Norbert Bol

MARCH 20, 2016

2016) came online which proposes that in a modern service approach we should include ecosystem services as well. 2016, in press, corrected proof). What is behind the leadership shift in sustainable development from politicians to CEOs? This month a new scientific article (Matthies et al., D’Amato, D., Berghäll, S., Zoeteman, B.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 31, 2016

Last week in Strategy Blogs we discussed the topic of innovation speed and how this positively relates to organizational performance. In the March 2016 edition of Environmental Science & Policy there is an article by Gorddard et al. 2016), who emphasizes that simply broadening the decision-making perspective is not enough.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 24, 2016

Innovation is important in the entrepreneurial strategy processes to increase organizational performance. In the February 2016 edition of the Journal of Business Research, Shan et al. 2016) also find in their research that higher innovation speed leads to superior performance. Norbert Bol. Literature. Song, M., & Ju, X.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 17, 2016

To answer this question, I will use the upcoming article in June 2016 in the International Journal of Information Management about information management for innovation networks. Related to the coordination of innovation processes there is not much to conclude about this topic in the strategy of Facebook for the next ten years.

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Norbert Bol

MAY 22, 2016

In the upcoming August 2016 edition of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics there is new insight that peer effects play an important role in the diffusion of innovations and how it can occur in different circumstances. Below a picture represents these categories in relation to market share. Norbert Bol. Literature.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 6, 2016

Last week I wrote in StrategyBlogs that bridging the gap between strategy formulation and strategy implementation is possible through a true dialogue with your stakeholders. In the current edition of Business Horizons there is an interesting article about secondary stakeholders and their growing influence. Definitions. Norbert Bol.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Most managers do not resist this pressure as 78% of the managers would reject an NPV (net present value)-positive project if it would lower quarterly earnings, and 80 percent would focus on this short-term metric at the expense of building long-term shareholder value. Norbert Bol. Literature. Martens, M. L., & Carvalho, M.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 3, 2016

In the June 2016 issue of Research Policy there is an interesting article how green jobs differ from non-green jobs. These jobs are less routinised and can be important drivers for innovation and the seeking of new knowledge and skills. Education, especially training on-the-job, is becoming more important. Norbert Bol. Literature. Consoli, D.,

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Norbert Bol

MAY 29, 2016

In the upcoming September 2016 issue of the journal Computers in Human Behavior, there is an overview of the scientific literature about the topic of kwowledge sharing in project teams. This will lead to an increase of performance and a reduction of risk. Norbert Bol. Literature. Navimipour, N. J., & Charband, Y.

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Norbert Bol

JULY 31, 2016

For the readers of Strategy Blogs I have made a selection of the 2016 non fiction books from the list McKinsey published as they are related to the themes of Strategy Blogs. The Seventh Sense: Power, Fortune, and Survival in the Age of Networks —Joshua Cooper Ramo (Little, Brown & Company, 2016). Norbert Bol.

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Norbert Bol

JUNE 19, 2022

As we discussed in the previous blog , a key element to learning is the strategy that participants in the supply chain pursue. In the previous blog there was a poll question about the strategy. More collaborative strategies, such as contributive strategies and pro-active strategies, are less usual as the poll indicates.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

2016) presented three models on supply chain sustainability: Reactive strategy Results are achieved through the implementation of sustainability codes of conduct with a focal company using assessment to measure the results. Relationships and leadership can be transactional and/or transformational. Gosling et al. Gosling, J.,

Leadership 52

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 28, 2016

Last week I wrote in my Strategy Blog ‘ Creating more value in services ‘, that more value can be created in services when ecosystem services are included. 2016, in press, corrected proof). Industrial Marketing Management. This article also points out that more diversity is needed when it comes to value creation.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 10, 2016

In the July 2016 issue of Research Policy there is an interesting article (Schemmann et al., 2016) that focuses on the characteristics that determine whether an idea is going to be implemented by the crowdsourcing company. Most studies about idea crowdsourcing focus on the phase of idea generation. Norbert Bol. Literature. Chappin, M.

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