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Leadership & Organisations

How to Better Harness the Wisdom of the Crowd

Lily Fang

A simple way for groups to perform better, how AI is crowding out context, the effect of trade-in programmes on profitability and more research-backed insights.

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Economics & Finance

What Earnings Reveal That Cash Flow Hides

Martin Kapons

Accrual accounting can help offset seasonal cash flow swings to give a more accurate picture of firm performance.

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Entrepreneurship

The Hidden Rules of China-Gulf Investment Dealmaking

X. Wang, C. Spina

Expectation and cultural gaps are killing deals before they close. Here’s how to bridge them.

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Economics & Finance

Global Oil Crisis: Are We Nearing the Tipping Point?

INSEAD Knowledge

Oil supplies are running dangerously low as the US-Iran standoff wears on.

Economics & Finance

When Patient Capital Meets Impatient Investors

Claudia Zeisberger

The structural fault line running through the US$3.5 trillion private credit market.

Economics & Finance

The Importance of Networks in the Gig Economy

Lily Fang

Insights on FinTech lending, how friendship powers the gig economy, hyper-competitive workplace cultures and more.

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Economics & Finance

What High Oil Prices Mean for the Energy Transition

Aldona Kapačinskaitė

Today’s pump prices reveal why the firms well-placed to build a clean energy future have little incentive to do so.

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Technology & Innovation

AI & Jobs: What Workers Can Do to Protect Themselves

P. Puranam, S.Y. Chun, W. Jiang, V. Sevcenko

Some jobs aren’t coming back; more are being redesigned and restructured. We size up the impact of AI on jobs in this special series.

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Economics & Finance

Will AI Eat SaaS for Lunch?

Lily Fang

The doomsday thesis for software-as-a-service firms assumes a frictionless world. The real world is anything but.

Economics & Finance

Europe's Historic Second Chance

F. Candelon, T. Evgeniou, T. Ramge

With its industrial strength and ecosystems, the Old Continent must seize the opportunity to leapfrog the US and other major economies.

Economics & Finance

Tariffs and Turmoil: Negotiating the New World Order

S. Hasija, P. Dutt

Building slack and adopting a just-in-case approach can help Asian firms address ongoing economic uncertainty.

Economics & Finance

INSEAD Insights: Secrets, Innovations and Alcohol

Lily Fang

New research on radical innovations, trade secrets, business-related drinking culture and more.

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Economics & Finance

Is the Asian Economic Model Breaking?

Pushan Dutt

The Asian miracle was built on an assumption that the system would hold. Given the way things are going, the likelihood is that it won’t.

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Economics & Finance

Are We in an AI Bubble?

B. Charoenwong, L. Fang, B. Vallée, L. Shen

INSEAD faculty weigh in on the state of the market and what investors should keep an eye on.

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Leadership & Organisations

INSEAD Insights: Strong Cultures, Supply Chains and Surprise

Lily Fang

New research on organisational behaviour, healthcare, the energy transition and more.

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