If you want to earn more money as CEO, hire new CFO

December 9, 2019 According to new research from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, it pays even more to be an incumbent CEO working with a newly hired chief financial officer (CFO).

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Business leaders don't see sustainable development goals as opportunity anymore

Don't confuse luck with skill when rewarding performance

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Job interview questions everybody asks, yet nobody knows why

December 2, 2019 Job interviews are one of those things almost everyone hates. And with a reason.

Don't confuse luck with skill when rewarding performance

November 25, 2019 Managers and those who evaluate the performance of others, whether in the workplace or on the sporting field, are likely to be often confusing luck with skill, and over rewarding those who are just lucky, a study reveals.

More women on a company's board, the more market value is lost

November 18, 2019 A company with a gender-diverse board of directors is interpreted as revealing a preference for diversity and a weaker commitment to shareholder value, according to new research in the INFORMS journal Organization Science.

When managing a company, less is more

November 11, 2019 The research, published in the International Journal of Research and Marketing, found that the combination of a company's product portfolio breadth—or, the number of product categories—portfolio depth—the number of products within those product categories—and portfolio innovativeness, as well as a brand's portfolio size and quality were the key elements to success in marketing.

Are you a woman and want to be a CEO? Get to the board first

November 4, 2019 As more companies seek top positions, women have a problem: they have no prior experience because companies avoid the risk of hiring them. So, what to do?

Female CEOs judged more harshly than men for workplace failures

October 28, 2019 Female CEOs are more likely to be held accountable than their male counterparts for ethical workplace failures.

Men are harder competitors, women are more realistic

October 21, 2019 In competition situations, men invest more resources than women in reducing the performance of competitors. Men overestimate sabotage against them and respond accordingly, while women assess the sabotage efforts of competitors realistically, according to a laboratory experiment carried out at KIT.

If your CEO is neurotic, do not expect return on investment

October 14, 2019 CEOs represent the face of their companies.

Marketing budgets dropped below 11% of company revenue for first time since 2014

October 7, 2019 Marketing budgets have shifted downwards, dropping from 11.2% of overall company revenue in 2018 to 10.5% in 2019, according to a survey of chief marketing officers (CMOs) by Gartner, Inc.