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One such telecoms firm, Ericsson, took part in the European Business Summit held recently in Brussels -- a summit devoted this year to ‘greening’ the economy and reducing carbon emissions. One might wonder why a company that is neither a big polluter, nor present in the energy sector, would feel the need to participate in such a summit. Yet, Ericsson believes that information and communications technology (ICT) can help companies in other sectors reduce their carbon ‘footprint’. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/ebsarcelormittallighteningup080305.cfm?vid=22 2008-03-27 05:09:27.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/EBSAlstomCleanPower080304.cfm?vid=21 2008-03-27 05:07:32.0
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Well, maybe not. INSEAD professors Kishore Sengupta and Luk Van Wassenhove say their research has revealed what they call the 'experience trap.' "Conventional wisdom holds that as we do more things more often, we learn from experience and get better and better, and what we found in our research was that actually some of it may not be the case," Sengupta says. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/SocieteGenerale080202.cfm?vid=18 2008-03-04 11:46:49.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/winningwithvalue080203.cfm?vid=19 2008-03-04 11:46:17.0
In the study called 'Recognising the True Value of Software Assets', Dutta argues that this key existing asset represents 'enormous hidden value for the firm.' But for organisations to switch their attention to value rather than focus on cost will require a shift in mindset, he says. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/valuecreation080103.cfm?vid=20 2008-03-04 11:45:41.0
Kevin Kaiser, INSEAD Affiliate Professor of Finance, says that's a dramatic change from the days when monarchs and dictators owned everything and used their country's resources for their good alone. Now, we own the companies as shareholders and Kaiser says that has a number of consequences. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/politicalrisk080204.cfm 2008-03-04 11:45:21.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/islamicmicrofinance080205.cfm 2008-03-04 11:45:00.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/impactofageing080206.cfm 2008-03-04 11:44:47.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/faststrategy080101.cfm?vid=16 2008-03-04 11:43:50.0
"I personally experienced how Nokia, as a leading company, gradually lost some of its strategic sensitivity and resource fluidity as a result of successful growth," Kosonen says. "In the early ‘90s it won over Ericsson and Motorola because of its strategic agility. But then over the years, some of these capabilities began to deteriorate and, when we tried to change, it became really difficult." ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/AWorldinCrisis080107.cfm 2008-03-04 11:43:14.0
Ilian Mihov, INSEAD Professor of Economics, says the Fed's move was necessary to bring stability to the markets. "When the financial sector goes down, it starts spiralling in such a way that it's very difficult to restore confidence and bring back the economy on track." ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/celerant080102.cfm 2008-03-04 11:42:36.0
The study of Celerant Consulting, conducted by INSEAD Professor of Organisational Behaviour Tom D’Aunno, also found that 91 per cent of clients surveyed would like to work with Celerant again. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/csrresponse080104.cfm 2008-03-04 11:41:53.0
Alignment is important because "only when all parties frame their thinking about society’s problems in similar ways can a mechanism for cooperation develop," the study says. Without this alignment, it is difficult to agree on priorities and a plan of action. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/TeamDiversity080106.cfm 2008-03-04 11:41:04.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/aljazeera080105.cfm?vid=15 2008-03-04 11:38:45.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/Leaderoncouch.cfm?vid=12 2007-12-21 11:11:20.0
A clinical professor of leadership development, Kets de Vries says “the autocratic leadership style doesn’t work so well any more in a knowledge society.”
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Not only are companies attracted by the prospect of discovering markets with untapped growth potential, but they’re also aiming to have an impact, in a global society characterized by deep divisions between the haves and the have-nots. But those developing new products for those living in poverty are finding that cost alone isn’t the most important factor.
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When Rahul Kapoor, a PhD candidate in strategy at INSEAD, became interested in acquisitions, he noticed that although many promising hi-tech start-ups were being acquired, technological progress seemed to stall after the acquisition.

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Having left journalism to join the family business, Ho Kwon Ping, Founder and Executive Chairman of the luxury hotel Banyan Tree Group, realised that his family’s various contract manufacturing companies were stuck in constant competition on the basis of cost alone, and that the hotel business could provide a vehicle for such proprietary brand creation.
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Len Apcar, deputy managing editor of the International Herald Tribune and a former editor-in-chief of NYTimes.com, says enabling free and unfettered access to the online paper has "proven to be a very successful advertising model by itself."
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Harpal Singh, chairman of Fortis Healthcare, says “we need to stop fighting globalisation - it’s here, and we need to focus on how we can make it beneficial.” Singh also argues that countries like India could provide unprecedented opportunities both as a market and as a solutions provider.
