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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
displaying characteristics (such as consensual decision-making and greater risk aversion) more associated with women's management styles. Admittedly, acknowledging gender-based organizational distinctions risks endorsing stereotypes that...
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Nelson Yuan
of gray. You come up with what you think is the best answer and defend it with evidence. Then as a class, we can reach consensus based on what different people bring to their case arguments.” HBS has changed Nelson’s understanding of...
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Brett Gibson
inclusion," says Brett. "As section president, I want to build consensus on events and enthusiasm for HBS as a whole. You should feel that your section is your home. We're like family. When one of our sectionmates was in the...
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- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States
require legislation. It will require consensus on land use, on subsidies, on taxpayers' burden, on developers' rights. In the United States we started those discussions fifty years ago, and we are still discussing. Israel—even while...
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- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
sexual preference, and health condition? Once we get even a rough consensus around this issue (even if that consensus is forged at a state, rather than a national level) we can begin to craft policies that...
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- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
has happened since then. Thus, we have seen an increase in the amount of research provided by supposedly independent research firms. Our study reported results based on consensus forecasts and recommendations, which collapse all kinds of...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
on channeling the keen interest many of us have in financial stability.” There is consensus within the group that financial instability often follows periods when institutions, policy makers, and investors have underestimated risks. These...
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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Negotiators Share Lessons from High-Stakes Global Diplomacy
back-and-forth was freewheeling and fascinating. We probed for the toughest aspects of each negotiation, how it was handled, and what might have been done differently.” The interviews offer behind-the-scenes glimpses into hardball bargaining, as well as the painstaking...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
are to ‘define’ a new economy—what are the discontinuities and what are the radical advances that would build consensus about a new economy?” What are the earmarks of a “new economy?” What do you think? Original Column Whither the...
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by James Heskett
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
I joined the company. The company's long history of success had led to a soft underbelly that manifested itself in a lack of discipline. The company was extremely values-centered, but its internal norms of consensus decision making,...
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by Bill George
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
master plan” that would simplify the task of wiring the country for wind-power transmission, Skelly believes that consensus on renewable energy is growing, albeit “in a fragmented, state-by-state way.” In Texas, for example, he says there...
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The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society
policy in shaping national success. The full report offers key takeaways on the consensus around strategic policies and their impact on addressing major national challenges. For context, the background report provides a historical...
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- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
why. Key concepts include: Regulations and laws offer little guidance about what specifically boards should do, and, given this lack of specificity, most boards have gradually developed an implicit understanding of what their job should be. Directors expressed strong...
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- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
landscape. Key concepts include: Although property rights protections for investors in developing nations have improved since 1980, the new instruments are failing to satisfy the interests of either host countries or their business partners. Protections can be improved...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
change. Energy Professor Michael Porter and BCG have partnered on research into how the country can maximize the opportunity presented by America’s unconventional oil and gas resources in a responsible way. In March, an HBS energy summit huddled industry leaders in an...
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- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
the major issues you are thinking about? A: We are at the doorstep of a transformation of residential mortgage finance in the United States. During the past year, over 90 percent of all mortgages have been supported/insured/securitized by the federal government. There...
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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
And mechanisms exist to handle such contingencies both efficiently and effectively. Depending on the facts and circumstances, for instance, a job change could lead to a decision not to renominate an incumbent director. In a case of greater urgency, a View Details
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Joseph Hinsey IV
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
That way, everyone might learn how to get the most for themselves out of complex pricing schemes. The general consensus is that deregulation can have widespread benefits, albeit complex ones that are sometimes slow in coming and not...
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by James Heskett
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Transitions - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
transition may vary significantly depending on instructor style, the inherent logic of the discussion flow, and the duration, complexity, and degree of consensus achieved in the preceding discussion segment. In crafting the transition,...
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- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
noticeable trend of declining productivity growth. Despite the persistent decline in productivity growth, a consensus on its explanation had not been reached. Some of the debate focused on the technicalities of productivity measurement,...
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Sean Silverthorne