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Entrepreneur

Helpful Tips for Becoming a More Successful Female Entrepreneur

From prejudice and discrimination to common misconceptions, women in business are presented with a unique set of challenges compared to their male counterparts. And...
Business Resilience

Breaking Down Business Resilience, Post-Pandemic: The Data Reveal Surprises—and a Blueprint for Moving Forward.

By Jacques Bughin and Francis Hintermann The global pandemic, in addition to generating massive harm to people’s health and communities, split the business world in...
risk management

The Path Forward to a Unified Risk Framework

By Kamil J. Mizgier The closure of a terminal in China at the world’s third-busiest container port is one of the last examples of supply...
Diagnosing chronic stress and risk factors in elite athletes

Breakthrough or Breakdown? Diagnosing chronic stress and risk factors in elite athletes in view...

By Simon L. Dolan and Sara Martinez Espejo Why are elite athletes more susceptible to stress? Can sports athletes be prepared to better cope...
China

Will China lead the twin transformation post-covid?

By Jacques Bughin and Sybille Berjoan The Covid-19 pandemic has led many corporations to retrench in the short term—but the saying goes that no matter...
How European Companies Can Become Growth Leaders

How European Companies Can Become Growth Leaders

By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sybille Berjoan and Regina Maruca Accenture’s recent survey of 700 C-suite executives of large businesses in Europe reveals confidence that new global...
Human Uniqueness At The Dawn Of Intelligent Machines

Human Uniqueness At The Dawn Of Intelligent Machines

By Mario Raich, Simon L. Dolan, Dr. Dave Ulrich and Claudio Cisullo Every generation wants to improve on the previous generation; however, this generation risks...
WFH

Distractions, Decisions and Domesticity: The Pleasures and Pitfalls of WFH

By Adrian Furnham Whilst the number of teleworkers increased linearly since the beginning of the millennium, it has been the Covid-19 pandemic and the compulsory...

From Experience to Belonging with ServiceNow’s Sally Sourbron

Rounding off our first theme this year of "Thriving Business" we talk to the VP of Global Talent at ServiceNow EMEA, Sally Sourbron. We...
Artificial Intelligence

Powering Costing with Artificial Intelligence: The case of Vodafone Procurement

By Hervé Legenvre, Gavin Hodgson and Govind Khandelwal The present article describes how the Vodafone Procurement Company (VPC) has adopted Artificial Intelligence technology to boost its...

What do Babies, Astronauts and Executives have in common? with Oracle’s Yazad Dalal

In a continuation of the "Starting Up" theme we talk to Oracle's Head of EMEA Strategy for Oracle Cloud HCM and 'Oracle for Startups'...
Smart Moves for Europe's Energy Intensive Industries

Smart Moves for Europe’s Energy Intensive Industries

By Jean-Marc Ollagnier, Sytze Dijkstra, Lasse Kari and Gargi Chakrabarty Europe needs to keep producing chemicals, steel, and cement while reducing emissions from those industries....

The Mindful Entrepreneur with Malte Krohn

Kicking-off our Q2 theme of "Starting Up" we talk to Malte Krohn, a design and innovation expert and author of the forthcoming book, The...
Assessment

People Assessment in the Digital Age

By Adrian Furnham How have technical, social, economic and legal forces influenced the business of people assessment? New technologies used in assessment include smartphone and...
Startup

The Psychology of Start-Ups

By Adrian Furnham Every generation likes to believe that they are different from those that came before them – “new and improved” as advertisers like...

Looking Forward to the Roaring 20s with L’Oréal’s Ronny Kelders

In a continuation of the "Thriving Business" theme on the Chief Wellbeing Officer podcast we talk to Global Head of Learning & Development at...
Investment

Impact Investing – What is new now?

By Peter Lorange Chairman Lorange Network and S. Ugelstad Invest President Emeritus, IMD, Lausanne Intro Today, there is ever-increasing awareness of the need to factor environmental...

Episode 36: Stronger People, Stronger Society with Arla’s Claus Flensborg

We make a return for 2021 and a new theme of "Thriving Business." First up is Claus Flensborg, Global L&D Director at Arla Foods....
female leaders

Top Female Leaders Special Feature for International Women’s Day Celebration

In celebration of International Women’s Day, The European Business Review wants to honour all the powerful women who have taken the world by storm...
Focus on Value

Focus on Value: What Your Company Does Matters more than Where It Sits

By Rachael Bartels and Kathleen O’Reilly Companies everywhere must find new sources of value creation both inside and outside traditional industry boundaries. For decades, industry definitions...
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Using the Triaxial Model of Values to Build Resilience in a COVID-19 VUCA World

By Anat Garti and Simon L. Dolan The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began at the end of 2019 in China and quickly spread globally. Millions of...
David-De-Cremer

Artificial Intelligence: Just Who Is In Charge Around Here?

