Monthly Archives: February 2017

Meet prodigy finance fintech firm went global day one
INSEAD alumnus Cameron Stevens, Chief Executive and co-founder of Prodigy Finance since 2007, found it paradoxical that a graduate could be accepted into the best business schools but not be trusted to pay back a student loan. Like many entrepreneurs, he wanted to find the intersection of doing something meaningful for the world, but also build a profitable, high-growth business. City A.M. UK – 14 February

Unilever levels up its startup game with collaborative space 
Unilever launches collaborative space ‘Level3’ in Singapore. INSEAD Professor of Technology and Operations Management Serguei Netessine comments that for startups in Singapore, partnering with multinational corporations like Unilever is a springboard to scale and build more successful businesses. Campaign Asia Singapore – 14 February

Dark mood overshadows Singapore’s economic view
According to Pushan Dutt, INSEAD Professor of Economics and Political Science, Singapore’s main challenge is in how to increase its productivity growth. Nikkei Asian Review Japan – 23 February

Why It Pays Off to Be Funny at Work—Usually
According to research led by Li Huang, INSEAD Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, a little sarcasm boosts creativity. The researchers found that participants who experienced sarcastic exchanges were more likely to find the solution to a tasks that required creative insight. The Wall Street Journal US – 20 February

• Power is Everywhere: How Stakeholder-Driven Media Build the Future of Watchdog News
  Luk N. Van Wassenhove, INSEAD Professor of Technology and Operations Management, Dr Mark Lee Hunter, INSEAD Adjunct Professor and Senior Research Fellow at INSEAD, based in the INSEAD Social Innovation Centre, and Maria Besiou launched a new book ‘Power is everywhere’ on how ‘stakeholder- driven-media’ can remedy to the many issues of the news industry today. Do alternative facts count more than straight facts? Does fake news beats thin news?France – The Global Editors Network (GEN) 
  How real facts beat alternative facts

  US – NiemanLab
  “Stakeholder-driven journalism” is the real future of watchdog reporting, a new book argues

• 7 strategies to take Singapore forward
  INSEAD Professor of Technology and Operations Management Serguei Netessine is part of Singapore’s Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) which released a 109-page report with recommendations to help the country navigate a more uncertain global environment in the next 10 years. The committee laid out seven strategies to maximise Singapore’s chances of success and assure workers of sustainable wage growth and meaningful careers.  Singapore – The Straits Times 
• Who’s Responsible? The Ethics of the Sharing Economy
  Reprinted from INSEAD Knowledge
  Craig Smith, INSEAD Chaired Professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility asks whether the responsibilities of “sharing economy” giants like Uber and airbnb, differ from those of traditional companies. The Huffington Post UK – 2 February

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