In the media

HR Summit & Expo Opens 21st Edition at Dubai World Trade Centre, Middle East News 247,  October 24, 2023.

How to Find and Source Suppliers When You’re Just Starting Out. ICSC, March 30, 2023.

Power by the hour.  MRO Business Today, November  29, 2022.

What happens when Amazon comes to town. The Economist, March 20, 2022.

The Crystal Ball: B-Schools Acknowledge Challenges, Put Positive Shine On 2022, Poets & Quants, Jan 3, 2022.

Wharton joins AltFinance, a $90M investment in HBCUs. Clear Admit, July 1, 2021.

What COVID teaches us about innovating fast, Financial Times, May 9, 2021.

환자 상태 어떤가요? 코로나에 글로벌 공급망이 망가졌네요…치료는 어떻게 하나요? `하이브리드 공급망 수술` 필요합니다, South Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper,  14 May 2020.

3M's complicated road to enough N95 capacity took many hands, Star Tribune, April 25, 2020.

Chinese-affiliated companies help supply PPE to US, China Daily, March 31, 2020.

How to create a successful initial coin offering CFO Tech Outlook, November 6, 2019.

Tired of waiting on a waiter? American Association for Advancement of Science, July 28, 2019.

Carbon Taxes Help The Environment . . . But May Not Help Renewables, Forbes, January 19, 2018

Too Few Retail Workers On The Floor, Too Few Retail Sales And Profits On P&L Statement, Forbes, December 16, 2017.

Inside Unilever's open, spacious co-working space, Tech In Asia, August 7, 2017.

The energy landscape is changing – and startups are key to its evolution, Wired, 8 June 2017.

The vicious circle of dynamic pricing in the airline industry, The Indian Economist, May 27, 2017.

Rethinking resilience in global supply chains, Management Issues, 30 March 2017.

Unilever levels up its startup game with collaborative space, Campaign, Feb 14, 2017.

The rise of anti-globalisation and its impact in Asia, Asian Correspondent, Jan 20, 2017.

Geolocation is changing the retail business model yet again, Forbes India, Dec 26, 2016.

When your boss is an algorithm, Financial Time, September 8, 2016.

Lessons from the Leader: How Amazon Innovates to Stay a Step Ahead, Business.com, August 2, 2016.

대기업 살아남으려면 스타트업과 손 잡아라,  South Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper,  10 June 2016.

Collaborating with fintech firms for a better future, The Edge, 23 May 2016.

Challenges of the start-ups: 'a lot of companies, many industries, are in denial', CFO Innovation, May 27, 2016.

Five major FinTech trends where China is leading the world, South China Morning Post, May 6, 2016.

Money of the Future report says Fintech is the fastest growing vertical, Enterprise Innovation, April 16, 2016.

Future of fintech: 2016 a pivotal year, Business Times, April 9, 2016.

Is fintech here to stay? VCCircle, April 7 2016.

Corporates and startups: engage or else! The Smart Manager, March-April 2016.

Rethinking business strategy SME Advisor Middle East, 21 February 2016.

Startups : (vieilles) entreprises, engagez-vous! Les Echos, 26 February, 2016.

Can cloning business work? Ask Rocket Internet. Future Startup, February 23, 2016.

Big firms tie up with small companies to survive startup revolution: report SMB World Asia, 15 February 2016.

Corporates and start-ups: Engage or else! The Jakarta Post, 15 February 2015.

How the world's biggest companies are working with startups, SME South Africa, February 8, 2016.

'Creative destruction' the next step for companies to survive and thrive, Business Times, February 12, 2016.

How Big And Small Companies Can Innovate Together, Forbes, February 10, 2016.

HOW YOUR DINOSAUR OF A COMPANY CAN SURVIVE THE STARTUP GIANT KILLERS, CFO INNOVATION, FEBRUARY 5, 20016. 

World’s top 100 corporations are in on startup revolution: 500 Startups-INSEAD study DealStreetAsia, 3 February 2016.

Superstars at your service Strategy+Business, 28 January 2016.

The under-the-radar profit-maximizing scheduling practice that can put workers in a “downward spiral” The Washington Post, January 8, 2016.

Carbon Pricing: not such a clean option Business Times, December 23 2015.  Reprinted in Trends, January 6, 2016.

商业模式创新的4W杠杆 Chief Executive China, November 2015.

商业模式创新的四种路径 CEOCIO Magazine, October 21, 2015. 

Rise of the Robots China Daily Asia, September 25, 2015.

