Leadership and management

Why you should work with your business rivals

Henry Ford once called competition the "keen cutting edge of business鈥�. But this approach comes with serious costs that can be mitigated by embracing a spirit of collaboration with your rivals.

Leadership and management

9 ways to fight gender discrimination in academia

Dr Ileana Stigliani, Associate Professor of Design & Innovation, reveals her strategy for addressing the gender imbalance in academia 鈥� and why we should all be joining the fight.

Leadership and management

How to adapt your business in a crisis

In times of crisis, companies respond by downsizing their operations. But instead, they should be taking stock and considering opportunities for innovation, emerging stronger during the recovery.

Leadership and management

Imitation: the new key to business success

In the business world, and in life, copying is frowned upon. In some cases, it has been responsible for inspiring business leaders, creating new markets and, most surprisingly, driving innovation.

Leadership and management

What violence means for business

Attacks, protests and civil unrest can severely disrupt economic activity 鈥� but in developing economies, they hit some businesses harder than others.

Leadership and management

How to scale up in an emerging market

Growing a business is always difficult but scaling up in an emerging market is even harder 鈥� luckily, a new form of entrepreneurial support is here to help.

Leadership and management

Why did Google+ fail?

Despite offering an arguably better experience, Google鈥檚 social network failed to unseat Facebook. Dr Andre Veiga examines why, and what it tells us about how social media users deal with choice.

Leadership and management

Why do so many products look the same?

Is innovative product design a help or a hindrance? New research from ImperiaBusiness School looks at how a product鈥檚 design can help consumers understand its function.