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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots
come in to make evaluations without the baggage of being entrenched in a lab or accustomed to the ways big corporations vet R&D projects,” he adds. Consensus has its place in science, Krieger allows, but it can also be the enemy of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 09 Nov 2023
- News
From the Brink
Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
transformational leadership. Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer Managing for Conflict and Consensus by Michael A. Roberto (Wharton School Publishing) Assistant Professor Roberto offers guidance to leaders who want to improve... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
eco-friendly consensus algorithm. She says they have also tested the first public stablecoin backed entirely by cash. “Our mission is for everyone in the world to experience the benefits of a truly digital financial ecosystem,” she... 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
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
should be a hard-ass and fire people all the time. I definitely was not that kind of CEO. I probably erred on the side of consensus and collaboration. The external environment is a big factor in creating company culture. For us, it is a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse
consensus that Enron's demise was what one faculty member characterized as “a creeping disaster” that can only be understood when it is viewed through a variety of lenses. “I think it's safe to say,” posited Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter... View Details
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
A Roaring Success in the Windy City
added, summing up the general consensus of attendees. Plenary Sessions: The Bigger Picture A diverse range of speakers and panelists - 55 in all - presented their insights and experiences in a variety of formats. Plenary sessions focused... View Details
- 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... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
size of California. Do other Arctic countries like Canada, Russia, or Norway have stronger cultural or nationalist feelings about the North? If so, is the United States at a disadvantage in trying to forge domestic political consensus... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
there’s a fairly broad consensus that people can become pessimistic about the economy and that this can do real damage. The pessimism may be rational; individuals, in their daily lives, may see economic problems that even economists don’t... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
natural resources of a similar kind - if, say, the money from tree harvesting were used to plant more trees. It's very difficult to achieve consensus on these issues." Richard H.K. Vietor, Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders
decision-making. “If you are able to achieve it, consensus works best because there are no losers, and people don’t feel alienated from the organization,” Whitehead explained. But he acknowledged that View Details
- 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
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Shanghai and Dartmouth's Tuck School, argue that Chinese enterprises are characterized by a unique organizational culture and climate. The authors classified corporate culture according to four types: entrepreneurial, bureaucratic, View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 06 Jun 2012
- News
Fellowship Funder
him to his career at MDP. “My partners and I have built our firm on the principles of fairness, transparency, teamwork, and consensus decision-making,” says Mencoff. “These principles have been integral to our success at the firm.” For... View Details