A Fresh approach to strategy SPRING News, August 2015.

Product Knowledge Drives Sales Inside Retail Weekly Australia, August 2015.

Advice to SMEs: Embrace technology The Straits Times, 22 May 2015.

When Digital Disruption Strikes: How Can Incumbents Respond? CapGemini Consulting Report, 20 February 2015.

One Overlooked Reason Walmart Gave Workers Raises, Huffington Post, 26 February 2015.

Designing transformational business models, Digital Transformation Review, February 7, 2015.

Chasing the long tail, Business Standard, January 12, 2015.

The 4Ws of Business Model Innovation, IEDP, December 5, 2014.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars brings together top entrepreneurs and academia for leadership forum, Automotive World, Nov. 24, 2015.

Reinventing Business Models Through Risk Management, Risk Management Magazine, November 1, 2014.

Four ways to frame a business problem, Globe and Mail, 14 October, 2014. 

Fostering Business Model Innovation, The Business Times, 19 September 2014.

Interview with INSEAD professors, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine, BizDaily 16 September 2014.

Looking for a disruptive edge, The Business Times Invest, 16 September, 2014.

The risk-driven business model with Serguei Netessine, The Entrepreneurship Library, 25 August, 2014.

Tracking tectonic shifts in global business, LiveMint, 19 August, 2014.

What Your CEO Is Reading, CIO Journal, August 1, 2014.

Use "The Risk-Driven Business Model" to reinvent your business, Small Business Trends, July 27, 2014.

The simple questions behind Business Model Innovation, Chicago Tribune Blue Sky Innovation, July 21, 2014.

Industry innovation must extend to business models, South China Morning Post, July 5 2014.

INSEAD innovation experts offer roadmap for business model reinvention, Science Business, July 2014.

Product knowledge drives sales leadership, Jakarta Post, June 14, 2014.

What Uber should do with the money, Bloomberg News, June 10, 2014.

Malaysia’s MobileAds nabs strategic investment, eyes US market, Tech in Asia, June 10, 2014.

How Xiaomi Beats Apple at Product Launches, Business Mirror, June 8 2014.

In retail, brand expertise equals leadership, Forbes, May 24.

Time to rethink labor regulations, China Daily Asia Weekly, May 23, 2014.

Les solutions de l’industrie graphique européenne Graphiline, April 5, 2014.

Tesla Model S Disrupts Big Auto's Stalled Business Model Forbes, 25 March 2014.

What's Facebook up to? International Herald Tribune – 7 March, 2014.

Why Facebook really bought Whatsapp: Instant messages beat status updates for data mining, Business Review Weekly. March 3, 2014. 

Can the internet educate the entire world? - video Activate-Singapore, 29 January 2014.

Yes, There Is Hope ForGroupon -- If It Can Shed Its Dark Side. Forbes, December 11, 2013.

The Dark Side of Online Discounts  TechCircle, December 4, 2013.

Shopping made difficult, The StarOnline, August 25, 2013.

Extreme focus and the success of Germany’s ‘Mittelstand’ companies.  Business Mirror, Feb 17, 2013.

Tesla's Model S: Technology Outruns the Business Model.  Bloomberg News, Feb 25, 2013.

The return of people, KPMG International, 17 December, 2012.

Does Taxing Carbon Level the Playing Field for Wind Power? Chicago Policy Review, Nov. 13, 2012.

Exzellentes Produktionsmanagement in Europa, Die Beste Fabrik, September 28, 2012.

When fewer employees can do more, Strategy & Business, September 28, 2012.

Searching for rivals, The Economist, September 20th, 2012.

The Darwinian workplace: here is one revolutionary way to boost productivity in your service business, Today, 28 May 2012.

Bank's top managers go for extra training, The Moscow Times, 05/16/2012.

How Inventing Drugs Is Like Selling Hip Japanese Clothes‎, Forbes, 03/22/2012

The more the merrier, The New Yorker, 03/26/2012

Des banquiers russes en France, La Russie d’Ajourd’hui, 02/16/2012

500 руководителей Сбербанка оказались за французской партой, Ведомости, 02.07.2012.

These former investment bankers are changing grocery shopping in Singapore, Singapore Entrepreneurs, 01/14/2012.

Dans le métro parisien la grève n'est plus automatique, Courrier International, 12/15/2011.

Driverless, workless, The Economist 11/26/2011

Offshoring’s next act, Ernst & Young T Magazine March 2011.

