With increasing specialization, technological complexity, and globalization, firms now buy a long list of products and services from many outside providers. In industries like automobiles, consumer electronics and retail, reliably sourcing a multitude of products from supply chain partners is the key to success.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/05/outclassing-sourcing-champions/
The 2012 edition of the South by Southwest conference (SWSX) wrapped up in Austin last week. Over the last years, this has become one of hottest stops on the startup circuit, earning a reputation as the biggest breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies– notably, both foursquare and twitter catapulted to the big leagues after they presented early versions at SWSX. … Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/03/sxsw-insead-south-by-southwest/
Among Renaissance Innovations that dramatically changed airline industries around the world is dynamic pricing. Now we take for granted that a person sitting next to you on the plane might have paid a fraction of what you paid. However, it was not always this way. … Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/02/is-there-such-thing-as-fair-price/
From today, our blog,The Renaissance Innovator, is part of the official INSEAD bloggers network. So if you arrived here through the INSEAD blog, Welcome to our blog and read on for what this blog is about. For our loyal regular readers, nothing changes, you can read our blog posts exactly as you did before, and we’d also recommend checking out some of the other excellent posts on the INSEAD blog.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2012/01/the-renaissance-innovator-joins-the-insead-bloggers-network/
Christmas is in the air and I am sure many of you have been buying gifts for your loved ones. Not to be the Grinch– but there is strong empirical evidence that shows that gift-giving destroys a third of gift value.… Read more
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.insead.edu/2011/12/a-new-model-for-gifts/
