Crowdfunding has exploded in popularity since 2009, and its pace shows no signs of slowing. Funded researcher Ethan Mollick argues that this trend poses important implications for established firms as well as entrepreneurs.…Read More
Mack Institute Senior Fellow Scott Snyder discusses how mobile technology is disrupting marketplaces and organizations in unprecedented ways. What’s behind this seismic shift, and what should companies do about it?…Read More
In crowdsourcing contests, choices about contest structure affect both number and quality of entries. Funded Researcher Pinar Yildrim shares knowledge about how firms can get their ideal results by manipulating contest structure.…Read More
Terry Fadem, a Mack Institute Senior Fellow, researches the aggregate effect of questions, and the errors, problems, and benefits that they produce. Through hundreds of surveys and interviews, he’s gathered data on how managers ask questions and deal with the answers.…Read More
Gita Surie explains how half of India’s population has little or no access to reliable energy, which means that 600 million people in rural India have a significant problem.…Read More
According to George Day, top businesses have a lot in common with top athletes. His research examines the qualities that separate “growth leaders” from “growth laggards” — in other words, the qualities that separate average or failing companies from those that achieve Olympic-level success.…Read More
Chunka Mui wants you to know that the conventional narrative about start-ups versus large companies—the small and nimble Davids against the slow and clumsy Goliaths—doesn’t actually have much basis in reality.…Read More
How can an established firm foster innovation through its HR practices? Peggy Tayloe of Infosys shares how the company uses HR practices to stay flexible despite its size.…Read More
Intel’s Neil Blecherman shares how the company puts the mantra “innovation is everything” into action within its business ecosystem.…Read More
