What is the link between the Bullwhip effect and the Brexit?
In this Business Watcher video our Supply Chain expert Robert Boute explains the link between the Brexit and the bullwhip effect.
View ArticleWhat is pay for performance?
In this Business Watcher video, Vlerick's expert in Reward Management Xavier Baeten explains what pay for performance means and what elements are important for an effective 'pay for performance' strategy.
View ArticleWhat is value-based healthcare?
In this 'What Is' video, Healthcare Professor Brecht Cardoen and Finance Professor Filip Roodhooft explain what value-based healthcare is and what it means for the medical industry and the pharma...
View ArticleThe collapse of Thomas Cook
In this Business Watcher video, Vlerick professor Mathieu Luypaert makes an analysis of the elements that played a role in the compulsory liquidation
View ArticleWhy Dominique Leroy wanted to leave Proximus
In this Business Watcher video, Vlerick Professor Xavier Baeten gives three reasons why Dominique Leroy wanted to leave the Belgian telecom operator Proximus
View ArticleWhy do negotiations fail?
In this Business Watcher video, negotiation expert Barney Jordaan talks about some of the main mistakes that he thinks people make when they negotiate. Both for themselves professionally, as well as on...
View ArticleWhat is the CEO disease?
In this "What is" video, Vlerick Professor Katleen De Stobbeleir explains what the CEO disease is.
View ArticleWhat is privacy by design?
In this "What is" video Vlerick Professor Öykü Isik explains what privacy by design means.
View ArticleWhat is the New Green Deal
In this 'What is' video, Professor David Veredas explains what the New Green Deal means
View ArticleThe new way of working
The Corona virus has an enormous impact on our daily work and the way we work together. Most of us are no longer allowed to physically go to the office and are now full-time working from home. This is...
View ArticleFlexibility is your best weapon to limit the damage from unforeseen,...
How should we react best as a society, business or individual to the many challenges that the coronavirus poses? The extent of the impact is not only being felt in terms of health, but clearly also in...
View ArticleWhat is the organisational cost of suppressing our emotions?
These are emotionally intense times for everyone. How we – both individually as well as in organisations – work with our emotions is now more relevant than ever, and has a visible impact on our...
View ArticleA continuing crisis calls for network leadership and a collaborative approach
In uncertain times, we may tend to criticise our political and business leaders for not being prepared or for not having a plan. Of course, preparation is important, but it’s not sufficient. In this...
View ArticleHow Covid-19 is impacting Total Rewards
The Covid-19 pandemic is not only shaking up business thoroughly, it also has a high impact on reward management. In a series of 3 ‘Business Watcher’ videos, Professor Xavier Baeten explains how we...
View ArticleHow the Covid-19 crisis creates opportunities for a greener and more...
Last December the European Commission announced the Green Deal to make the European Union carbon neutral by 2050. In this ‘Business Watcher’ video, Professor David Veredas explains how Covid-19 creates...
View Article3 tips for gig workers to face the COVID-19 challenges
The gig economy is very diverse, and the COVID-19 pandemic has affected some workers more than others. Food couriers are seeing more demand, whereas graphic designers, writers and photographers may...
View ArticleHow to negotiate in a digital way
How do you negotiate if you cannot touch and see each other? For years, the answer would have been: ‘don't’. However, these days, many of us do not have a choice. Research on negotiations via e-mail...
View ArticleHow can organisations optimise their interactions with gig workers?
The COVID-19 outbreak has forced many organisations to re-evaluate their business models and re-examine their staffing practises to stay operational within an atmosphere of financial uncertainty. Many...
View Article10 self-reflecting questions in getting your organisation from chaos to...
We all know change cannot be mandated or forced. It has many aspects and these aspects count. As a change manager, you need to ask yourself some difficult questions before you set out to ‘shake things...
View ArticleHow do salespeople try to sell in times of Corona?
The Covid-19 pandemic does not only affect businesses in general, but also the sales organisation. In this Business Watcher video, Visiting Professor Deva Rangarajan shares insights from a survey on...
View ArticleThriving through turbulence: insights from a series of 3 online sessions with...
These are challenging times for strategists who are asked to devise a path to long-term success for their organisations. How to live up to the expectation? This question was at the centre of three...
View ArticleWhat is... Explainable Artificial Intelligence?
Planning systems are increasingly powered by Artificial Intelligence, making demand plans and forecasts more accurate, and supply chain plans more reliable. However, the more complex these systems are,...
View ArticleWhat is... the importance of trust between machines and people?
When employees resist a new technology, one of the reasons is often the lack of trust towards machines and systems. That kind of trust is different from the trust we experience between people, as...
View ArticleWhat is... the competency trap?
Is it better to invest in further developing and refining your strengths, or should you go for the tough track and overcome your weaknesses? Most of us prefer the former. Because it feels so much...
View ArticleWhat is... your reflected best self?
We often get the advice to just be ourselves. However, it requires a large amount of self-knowledge to know who you are authentically. Your reflected best self is your individual mental picture of the...
View ArticleWhy the delay in Covid-19 vaccine production did not come as a surprise
The exit from this pandemic we are all hoping for depends on the rapid availability of sufficient vaccines. However, the initial optimism has turned into frustration, as the production of the vaccines...
View ArticleWhat is Enterprise Architecture?
In this ‘What is’ video, Professor Stijn Viaene explains how Enterprise Architecture is an operating model for the enterprise as a whole.
View ArticleWhat is non-market strategy?
In this ‘What is’ video, Professor Leonardo Meeus explains how companies also operate beyond markets, interacting with various stakeholders such as activists, interest groups, communities and government.
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