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Welcome
Our outstanding reputation in the worlds of business and academia is built on research excellence. A virtuous circle of research success combined with INSEAD’s intellectually rich and exciting environment attracts top researchers from around the world who, in turn, conduct and produce research with real-world impact. The creation of new, relevant knowledge is paramount in our drive to build an innovative research ethos for business and society.
Ziv Carmon
Dean of Research
Academic Impact
Ranking in the top 5 Business Schools with the most publications (University of Texas at Dallas Top 100 Worldwide Business School Rankings Based on Research Contributions) in leading business journals, INSEAD’s research achieves high output and visibility worldwide.
Altogether, our faculty hold 140 editorial and/or advisory board roles at leading academic journals.
Our faculty engage closely with the business community where their research solves complex management challenges. You can learn more about the impact they have had by reading our Research Impact Series or listening to podcast interviews with our faculty conducted by INSEAD Knowledge.
Real World Impact
Thought Leadership
Our faculty have published countless articles in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, The Conversation and many world renowned thought leadership platforms.
These platforms allow our professors to take a step back from their academic role and expose their research to business practitioners everywhere.
INSEAD Books
Over the years our faculty have published more than 600 books, covering all areas from macroeconomics to cross cultural communication and even touching on relationship advice for couples who work together. Some of their more recent books:
Managing sustainable business: an executive education case and textbook by Gilbert G. Lenssen and N. Craig Smith, INSEAD Affiliate Professor of Ethics and Social Responsibility.
Couples that work: how to thrive in love and at work by Jennifer Petriglieri, INSEAD Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour.
INSEAD Knowledge
Knowledge showcases the latest business thinking and views from award-winning faculty and global contributors. Updated daily, with a weekly top picks email from the editor and a tablet and smartphone app, it is a free resource for global executives and managers looking for answers to business challenges. Knowledge provides insights on leadership, organisations, economics and finance, strategy, entrepreneurship, operations management, marketing, careers, family business and responsibility. You will find articles, blogs and video interviews that cover all of INSEAD's disciplines.
Centres & Initiatives
Our Centers, Initiatives and Institutes combine research, impact and knowledge exchange by connecting academia and real-world practice. Through research, we expand the frontiers of knowledge and shape global business leadership. As such, our researchers actively contribute to the school's ambitions.
Case Publishing
Did you know that INSEAD wrote 6 of the 10 best-selling cases distributed by the Case Centre in the past 40 years? That our cases were the Overall Winner of 5 of the last 10 Case Centre Global Case Awards? And that these cases are used in more than 100 business schools and universities around the world?
Benjamin Millepied at the Paris Opera Ballet | |
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In December 2015, barely one year into his tenure as the head of the Paris Opera Ballet (POB), celebrity dancer, choreographer, and entrepreneur Benjamin Millepied was caught in a storm of controversy. | |
By Isabelle Solal, Kaisa Snellman, Gianpiero Petriglieri Published 26 Jul 2019 Topic Leadership & Organisations Industry Entertainment, Performing Arts | |
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Dyson Ltd: From Vacuum Cleaners to Electric Vehicles | |
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The case provides a strategic overview of one of the UK’s fastest-growing household goods companies, Dyson Ltd. Starting out in the early 1990s as sole vendor of bagless vacuum cleaners in the UK market, Dyson would ultimately become the market leader before its competitors finally woke up. | |
By Andrew Shipilov, Peter Zemsky, Brian Henry, Anne-Marie Carrick Published 13 Feb 2019 Topic Strategy Industry Consumer Goods, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | |
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The Indian Premier League: Nondisruptive Creation of Cricketainment | |
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The background notes accompany the free online case “Indian Premier League: Innovation Without Disruption”, a self-paced, interactive case that lets readers analyze the strategic logic behind the launch of Indian Premier League (IPL) using blue ocean analytical tools and frameworks. | |
By W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, Oh Young Koo Published 28 Aug 2019 Topic Strategy Industry Entertainment, Sports | |
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Business and Society Forum on Health | ChangeNOW SummitGrand Palais, Paris, France - 31 Jan, 1 Feb 2020 | |
The first annual Business and Society Forum sponsored by the INSEAD Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society will focus on health and the role that business can play in improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and societies. The forum will bring leading INSEAD research to real world practitioners. | |
Pre-register here |
Wharton Alliance Impact SymposiumINSEAD Asia Campus - 11, 12 March 2020 | |
Convening Faculty, PhD Students and Practitioners, the INSEAD-Wharton Alliance “Impact 2020” academic conference will focus on themes related to impact investing, social impact, and hybrids. | |
Registration link available shortly... |
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