A new paper by Wharton’s Cait Lamberton offers guidance for marketers who must transform traditional practices and beliefs to fit the modern sharing economy. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Has the Sharing Economy Disrupted Marketing? Not Quite…
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Armed with knowledge and connections in their native countries, first-generation immigrants help open the door for venture capitalists to make investments abroad, according to new research coauthored by Wharton’s Exequiel Hernandez. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Immigrant Entrepreneurs Pave the Way for Foreign VC Investments
Gaurav Dalmia, chairman of Dalmia Group Holdings, a holding company for business and financial assets, spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about the Indian economy, opportunities and risks in private equity, and his leadership journey. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Can India’s Economy Return to High Growth?
Author Tony Saldanha offers five steps for businesses that want to transition to digital but don’t know how. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why Digital Transformations Fail — and How to Fix That
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Breaking the Business as Usual Habit One of the biggest things that we see that stifles innovation and organizations is what we call organizational inertia or said differently: addiction to business as usual. So these are the routines, the habits, the everyday behaviors that hold us back. We’ve probably all said it, I Read more about Natalie Painchaud on Overcoming Organizational Inertia[…]
Ethan Bernstein, associate professor at Harvard Business School, studied how coworkers interacted before and after their company moved to an open office plan. The research shows why open workspaces often fail to foster the collaboration they’re designed for. Workers get good at shutting others out and their interactions can even decline. Bernstein explains how Read more about 707: Why Open Offices Aren't Working — and How to Fix Them[…]
Interview Transcript Let me tell you a story of one organization that consciously built BEANs. The organization is DBS. DBS is the largest bank in Southeast Asia. A few years ago they set up a new development center in Hyderabad in India. This was a place where they were going to purpose build Read more about Scott Anthony on How DBS Uses BEANs to Encourage Innovation[…]
Interview Transcript What is a BEAN? If you want to encourage innovative behaviors, you have to overcome some of the blockers that stand in the way of success. One of the critical tools to do this is what we call a BEAN: Behavior enabler, artifact and nudge. The behavior enabler is a direct Read more about Scott Anthony on How “BEANs” Break Down Innovation Barriers[…]