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Circular Cities

Urban centers are taking the lead in sustainability

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Circular Economy

Startups Fixing Fast Fashion

How three innovative companies from London's circular fashion economy have overcome urban infrastructure challenges

Circular Economy
Fight Hunger with Rescued Food

Adapting supply chain orchestration for circularity at Kuala Lumpur's Lost Food Project


Circular Economy
How Much Data Should You Share?

The EU's digital product passport highlights data-sharing governance tensions

In-Depth

While impressive circular business models can thrive at the enterprise level, their impact can be constrained by city infrastructure. Three innovative London fashion startups reveal the dissonance between startup innovation and urban infrastructure.

The Lost Food Project is an eco-food bank in Kuala Lumpur that has adapted supply chain orchestration for circularity (SCO-C).

The EU's digital product passport highlights the tensions involved in managing data-sharing in cross-sector partnerships.


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Circular Economy
Dynamic Capabilities That Don't Fail

Transformative change requires a systemic approach to circularity

Circular Economy
Modeling Net Positive Energy

Digital twins can help Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) create more renewable energy than they consume

Circular Economy
Turning Cities into “Living Labs”

Urban areas are the perfect place for sustainable innovation experiments

Automation
Improving Intelligent Process Automation

It is important to evaluate organizational context like size, industry, regulatory environment, and culture.

Spotlight
Capabilities
What Chinese Firms Do Differently

Comparing leading Chinese and US companies in six key sectors

Digital Marketing
Influence Doesn't Retire

Mature influencers and content creators can help appeal to older consumers

Brand Management
The Hidden Cost of “Sales-Now”

Short-termism can quickly undermine your brand equity



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Insight
Artificial Intelligence

The Illusion of Easy AI

AI adoption needs to be more deliberate, focusing on quality, validation, and long-term reliability

Supply Chain Management
Is It Safe to Not Hold Safety Inventory?

Achieving supply chain resiliency under uncertainty


Culture
Two Different Brains at Work

Confusing achievement and belonging could cost organizations their top talent


Education
Why Universities Need Strategic Leadership Now

Applying the dynamic capabilities framework to the strategic management of universities

Entrepreneurship
Is Distinctiveness Important for Startups?

Highly innovative startups often describe themselves in generic terms

Artificial Intelligence
Agentic Systems Are Rewiring Customer Relationships

If products are not machine-readable they can be invisible to AI agents


Artificial Intelligence
Chatbot Frustration is Real

Balancing the trade-offs between cost reduction and customer satisfaction


Artificial Intelligence
How AI Governance Defaults Shape Organizational Learning

Shift governance efforts toward building infrastructure, conventions, and routines



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Topics
Agentic AI
The Shopper Schism

What will happen when AI agents begin making purchases?

Business Models
Equipment as a Service (EaaS)

Unlocking greater value in machine tool manufacturing

Corporate Social Responsibility
AI and Social Intrapreneurship

Accelerating social innovation under uncertainty

Leadership
Overcoming the Friction of Different Functional Backgrounds

Diversity in functional expertise can improve firm performance



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