Three ways to make your organisation agile
LEADERSHIP & ORGANISATIONS Maria Guadalupe, INSEAD Associate Professor of Economics and Political Science Your competition is no longer who it used to be. Agile, the flexible way of working, has spread from software development to organisational change – for small start-ups and even large, traditional organisations. The Agile software methodology is iterative and collaborative; it […]
Building an impact investing business that makes a real difference
ECONOMICS & FINANCE Jasjit Singh, INSEAD Associate Professor of Strategy How one of the world’s largest asset managers is experimenting with a unique impact investing model in Asia. Responsible investing is all the rage. By some estimates, one in every four dollars under professional management today was invested under a socially responsible investment (SRI) strategy. […]
The journey of the activist-entrepreneur
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Matthew Lee, Assistant Professor of Strategy, INSEAD; Tommaso Ramus, Assistant Professor, Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics; and Antonino Vaccaro, Associate Professor, IESE Business School A group of Sicilian anti-Mafia activists-turned-entrepreneurs encountered tensions between the demands of the market and the values of their social movement.“The Mafia is not at all invincible. It […]
Three ways to build resilience against gender bias
LEADERSHIP & ORGANISATIONS Benjamin Kessler, Asia Editor and Digital Manager; Clarissa Cortland, INSEAD Post-Doctoral Research Fellow; and Zoe Kinias, INSEAD Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour Simple, low-cost psychological interventions can be part of an organisational toolkit for enabling gender balance. Organisations that are committed to improving gender balance often find getting real results surprisingly challenging. Larger companies […]
Sustaining digitisation hinges on culture
LEADERSHIP & ORGANISATIONS Charles Galunic, INSEAD Professor of Organisational Behaviour Digital transformations can be your Trojan horse for cultural change. This is the sixth and final article in our special series on the Digital Journey. Throughout this series, which is based on a study of organisations actively travelling on the road of digitisation, we have observed […]
A matchmaker for public-private partnerships
STRATEGY Benjamin Kessler, Asia Editor and Digital Manager Collaborations between dissimilar organisations can benefit from the involvement of neutral third parties.Walking the wards of Singapore’s KK Women and Children’s Hospital (KKH), you’re sure to notice one room in particular. Its entrance bears a painted legend that reads “The Amazing Room”, beside a large horizontal window […]
Where is consumer research going next?
MARKETING Hilke Plassmann, INSEAD Associate Professor of Marketing Consumer behaviour may be influenced by a host of neurobiological factors that science is just beginning to understand. The rise of neuromarketing has already begun to provide companies and researchers with greater insight into consumer behaviour than consumers themselves were capable of giving. Neuromarketing tools such as facial affective […]
Can Alcohol Help You With Negotiations?
STRATEGY Horacio Falcão, INSEAD Senior Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences, and Alena Komaromi, Financial Services Professional (INSEAD MBA ’12D) What research tells us about the art of negotiating under the influence. In many cultures, it is customary to have a drink during a negotiation. In Russia, for example, morning meetings that include a round of vodka […]
How to get more women to work in tech
CAREER Lucia Del Carpio, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Economics, and Maria Guadalupe, INSEAD Associate Professor of Economics and Political Science Role models and reassurance about potential success can impact women’s career decisions. ‘What made you decide to join your profession?’ When people are asked this question, they often give answers such as: “I liked such-and-such subject in […]
How the unbanked can save and borrow
ECONOMICS & FINANCE Andrea Canidio, Stone Fellow of the INSEAD Stone Centre for the Study of Wealth Inequality The composition of savings groups makes all the difference to their effectiveness. Could you manage your life without being able to save or borrow money from a bank or any other financial institution? Could you do it […]