World Business Ideas at Work Articles
February 28, 2013

Will China Slow Down? Not So Fast.

Shang-Jin Wei

After three decades of barely-checked expansion, the world is waiting for China's economy to run out of steam. Shang-Jin Wei argues that China's unique features will likely help it offset some of the slowing forces and maintain speed for the next decade.

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January 30, 2013

Risk, Innovation, and Social Value

Bruce Kogut, the director of the School's Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics, discusses the center's latest perspective about making the financial sector work for Wall Street and Main Street after the financial crisis.

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September 25, 2012

Un-Follow the Leader

Cultural norms of deference to authority figures can inhibit Indian employees from challenging the status quo and sharing innovative ideas with managers.

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June 26, 2012

Jumpstarting Japan's Boards

Could speeding up the adoption of US-style governance practices boost the bottom lines of Japanese firms?

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May 31, 2012

Who Rules the World, and How?

In a new book, Bruce Kogut discusses how network science reveals the small worlds and clubs behind the exercise of corporate governance.

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December 28, 2011

Trade and Credit

A lagging consumer appetite, not a tight market for lending, is the main cause of the plunge in exports during the global recession.

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October 31, 2011

Can the Euro Be Saved?

David O. Beim

Only radical action can solve Europe's sovereign debt crisis.

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September 30, 2011

Middlemen Lead the Way on Trade

New research shows how intermediaries play a key role in facilitating the movement of goods across the globe.

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July 22, 2011

Vouching for Outsourced Labor

Research shows how online remote employment agencies can provide a crucial "stamp of approval" for inexperienced workers.

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