Car manufacturers offered car subscription programs, allowing customers to access cars for a flat monthly fee that covered the vehicles’ cost, maintenance, and insurance. Unlike traditional leasing or financing options, these subscription programs provided an appealing alternative for customers who wanted to avoid long-term ownership commitments and appreciated the all-inclusive convenience. Since 2017, several car manufacturers had launched subscription .....more

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Zhejiang Ideal Technology Co. Ltd. (ZITC), a high-tech enterprise affiliated with Zhejiang University and Zhejiang University of Technology, was dedicated to system integration and software technology. Founded in 2005, ZITC provided informatization solutions for government and city agencies and design and engineering services for buildings with intelligence. As China’s health care informatization path became apparent, accompanied with strong policy .....more

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Carlsberg Breweries A/S, a global brewing leader based in Denmark, aimed to reduce the environmental impact of traditional draught beer systems, which contributed to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions through the use of CO2 tanks and the transportation of heavy steel kegs. Carlsberg developed the DraughtMaster system, which replaced CO2 tanks with recyclable plastic kegs, reducing emissions but raising concerns about plastic waste. In late 2021, Carlsberg’s .....more

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Since 2022, the Teaching Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Professional Development Workshop at the Academy of Management Conference has explored innovative approaches to DEIB instruction while offering educators support and community. This article offers highlights from the teaching demos (featuring in-person exercises) and Q&A panel at the August 2024 workshop. In the first demo, the instructor led participants through a gamified .....more

American couples spend over US$30 billion a year on couples therapy. But when co-founders of companies experience relational challenges, they do not take similar action. This article explores the application of couples therapy—enriched by insights from adult attachment theory—to address the relational challenges experienced by co-founders. It contends that by integrating couples therapy and attachment-informed strategies into business practices, co-founders .....more

The iconic sandwich-franchise firm Subway IP LLC (Subway), founded as a partnership in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1965, had grown rapidly, and by 2024, it was the second-largest restaurant chain in the world, with approximately 37,000 restaurants. While the company had experienced some difficult years beginning in 2014, it began to rebound in 2022 with the introduction of the Subway Series menu and the Grab & Go smart fridge, an automated vending .....more

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