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Regulating the ‘Wild West’ of Token-Based Business

Regulating the ‘Wild West’ of Token-Based Business

Aly Madhavji (INSEAD MBA '16D), Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund, Massimo Massa, INSEAD Professor of Finance, and Mansoor Madhavji, Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund | March 16, 2021 Evolving standards of crypto regulation may actually result in sharper oversight...

Who Wins the Market: The Swift or the Smart?

Who Wins the Market: The Swift or the Smart?

Bart Zhou Yueshen, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Finance | March 9, 2021 Both speed technology and information are vital trading inputs. The stock market, as we have recently seen with the GameStop furore, can be a bit of a rollercoaster. Investors are at work trying...

The Fundamentals of Transforming from Matrix to Agile

The Fundamentals of Transforming from Matrix to Agile

Yves Doz, INSEAD Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management, and Maria Guadalupe, INSEAD Professor of Economics | March 4, 2021 Nothing less than an evolution of strategy, structure, processes, people and technology will do. Although it remains a common way to...

What It’s Like to Be a Gig Worker During a Pandemic

What It’s Like to Be a Gig Worker During a Pandemic

Mark Stabile, INSEAD Professor of Economics, and Alexandra Roulet, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Economics | March 1, 2021 How precarious workers balance financial uncertainty, health risks and mental well-being in the age of Covid-19. Last year, media reports showed...

Cooking Up a Creative Community

Cooking Up a Creative Community

Li Huang, INSEAD Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, and Spencer Harrison, INSEAD Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour | February 24, 2021 A recipe based on INSEAD research. Covid-19 continues to leave its mark on business, in seemingly...

A Post-Mortem on Product Management

A Post-Mortem on Product Management

Ayman Jawhar (INSEAD MBA ‘12J), INSEAD Lecturer in Product Management | February 22, 2021 Treating product management as a role, rather than a culture all its own, deadens its meaning and impact. Product management as we've known it up ‘til now – as a limited function...

Social Media Helps Global “Dream Teams” Come Together

Social Media Helps Global “Dream Teams” Come Together

Pawel Korzynski, INSEAD Visiting Scholar, and Grzegorz Mazurek, Professor of Marketing at Kozminski University | February 17, 2021 Academic international collaboration is now evolving beyond conferences or formal networks as constantly improving social media connects...

Prospects and Pitfalls for the Post-Pandemic Organisation

Prospects and Pitfalls for the Post-Pandemic Organisation

Phanish Puranam, the Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Strategy and Organisation Design at INSEAD | February 15, 2021 Big changes are coming for organisations and organisation designs. Whether they will be for good or ill depends on how leaders confront three key...

Can the Subscription Economy Save Financial Services?

Can the Subscription Economy Save Financial Services?

Wolfgang Ulaga, INSEAD Senior Affiliate Professor of Marketing, and Michael Mansard, the Subscribed Institute | January 27, 2021 The traditional FSI business model is looking threadbare – and not only because of the pandemic. Some players are seeking new territory by...

The Digital Transformation of the “Mad Men” Model

The Digital Transformation of the “Mad Men” Model

David Dubois, INSEAD Associate Professor of Marketing, and Joanna Teoh, INSEAD MBA ̔19J | January 12, 2021 The ad agency business needs to reinvent itself and embrace the two key challenges of the coming decade. When the pandemic hit, technological changes had already...