What Fuels Reluctance on Climate Change Action?
This is an excerpted transcript of an SMS webinar on “Alliances in Sustainable Development & Environment Preservation” hosted by the SMS Cooperative Strategies Interest Group. It has been edited for grammar and clarity. Find the full recording at this link. … Continue reading What Fuels Reluctance on Climate Change Action?
Women Power! Family Women in Boards of Directors as a Stimulus to Innovation
by Jonathan Bauweraerts, Emanuela Rondi, Paola Rovelli, Alfredo De Massis & Salvatore Sciascia BEYOND PINK QUOTAS Over recent years, gender or ‘pink quotas’ have been introduced Europe-wide to encourage the inclusion of women in boards of directors. While this has helped, … Continue reading Women Power! Family Women in Boards of Directors as a Stimulus to Innovation
Why Should Managers Care About Their Alliance Partner’s Acquisitions?
by Dovev Lavie, Randy Lunnan, and Binh Minh T. Truong Managers consider alliances and acquisitions as alternative choices for creating value, yet a recent study reveals that the value of a firm’s alliances depends on its alliance partners’ subsequent acquisitions … Continue reading Why Should Managers Care About Their Alliance Partner’s Acquisitions?
The Benefits of a Machiavellian CEO
By J Katherine Bahr CEOs have long been criticized for their tendency toward the dark triad of personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Ample research shows that dark triad traits endanger profitability and productivity in myriad ways. So why are they … Continue reading The Benefits of a Machiavellian CEO
Narcissism Harms Inter-Unit Knowledge Transfer
High inter-unit competition worsens the situation as narcissistic executives are concerned with their sense of superiority and uniqueness; however, high environmental complexity or dynamism can combat such negative effects as narcissistic executives can find a “cover” to learn. By Sarah Steimer … Continue reading Narcissism Harms Inter-Unit Knowledge Transfer