Creating a new and viable business strategy requires seeing the world in new ways, and asking novel questions that lead to fresh insights, according to Todd Zenger, chair and presidential professor of strategy and strategic leadership here at the David Eccles School of Business. Zenger contends that even the most sophisticated algorithms or data sets cannot generate this type of outlook. Zenger makes the [...]
There's a lot of talk about the desire for companies to be transparent about how much they pay people. Proponents argue it will end discrimination and boost morale at the organization. But Todd Zenger, N. Eldon Tanner Chair in Strategy and Strategic Leadership and Presidential Professor at the David Eccles School of Business, argues that it can actually do more harm than good. Read his latest [...]
We've all watched a company find a competitive advantage, dominate a market and then begin to falter. The companies that recovered were often ones that found new ways to create value. Todd Zenger, N. Eldon Tanner Chair in Strategy and Strategic Leadership and Presidential Professor at the David Eccles School of Business, has written the new book, Beyond Competitive Advantage: How to Solve the [...]
Professor of Management Todd Zenger was honored recently by a prestigious operational research society for writing the best paper. The paper, "The small firm effect and the entrepreneurial spawning of scientists and engineers," co-authored by Daniel Elfenbein, Barton Hamilton and Zenger, was honored as best paper by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). This is the competition’s inaugural year, and [...]