A world of hits, The Economist, 11/26/2009

DVD data backs Long, Poor Tail theory, The Register, 09/22/2009

Academic Research Conflicts With 'Long Tail', Billboard Business News, 09/21/2009

Opel deal could bring Russian economy in from cold, Christian Science Monitor, 09/11/2009

GM Returns to Cold War Fear in Talks to Sell Opel, New York Times, 08/27/2009

How to get inventory when you’re low on cash, CNN Money, 03/27/2009

Academic Research Conflicts With 'Long Tail', Film Journal International, 10/23/2008

A workable merger, Philadelphia Inquirer, 05/14/2008

Passengers scowl as airlines smile, New York Times, 08/04/2007

Delta Takes Flight: How CEO Gerald Grinstein piloted a major airline through bankruptcy, USNEWS, 05/20/2007

Booking Losses, Forbes.com, 03/23/2007

Leaner Shelves, Leaner Profits?, Forbes.com, 11/15/2006

The Potential Cost of High Prices, The Economist, 07/31/2006

Virtual Inventories Get Real, Multichannel Merchant, 06/01/2006

Your Supply Chain and Your Stock Price, CIO Magazine, 02/15/2006

The Mystery of Customer Satisfaction, Forbes, 08/29/2005


Knowledge@Wharton, INSEAD Knowledge

Can cloning businesses work?, 10/12/2015.

Geolocation is Changing the Retail Business Model Yet Again, 03/11/2014.

Four Questions to Revolutionise Your Business Model, 02/07/2014.

Product Knowledge Drives Sales Leadership, 05/06/2014.

When Big Data meets manufacturing.  16/04/2014

What's Facebook is up to? 25/02/2014

Avoiding the Damage of Product Recalls 10/12/2013

The Dark Side of Online Discounts  26/11/2013

Labour Efficiency: Workloads or Makework?  12/6/2012 YouTube Video Interview.

Banking on Russia’s future 03/25/2012 YouTube Video Interview.

Can you innovate your business model? 05/27/2011 YouTube Video Interview.

Will Google's Nexus One Change the Wireless Industry?, 01/20/2010,  

'New Era’ of Performance-based Reimbursements Begins at Defense Department, 11/24/2009,  

The Lean Evolution: From Factory Floor to Service Centers -- and Beyond, 11/11/2009,  

Fit for the Holidays: Amazon Is Shaping Up and Shipping Out, 11/11/2009,  

Pay for What You Get: Putting Performance-based Contracting to the Test, 10/14/2009,  

Rethinking the Long Tail Theory: How to Define 'Hits' and 'Niches', 09/16/2009,  

On the Clock: Are Retail Sales People Getting a Raw Deal?, 10/01/2008,  

Procurement -- Performance-based Logistics, 07/14/2008,  

The Domino Effect: Will Airlines Follow One Another in the Consolidation Game?, 02/20/2008,  

No Going Back: Russia Today Suggests Stability Instead of Chaos, 04/25/2007,  

Russia: 'Floating on an Enormous Pool of Petrodollars', 04/25/2007,  

Why It's Unhealthy to Be a Man in Russia: Looming Crises in Health Care and Demographics, 04/25/2007,  

Out of Stock? It Might Be Your Employee Payroll -- Not Your Supply Chain -- That's to Blame, 04/04/2007,  

The 'Open Skies' Agreement Clears up the Future of Air Travel between the U.S. and Europe, 04/04/2007,  

'Power by the Hour': Can Paying Only for Performance Redefine How Products Are Sold and Serviced?, 02/21/2007,  

Can't Find That Dress on the Rack? Retailers Are Pushing More Shoppers to the Web, 11/01/2006,  

Wal-Mart: Is There a Downside to Going Upscale?, 06/14/2006,  

Christmas Creep: The Shopping Season Is Longer, but Is It Better?, 03/01/2006,  

Inventory Management: A Way to Give It a Grade, 02/22/2006,  

Around the World on $48 (or So): How High Can Discount Airlines Fly?, 10/05/2005,  

Delving into the Mystery of Customer Satisfaction: A Toyota for the Retail Market?, 08/10/2005,  

Few Survivors Predicted: Why Most Airlines Are Caught in a Tailspin, 02/09/2005,  

Fare Wars: The 'Friendly Skies' Are More Cutthroat Than Ever, 06/16/2004,  

Can E-tailers Find Fulfillment with Drop Shipping?, 07/17/2002,