consensus - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1999
News

Moving Mountains

father did, and yet my consensual style gets the same or better results." "I don't manage our employees in the autocratic way that my father did, and yet my consensual style gets the same or better results."... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

06 Dec 2011
Op-Ed

Greater Fiscal Integration Best Solution for Euro Crisis

deleveraging that made them sell European sovereign debt. But the ECB's most powerful weapon - intervening in the bond market - is still locked away. Draghi needs to create consensus among the German "hawks" who worry about the... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

21 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

his recent book, How Customers Think: Essential Insights into the Mind of the Market (Harvard Business School Press, 2003), the information gleaned from these interviews as well as from surveys and observation is used to create a View Details

Keywords: by Jean Ayers

23 Jul 2016
News

The Art of Persuasion

bit of consensus building and (if you want) self-motivation and drive from people, you have to get them excited about the idea. I learnt the art of persuasion in business school.” Named managing director in 2010, Piramal also described... View Details

30 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Dot.Com Shakeout: Chess or Roulette?

kind. That's the consensus among those responding to my recent questions concerning the future of the best and brightest of the Internet entrepreneurs still in business who have yet to achieve cash flow breakeven. As Yung-Hi Lim put it,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Forecasts: economic, industry, and country

How can I find economic, industry, and country forecasts worldwide? Datastream: HBS access is limited to Consensus Economics Mean Forecasts. Open the Excel application and select Refinitiv link, then... View Details

19 Jan 2024
News

Blockchain for Good

After immigrating to the United Kingdom in the late 1960s to escape the Nigeria-Biafra civil war, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) and her family lived in public housing and had very little money. “But we still had more than our friends and relatives back home,” she recalls. “My... View Details

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Companies: earnings estimates

of displayed data. Click hyperlinks for research or analyst information. --> LSEG Workspace has current detailed and consensus estimates. For a multimedia learning module on LSEG Workspace check out our View Details

21 Sep 2016
News

Ideas with Economic and Social Impact

given at a G8 summit in 2013 and resulted in a report published by the OECD in 2015. That work has continued with the next report coming out at the end of 2017. “We’re looking at economic, environmental, and social challenges in developed and developing countries,” she... View Details

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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... View Details

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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... View Details

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

Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV

17 Dec 2015
News

Examining Global Workforce Management

they implement their approaches in all the countries in which they operate. The research was sparked by a discussion of layoffs in the required MBA course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Sucher was initially surprised to discover no clear academic View Details

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... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

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... View Details

Profile

Yazan Halwani

calligraphy, suggesting the voices of victims who can no longer speak. “A lot of my work explores Lebanon’s history,” Yazan says. “There’s no consensus on our history since 1975 [the start of the Lebanese Civil War, 1975-90], which... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Entertainment/Media

21 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance

we are already in a very different moment in history compared to the middle of the 1990s. The international financial community no longer embraces capital mobility with just a few qualifications; rather, the qualifications these days are many, and the View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

decisions. But conflict does not mean browbeating. In his new book, Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus (Wharton School Publishing), Roberto describes the toll on organizations when leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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... View Details

Keywords: University Collaborations

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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society

economic policy (pdf) This report highlights the growing consensus among leaders that strategic industrial policies are essential for addressing key national challenges, offering insights on designing effective government actions that... View Details

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