The Limits to Outsourcing: Beware of the Consequences for Market Success!

By Masaaki Kotabe, Michael J. Mol, Janet Y. Murray & Ronaldo Parente Over the past few decades, outsourcing, in particular offshore outsourcing, has become a...

Century Champions

By Christian Stadler The obsession with quarterly earnings and the inability to learn from the past are probably the two most dangerous trends in finance...

Paisa Vasool: How to Captivate the Newly Affluent in China and India

By Michael J. Silverstein, Abheek Singhi, Carol Liao & David Michael How an innovative business strategy, first developed in India’s market stalls and street bazaars,...

Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth

By Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu & Simone Ahuja Jugaad is a Hindi word that roughly translates as “overcoming harsh constraints by improvising an effective solution...

Leadership By Example: The Ten Key Principles of All Great Leaders

By Sanjiv Chopra & David Fisher If I ask you to conjure up images of exemplary leaders and great leadership moments, from the pages of...

The Mindful Manager

By Peter Lenney "Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet." This statement, from Henry Mintzberg, encapsulates the premise behind being...

Not Just Talk

By Boris Groysberg & Michael Slind A new source of organizational power has come to the fore. Our term for that power source is organizational...

Digital Social Capital: Building, Maintaining and Leveraging Digital Networks for Innovation and Creativity

By Anabel Quan-Haase The digital landscape makes it clear that individuals are employing multiple sources of information, are members of diverse, sparsely-knit and specialized interest...

The Business of Healthcare Innovation: Convergence in the Marketplace

By Lawton Robert Burns The article is adapted from the author’s latest book ‘The Business of Healthcare Innovation‘ (Cambridge University Press, 2012)   Innovation and the Value...

Marketing Life Insurance in China: How Cultural Taboo Matters

By Cheris Shun-ching Chan How does a market for a new product emerge in the face of cultural barriers? Marketing life insurance in China has...

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China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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