The cancelation of a concert in Israel by Lauryn Hill underlies the importance of developing a deep understanding of history and politics for different regions of the world when doing business internationally as it appears that the pop star was caught off guard by the social media the concert generated.

Charles Handy, a management guru said, “You may be hopeless in running IBM, but put in charge of a school you may make all the difference”. Another commentator, Jeffrey Pfeffer, of Stanford Business School, confirms Handy’s view of charisma, and suggests that we can be charismatic in some situations but not in others: the right…

Whenever I’m in Nigeria and visit a company in Lagos, I anticipate traffic jams and leave ahead of time. Once I had to travel from Lagos Business School in Lekki to the UBA (United Bank for Africa) head office on Lagos Island – 30 km or about 18 miles. Someone recommended that I leave two…

Sustainable Brands was launched in 2006 by KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz. Her goal was to build a community of professionals in the business world who were interested in innovation and sustainability. On April 27-28, IESE's Center for Business in Society (CBS), as academic partner, hosted one of her conferences, in which presenters and companies explored the concept of sustainability…