An Exclusive Interview with Professor David De Cremer, Founder and Director, Centre on AI Technology for Humankind, NUS The employment of artificial intelligence is proceeding...
blockchain

Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises through the Synergy of AI and Blockchain

By Yan Pang The ability to make effective use of AI technology has hitherto remained in the province of large enterprises, with their access to...
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Human-Algorithm Collaboration in Managerial Decision Making

By Tessa Haesevoets, David De Cremer, Kim Dierckx and Alain Van Hiel Most would accept that there is a role for both humans and AI...
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The Service Revolution, Intelligent Automation and Service Robots

By Jochen Wirtz, Werner H. Kunz and Stefanie Paluch Are there parallels between the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century and the changes now being wrought on twenty-first-century society...
AI and Surveillance at Work

Watched Over by Machines: AI and Surveillance at Work

By Andreas Deppeler The recent transitions towards having company personnel working at home while remaining digitally connected have sometimes been portrayed as furthering the ideal...
Feature

A Focus on the Relationship between AI and Humans

An Introduction to the Special Report on AI and Humans by AiTH, NUS Business School By David De Cremer The development of artificial intelligence (AI) promises...
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Humanising Robots Increases Consumer Satisfaction and Forgiveness of their Failures

By Kai Chi (Sam) Yam and David De Cremer Want your customers to have a positive, forgiving attitude towards your robot employees? Then make your...
synergy or conflict

Synergy or Conflict? Lessons for managers on how to successfully adopt AI to augment...

By Jakob Stollberger and David De Cremer Artificial intelligence undeniably offers the potential to improve decision-making, at least in certain contexts. In this article, AI experts Jakob Stollberger...
Ethical Audits and Positive Culture Transformation

Raising The Ethical Bar: Ethical Audits and Positive Culture Transformation

By Simon Dolan, Steven Hawkins, Chad Albrecht and Bonnie Richley While most organizations have a code of conduct (or a code of ethics), many...

[Podcast] Episode 35: Building Authentic Communities with Standing on Giants Co-Founder Robbie Hearn

We finish the year with our final reflections on community with Standing on Giants co-Founder Robbie Hearn. Discussing cases from Airbnb to giffgaff we...

[Podcast] Episode 33: Mobilising change with The Wellbeing Project’s COO Elissa Goldenberg

Kicking off our Q4 focus on community we talk to Elissa Goldenberg, COO at The Wellbeing Project and Founder of EG Coaching & Consulting....

Advantages, Limits And Strategies For Online And Offline Collaboration

By Fernanda Arreola and Pierre Daems During the period of confinement, organizations around the world were forced to develop new tactics and strategies for orchestrating...

The New Strategic Reality as a Consequence of the Covid-19 Pandemic

By Dr. Peter Lorange The new reality of COVID-19 has been with us since the end of the first quarter of 2020.  This has led...

The Funny Thing About Robot Leadership

By Jamie L. Gloor, Lauren C. Howe, David De Cremer and Kai Chi (Sam) Yam Are today’s employees getting “soft”? All signs suggest that employees should:...

New Thinking at Migrolino Stemming from the COVID-19 Challenge

By Peter Lorange and Markus A. Laenzlinger The present crisis imposed on us by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have a lasting impact on...

Managing By Traction (MbT) Reinventing Management in the Cyber-Age

By Mario Raich, Tomasz Krzemiński, Claudio Cisullo, Simon L. Dolan and Bonnie A. Richley Abstract “We are at a critical turning point in human history!  We...

Why are some firms becoming more successful during the COVID-19 pandemic?

By Peter Lorange The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide recession of immense proportions.  Many companies are closing down, either for good or temporarily. ...

Effective Due Diligence – Often Harder Than You Think!

By Peter Lorange To undertake due diligence (“DD”) when considering investing in a new project is paramount. However, in reality, to do this well can...

What Children can teach us about Leadership: Seeing both the Trees and The Forest

By David De Cremer  and Hannah De Cremer Leadership and management are two different things. Managing a work force today implies taking up the role...

Crisis Leadership in Action: A Balancing Act between the Past and the Future

By David De Cremer The year 2020 will remain in our collective memory as a “crisis” year. It is the year where COVID-19 hit the...

What Investment Criteria Are Appropriate Today, in Light of the Coronavirus Threat?

By Dr. Peter Lorange Introduction In this article, I discuss how the relative importance of various investment criteria seems to have shifted as a consequence of...

[Podcast] Episode 32: Leading Through Crisis with Hilton’s Stephen Cassidy

In the third and final episode of our Travel theme for Q3 we talk to Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Hilton UK...

[Podcast] Episode 31: Re-Designing Travel with McKinsey’s Melissa Dalrymple

In the second of three episodes based on Travel for Q3 we talk to McKinsey Partner Melissa Dalrymple about her recent article, "Make it...

[Podcast] Episode 30: When the Disruptor is Disrupted with Uber’s Matt Wilson

We're back! Kicking off the Q3 theme of Travel we talk to Matthew Wilson, Associate General Counsel EMEA and APAC at Uber about the...

Select out: Why selection often goes wrong and what to do about it

By Adrian Furnham The process of selecting people, in business as in social relationships, tends to focus on the “good” characteristics we are looking for....

5 Keys to Resolving Cross-Functional Rivalries in your Digital Transformation

By Bhaskar Ghosh, Nigel Stacey, Raghav Narsalay, Aarohi Sen, and Paul Barbagallo The challenge is as old as business itself: How do you get people...

Business and Governments and Civil Society and a Healthy Planet

By Sylvain Guyoton and Hervé Legenvre The following discussion took place In April 2020. We aimed at confronting our points of views on the contradictory...

Being Prepared for Surprises to Happen: Huawei as a Black Swan?

By David De Cremer In life, it’s always possible that things change in the blink of an eye. One day everything is as it has...

Open Minds Build Innovative Societies

By David De Cremer And Alain Van Hiel Being marked as an innovative country is crucial in how able and savvy one’s nation is considered...

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