TRENDS speaks to Professor Miguel Lobo, Director of the INSEAD Middle East campus, who says that, if GCC companies can’t compete globally, global firms will enter their markets. Today, there is a new generation of digital natives – people who have grown up with the Internet. How important is it for Middle East companies to…
In the perfect storm our world is currently experiencing, we need to develop leaders with character, people who can deal with complex and difficult situations and act as forces for good. Take the United Kingdom for example. The responses from Prime Minister Theresa May following the horrific attacks in London and Manchester were inadequate and…
Only three percent of working professionals currently use any kind of virtual reality (VR) applications in their workplaces. But 30 percent say VR will revolutionize their work in the coming decade, according to the second part of a three-part study conducted by the INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute, Universum, the MIT Leadership Centre and The Head…
arab luxury world 2017, the Middle East’s leading luxury business conference, has announced the winners of its first-ever Global Student Competition, which was launched to showcase the views of the next generation on the future of the luxury, design and fashion businesses. Lama Balaghi from INSEAD Business School and Vivien So from Savannah College of…
Innovation in large organizations is traditionally nurtured and deployed internally. As a result, solutions are often inward-looking, missing the chance to seize opportunities and address chronic and systemic problems found at the ecosystem level. These groundbreaking ideas are more likely to be found at the intersection of organizations’ capabilities and can only be captured through…
Digital partnerships are increasingly becoming commonplace, and non-technology organizations are joining forces with the hottest digital start-ups to bring something new to the market. In the past year, we’ve seen the likes of Starbucks and Lyft join forces to increase value for current customers, attract new ones and reward drivers and partners. More recently, Fossil…
There has been a lot of discussion about the stereotypes contributing to the lack of women in the c-suite. But one of the biggest obstacles could be their own assumptions on what path they’re supposed to take. While much has been written about the stereotypes propping up the glass ceiling, most gender difference research has…
If firms offer commitment programed to healthy behavior, they can avoid costly incentive and subsidy schemes and improve health at little or no cost. Last December, Daiwa Securities launched a healthy eating initiative for the festive period called the “80 percent programed” for its 13,600 domestic employees in Japan. It urged employees to stop eating…
Sustainability is becoming a strategic differentiator for brands. If leveraged properly it can be transformational. Sustainability is the new mantra for strategic differentiation. The global brand and marketing industry is abuzz with brands implementing new sustainability initiatives. The Hershey Company, for instance, recently made new deforestation prevention commitments in its supply chain through a comprehensive…
In February 2012, The Economist reported that Russia’s state-owned Sberbank had become one of the best performing corporate stocks in a decade. Every $100 invested in the company in 2002, was worth $3,700 in 2012. Sberbank came second only to Apple, which for every $100 invested in 2002, was then worth $4,000. Although Sberbank’s stock declined…