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His reply: "Neither at the moment." He then added that in 20 years? time, the US will be dealing with a different set of leaders. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ILSAenvironment.cfm 2007-11-13 14:30:34.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/GlobalbrandElfrink.cfm 2007-11-13 14:29:34.0
Wim Elfrink of Cisco Systems, who holds the unique corporate title of Chief Globalisation Officer, says cost differentiation at the company is "a bonus, but the not the main driver anymore." The networking firm is investing around 1.2 billion dollars in a globalisation centre in India to tap not only the region’s growth but also its innovative capabilities. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ILSAbranding.cfm 2007-11-13 14:28:36.0
Why, in a burgeoning region that’s brand-crazy, have very few homegrown favorites earned world-class recognition? What will it take for Asian companies to rise to the level of global superstar? ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/CEOviewGraceVine.cfm 2007-11-13 14:26:59.0
A recent article in the Financial Times spoke of Grace’s Chairman’s Reserve as ‘the finest wine so far made in the country that is already the world’s sixth most important grower of grapevines.’ ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/FrankBrown.cfm 2007-10-25 15:44:48.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Randy.cfm 2007-10-25 15:40:49.0
According to Randel Carlock, the Berghmans Lhoist Chaired Professor in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Director of the Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise at INSEAD, the Bancrofts had a clear idea of the values they wanted associated with the Wall Street Journal brand - a strong sense of editorial integrity and independence. However, they had been unable to steward the Wall Street Journal into the 21st century as other competitors passed them by and Dow Jones’ stock price fell sharply. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/philparker.cfm 2007-10-25 15:38:18.0 Method and Apparatus for Automated Authoring and Marketing, the implications for the information age are not. It?s not "creative intelligence." It?s "reverse engineering" - deconstructing books into "genres" and then writing software programmes to fit those genres. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Starwood.cfm 2007-10-25 15:37:30.0
However, as INSEAD Knowledge has been finding out, the company has so far been taking a step-by-step approach to implementing the concept, rather than try to realise any sort of ‘grand vision’. As Starwood Vice President Robyn Pratt puts it, it’s more a question of finding ‘blue puddles, lakes or rivers’ at this stage rather than ‘blue oceans’ as such. ]]> http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/BrendanMay.cfm 2007-10-25 15:36:57.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ChemReport.cfm 2007-10-25 15:36:06.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Katona.cfm 2007-10-25 15:21:45.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/BOS.cfm 2007-09-27 10:48:43.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Doz.cfm 2007-09-27 10:43:26.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/stahl.cfm 2007-09-27 10:42:36.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Mullen.cfm 2007-09-27 10:41:11.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/healthwomen.cfm 2007-09-27 10:38:59.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Ener.cfm 2007-09-27 10:37:55.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Fed.cfm 2007-09-24 09:45:03.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Bresman.cfm 2007-08-23 12:36:46.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Wertenbroch.cfm 2007-08-23 12:36:03.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Fernandes.cfm 2007-08-23 12:35:16.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Rice.cfm 2007-08-23 12:34:26.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/healthcare2020.cfm 2007-08-23 12:33:40.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ILSCase.cfm 2007-07-13 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ILSeconomy.cfm 2007-07-12 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ILSenergy.cfm 2007-07-11 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ILSsustainability.cfm 2007-07-10 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ILSEurope2020.cfm 2007-07-09 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/ILScompetition.cfm 2007-07-09 04:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/contents/williamson.cfm 2007-06-28 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/jake.cfm 2007-06-28 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Gaba.cfm 2007-06-28 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/hellmut.cfm 2007-06-28 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/contents/Morten.cfm 2007-06-28 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/herbold.cfm 2007-05-26 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/walter.cfm 2007-05-26 04:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/chandon.cfm 2007-05-25 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/gabriel.cfm 2007-05-24 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/paddy.cfm 2007-05-23 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/mahboob.cfm 2007-05-22 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Soumitra2.cfm 2007-04-20 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Falcao.cfm 2007-04-19 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Black.cfm 2007-04-18 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Witt.cfm 2007-04-17 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/White.cfm 2007-04-16 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/HuyZott.cfm 2007-04-13 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Turner.cfm 2007-03-23 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Ibarra.cfm 2007-03-22 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Soumitra.cfm 2007-03-21 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Amitava.cfm 2007-03-20 05:19:28.0 http://knowledge.insead.edu/contents/Demers.cfm 2007-03-19 05:19:28.0