest-growing global economies. The organisation’s latest Outlook Report estimates that real GDP (gross domestic product) growth for the continent is expected to average 3.8 and 4.2 percent in 2024 and […]
America’s Problem With Its CEO
Ludo Van der Heyden, Peter Nathanial
July 9, 2024
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The US imperial leadership culture, embodied by President Biden clinging on to power and former President Trump’s abuse of it, risks damaging American democracy. The US presidential election debate has delivered its verdict, produced new insights and raised new questions. The question we focus on here is why the richest country on earth has presented […]
Accounting for Sustainabilityz
Luk Van Wassenhove
July 1, 2024
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Can accountants and auditors become agents for real social change and make businesses more sustainable? In today’s business environment, where the insatiable desire to grow profits overshadows environmental and social interests, it is easy to overlook how the actions of economic actors can shape corporate – and environmental – outcomes. In the accounting […]
Is There a Fault in Fault-Finding?
Andreas Janz, Horacio Falcão
July 1, 2024
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Constant focus on mistakes or flaws creates a hostile and stressful environment, which can be demotivating, affect personal well-being and stifle professional growth. Failing to identify faults seems to be a prevalent issue nowadays, considering recent reports of quality control problems at Boeing and numerous recalls by car manufacturers, to name a few. Yet, excessive […]
How to Handle a Toxic Boss
Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries
June 25, 2024
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People don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers. Naomi was troubled by recurrent nightmares. Each night, she found herself trapped in a dark parking lot with no exit, hiding from approaching footsteps. As a shadowy figure with a familiar face loomed closer, Naomi tried to run but her feet felt like lead. She’d wake up, drenched […]
The Politics of Mutual Fund Managers’ Voting
Massimo Massa
June 25, 2024
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Fund managers’ politics sway the way they vote, impacting company governance at the expense of company performance. Fund managers are meant to be focused on value creation, paid to take decisions that financially benefit the firm they invest in and by extension the fund they manage. Yet, our recent research suggests that’s not always the […]