James Cook University was founded in 1961 and is situated in Townsville. Cairns and Singapore. JCU is the second oldest university of Queensland.
The university...
Technology has long been changing the world and today’s society is shifting to become a Cyber Reality. The good news is that this shift...
Being a boss isn't as easy as other people think. You have a lot of responsibilities, and you are the one who keeps it...
By Francesca Gino
Organisations see lacklustre results when workers feel bored and constrained. By encouraging employees to rebel against convention and bring their best selves...
By Guido Stein and Miguel Martín
How do organisations strategise to create a sound and functional workforce? In this article, the authors present how...
By Gregory DeYong, Hubert Pun and Carol Lucy
Copycats are every industry’s nightmare. Consumers are becoming more budget-conscious and many start to favour generic products...
Interview with Professor Brecht Cardoen, Academic Director of the DBA programme, Vlerick Business School
Founded in 1953 in one of Europe’s premier education spots, Vlerick...
By Samuel Dinnar and Lawrence Susskind
We all know the statistics. Most start-up businesses fail. While many experts attribute the high failure rate to the...
By Won-Yong Oh and Mooweon Rhee
Multinational corporations face the paradox of globalisation and localisation in expanding foreign markets. As the BTS’s success shows, the...
Are you among the very many, that wishes to be an entrepreneur? Or maybe you have a dream and want to venture out on...
By Kristine Marin Kawamura and Simon L. Dolan
Innovation has been consistently found to be the most important characteristic associated with organisational and market success....
Good news anyone can write, but the bad news is not everyone is a good writer and not every good writer can have a...
By Steven MacGregor
Toby and Daniel were corporate rebels. Meeting at SAP in 2005 their approach to work – challenging the current way of doing...
In part 2 of the SAP case recorded 6 months on from episode 15 we discuss the changes in the Happiness at Work initiative...
The second part of the SAP case looking at the new humanizing business initiative within EMEA Commercial Sales. How do we move towards a...
Advertising technology provider Bannerflow, has created an infographic revealing the four key trends affecting European display advertising in 2019.
Display ads continue to thrive in...
By James Campanini
For many businesses and consumers in general, there seems to be a level of suspicion or scepticism surrounding the AI technology....
By M.S. Rao
The article introduces the concept of “soft leadership” and illustrates what differentiates soft leadership from hard leadership, and explores how to acquire...
We are living in a time that’s both exciting and scary for businesses across the globe. This is because on one hand, businesses have...
Small business owners need to be aware of how they can achieve marginal gains for their businesses. This is all about standing out and...
By Jim Tomaney
The dinosaurs of old are ready to be challenged by businesses that have evolved and are hungry – This article discusses how...
By Dan Prud’homme, Max von Zedtwitz, and Fernanda Arreola
The rise of Neo-populism presents risks to multi-national corporations in Western markets. The authors outline practical strategies corporations...
By Stefan Krause and Boris N. Liedtke
The German diesel car industry still claims its innocence on the air pollution accusations that have bombarded...
By Linda Naiman
Design-led companies such as Apple, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble and SAP have outperformed the S&P 500 by an extraordinary 211%. In this...
Course: IE Business School International MBA
Intake Periods: September and January
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Question the status quo as a driven professional, eager to step outside your...
By Ehsan Memari
Let’s face it: if you’re looking for a powerful way to promote learning in the workplace, you just can’t ignore mobile. After...
Back in 2017, the Economist titled one of their articles, “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data”. This has been...
Whether you’re planning out your career or taking a project from start to finish, you’ll reach your goals faster if you track progress.
Biologically, human...
Open-space offices are fast becoming the norm. For businesses and workers, they offer many advantages: easier communication for collaboration, lower costs, and greater transparency...
In today’s global economy, at some point you’ll probably find yourself dealing with customers and clients from all over the world. But how do...
By Jonathan Trevor and Peter Williamson
How can leaders today design and manage their organisation to make it deliver both efficiency and flexibility? The authors...
Examining the new Happiness at Work initiative at SAP
By Steven MacGregor
“The term is loaded. It doesn’t mean I’m walking around all day telling jokes...
Use of prototypes slashes design times
Prototyping is an incredibly important stage of the design cycle. Once a module or machine component has been designed...
Some of the biggest brands in the world are football clubs. You only have to look at the insane amount of money some of...
Technology is a vital part of any event. For conferences and other high profile events, most attendees will expect to see some kind of...
Agile project management is a popular approach to project management that completes things in small sections called iterations. Each itineration is often reviewed by...
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Interview with Professor Paul Ingram, Faculty Director of Advanced Management Programme from Columbia Business School Executive Education
Located in one of the...
There is a software company that does things differently; not clamouring to be the latest headline, but quietly running the world with precision for 50 years...
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Interview with Mr. Renaud Champion, Executive Director AIM Institute EMLYON Business School
As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly plays a big role in today’s...
Who would mind working at their own schedule from their cozy homes and getting a nice online monthly paycheck? Of course, it does not...
Course: Innovation for Growth
In today’s fast-paced market landscape, innovation is key to staying competitive. Stand out as a leader of innovation in your organization...
By Richard Markoff and Ralf W. Seifert
In an effort to meet customer demands and gain greater market share, companies offer non-monetary benefits in supply...
By Peter Weill, Stephanie L. Woerner and Nick van der Meulen
Transformation is not easy but the companies who have reached “Future Ready” have significantly...
By Peter Hopkinson and William S. Harvey
The growth of interest in the circular economy has been meteoric with new initiatives emerging weekly. A...
It’s often interesting and inspirational to learn how hugely successful companies worth billions of dollars started and grew to the behemoths they are today.
Take...
Planning a business event can feel like a daunting prospect, even for established business leaders. This is for good reason: the evening’s legacy can...
By Stijn Viaene
Going for partnerships as a strategic option for driving business growth implies adopting a certain mindset: a perspective you take on the...
By Ginka Toegel
Ikigai– in Japanese it means, loosely, “what makes life worth living.” If reforms by the Shinzō Abe government succeed, it may one day...
By Ulrich A.K. Betz
Merck, a vibrant science and technology company, celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2018. Dr. Ulrich A.K. Betz, VP and Head of...
Each company has a goal to grow and stay profitable. They have to decrease their overhead cost while managing expenses to accomplish this objective....