Business Education

INSEAD Thought Leadership

• The Four Essential Pillars of Successful Platform Businesses
  To transition from pipeline to ecosystem business requires executive focus and strength building...
• Making the Workplace Work for Gens X, Y and Z
  All three generations share an increasing enthusiasm for entrepreneurship but differ globally in...
• The Fine Line Between Optimism and Fakery
  Are humans unrealistically hopeful about the future or just pretending to be?
• How True News Will Beat Fake News
  A wave of community-based media is taking audience and influence from the mainstream.
• Thinking in Scenarios Improves Forecasts
  Making accurate predictions based on historical precedent is flawed but thinking in scenarios...
• Product Design in the Age of Variety
  Consumers want more variety than ever before. This means product design needs to be rethought to...
• India’s Free Specialty Hospitals Combine Medicine With Mindfulness
  How a pair of Indian hospitals have made no-cost surgery a sustainable healthcare paradigm.
• The World’s Most Talent Competitive Countries, 2017
  While technology is eliminating jobs it is also creating them. But filling these new roles is...
• When Price Precision Pays in Negotiations
  Depending on who you are negotiating with your offers should be more or less precise.
• Three Ways to Get Ahead of the Digital Competition
  Leaders seeking to capture value in the digital age need to expect the unexpected.
• When Foreign Firms Are No Longer Welcome
  Foreign firms are more likely to divest from a country when they experience a dispute with a...
• Seven Attributes of the Most Innovative Cultures
  The roots of innovation lie in the most basic cultural values.
• Making the Most Out of Public Money
  Examining the dual effects of public sponsorship on firm performance
• Financial Regulation in Volatile Markets
  Regulation should limit speculative activities without impairing risk sharing.
• Lessons in Digital Transformation from the Hotel Industry
  Integrating content creation curation and dissemination skills into business operations is a...
• Are Investors Underpricing Current Risks?
  Since the U.S. election the risk premium has gone down which is puzzling.
• The Future World Order
  With globalisation on the ropes and a hegemon in decline prevalent political science theories...
• How to Model Our Future Cities?
  The representation of the city we need is a mystery to us; now without that vision we ...
• The Strategic Science of Delayed Compliance
  No company is above the law but some firms are allowed much more time in complying with it.
• Storytelling: More Than a Presentation Tool
  How a story can make a strategy come to life.
• Converting Social Impact Into Competitive Advantage
  Improve quality of life in an underserved region and you create a blue ocean.
• Why You Should Give Investors Greater Say on CEO Pay
  Even non-binding shareholder votes on CEO pay improve firm performance and shareholder value.
• Stop Blaming Women for Gender Inequality
  It’s hard to “lean in” when you feel you’re being pushed out.
• Enduring Firms Transfer Assets and Knowledge Effectively
  How family assets such as name and members are managed matters for longevity.
• How China Can Innovate
  Unless China improves its intellectual property protection it will not create the environment...