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Responsibility

From Good Intentions to Maximising Your Impact

Jasjit Singh, INSEAD Professor of Strategy

Ad hoc projects for “giving back” might make you feel great, but are you realising your full potential?
Operations

Preparing Your Firm for AI

Theodoros Evgeniou, INSEAD Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management

Firms looking to leverage the transformational potential of AI should remember that it is still people who determine the...
Leadership & Organisations

Enabling Productive Thinking to Develop Gender Balance

Zoe Kinias, INSEAD Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour

Subtle mental shifts can increase people’s responsiveness to the gender gap, and their commitment to doing something about it.
Responsibility

A New Framework for Corporate Activism

N. Craig Smith, INSEAD Chaired Professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility

Knowing when – and how – to appropriately speak out on political issues is becoming a core skill for business leaders.
Family Business

The Key to Making Succession Work in Family Business

Jian Bai Li, Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore Business School, and Henning Piezunka, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise

Transferring power to the younger generation can be profoundly disorienting – but help can be found in surprising quarters.

Super Apps: How to Create a Mass Market of One

By targeting each customer as a single market, super apps build a business model that is transforming lives in emerging markets.

Information About Differences Ultimately Leads to Profit

When firms participate in industry classifications, their product may turn out to be better or worse than that of their...

‘Pink Silos’ in Start-up Funding and How to Avoid Them

Female entrepreneurs and female investors risk being boxed in if they seek only each other’s company.

Crowdfunding for Impact?

By relying too heavily on cool stories to attract investors, ventures may end up compromising on real impact.

SCALE: A Growth Toolkit for Mature Market Start-Ups

How a new programme increased start-ups’ chance of success.

Embracing the Paradoxes of Leadership

Why we need to move from an “either/or” to a “both/and” view of priorities.

David Midgley

Developing a Toolkit for Strategic Foresight

Why some companies see disruption coming from a mile away, and respond accordingly.

Claire Harbour

Seven Ways to Overcome the Fear of Making a Career Change

Bold new professional aspirations often freeze us in our tracks.

V. "Paddy" Padmanabhan

Three Cornerstones of Global Retail Innovation

INSEAD experts and industry executives drill down to the basic human needs driving changes in...

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The Global Impact of the Trade Stand-Off Between Japan and South Korea

A regional trade tiff has the potential to bring on a global recession.

Why Foreign Firms Struggle to Break Into China

Trade wars are not even the biggest problem.

Integrating Diversity Into Business Education

Conversations around diversity, equity and inclusion can be uncomfortable. But business school classrooms need to embrace them...

Social Media Strategy for David and Goliath

When leveraging online influence, the identity of your audience should dictate how you engage with them.

Three Keys to Creating Prosperity in Africa

While each country must find its own path, every leader working on the continent must commit to improving its brand equity.

Less Than Zero: The New Normal for Interest Rates?

Will your bank pay you to borrow money?

Why New Ventures Should Think Twice Before Building Political Connections

In emerging markets, B2B start-ups’ closeness to local government can scare away potential customers.

Is Greed Destroying Your Soul?

Greed is less about accumulating wealth than filling an inner void.