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Fueling Innovation: How Microsoft Finally Got It Right

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W E OFTEN THINK of innovation as something visionaries draw out of thin air, like manna from heaven. Here’s an innovation story that’s closer to reality: It’s a story of loss, grit, and renewal. It’s also about a never-too-late approach to innovation that enabled a floundering business to launch a second golden age.

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How Reputation Affects Online Debates

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Reputational impact The study found that there was a considerable impact on the success of a debate from reputation, with each 10 units of reputation increase raising the chances of persuasion by over 30%.

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How Bad Ideas Can Be Weeded Out Of Open Innovation

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In the early stages, they tend to focus on the reputation of the person behind the idea and how well it’s presented, even though these factors don’t predict success. The study aimed to understand how open innovation platforms affect idea generation and whether the factors people consider for success change as ideas evolve.

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How Brand Reputation Influences Pay

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Instead, they should find different ways to make use of the brand’s good reputation. They should consider the returns of attracting a larger pool of applicants, drawn by the brand’s reputation and, rather than using resume power to determine pay, they could highlight it to convert more job offers,” the authors conclude.

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Measuring The Reputation Of Bureaucracies

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A recent study from Bocconi argues that success largely hinges on the bureaucratic reputation they enjoy. The researchers propose a new measure for determining such a reputation that works across agencies and even across countries using Natural Language Processing.

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World’s Most Influential and Innovative Companies, 2023

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Which companies have the strongest reputations within and across industries? Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021. All rights reserved.

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Academic Reputation Matters When It Comes To Getting Published

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Reputation is pretty important in most spheres of life, so it’s perhaps no surprise that it’s equally so in academia. The post Academic Reputation Matters When It Comes To Getting Published first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.