From “barbarians” to skilled industrialists
Businessam Staff
January 4, 2018
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Claudia Zeisberger, INSEAD Senior Affiliate Professor of Decision Sciences and Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise Private equity has evolved and is attracting increasing interest. Some 41 years ago, George Roberts, Jerry Kohlberg and Henry Kravis pulled together US$120,000 to form their first private equity (PE) fund. There were no such funds in those days and […]
Should we fear the robot revolution?
Businessam StaffDecember 21, 2017
ECONOMICS & FINANCE – BLOG Vinika D. Rao, Executive Director of the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute The AI boom holds both utopian and dystopian possibilities that we may not yet be prepared for.Changes wrought by new technologies are often regarded with suspicion in their time. Yet market economies have consistently transformed techno-shocks into long-term advantages […]
The three dilemmas of data gathering
Businessam StaffDecember 21, 2017
STRATEGY Annet Aris, INSEAD Adjunct Professor of Strategy What companies do with customer data needs to be considered more closely. “Alexa, order more tissues.” “Siri, set a reminder to phone the doctor.” “OK Google, turn on the light in the hallway upstairs.” After an initial phase of euphoria about how the digital world improves our […]
Designing results-oriented leadership development programmes
Businessam StaffDecember 20, 2017
LEADERSHIP & ORGANISATIONS Camelia Ilie, Dean of Executive Education at INCAE Business School, and Guillermo Cardoza, Professor, INCAE Business School Two often-overlooked elements have a significant impact on both individual leaders and organisations. Normally, in business, one wouldn’t make a large investment without an idea of how to gauge its results. Not so with leadership development […]
Why employers need to help workers deal with income volatility
Sasha OrloffDecember 19, 2017
Everyone talks about New Year’s resolutions for themselves. But, as employers whose biggest asset is our team, we should all think about a New Year’s resolution to improve the financial health of our employees. Like it or not, we increasingly live in a gig economy where flexibility outranks financial security and just-in-time work is the […]
Choose your leadership style
Businessam StaffDecember 18, 2017
LEADERSHIP & ORGANISATIONS Guillaume Roels, INSEAD Associate Professor of Technology and Operations Management Team leadership style doesn’t have to be a personality trait; it can be chosen. Working with an amazing leader is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – not everyone can work with Nelson Mandela or Gandhi or even a rock star boss like Bruce Springsteen. Leaders […]
What really matters for your business is forwardship
Businessam StaffDecember 14, 2017
LEADERSHIP & ORGANISATIONS Vip Vyas, CEO of Distinctive Performance; Diego Nannicini (INSEAD MBA ‘14J), Associate Consultant at Distinctive Performance; and David Sherman, Executive Consultant at Distinctive Performance Leadership failures are often characterised by a lack of action or a knee-jerk reaction to disruptions. In an era of volcanic Twitter accounts, devastating disruptions, seismic shifts towards de-globalisation and widespread […]
Why many women social entrepreneurs avoid commercial models
Businessam StaffDecember 11, 2017
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Matthew Lee, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Strategy; Stefan Dimitriadis, Ph.D. student, Harvard Business School; Lakshmi Ramarajan, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School; Julie Battilana, Professor, Harvard Business School The presence of women business owners in a community encourages female social entrepreneurs to pursue hybrid ventures. While Natalia Oberti Noguera was building up the New […]
The four questions to ask when serving on a nonprofit board
Businessam StaffDecember 7, 2017
Sooner or later, you may follow in the footsteps of countless business leaders onto the board of one or more nonprofit organizations. Maybe it’s the board of a local institution you care about personally, such as a small-scale theater, public radio station, or your child’s school. It also could be a national or even global organization—an […]
How the digital revolution is transforming the IT hierarchy
Businessam StaffDecember 6, 2017
STRATEGY Felipe Monteiro, INSEAD Affiliate Professor of Strategy The ability to adapt and learn quickly helps smaller IT companies compete against industry heavyweights. How will the digital revolution transform the IT sector? As firms focus on the need for business-driven technology solutions for their own transformation, little thought is given to how the digital revolution […]