Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Less noticed, though, is ICOs appear almost antithetical to the standard approach to financing a risky venture. In fact, ICOs have upended the conventional pattern of staged experimentation and fundraising.

Cost 8

Cost Decentralization Finance Entrepreneur 8

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2019

No confusion, no mixed messages, no need for consensus-building or alignment, no persuasion necessary – just a very, very smooth path from sensing to fleeing. DECIDE) Those same managers may also decide on a course of action or bump it up the ranks to decide. and months pass… Meanwhile, the lion has eaten your lunch.

Outsourcing 196

Outsourcing Trends Consensus Committee 196

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

The motivation behind it, as with many, many articles published over HBR's nearly 90-year history, was to take an effective practice developed in one corner of industry and spread it to managers everywhere. Did it surprise him to find that there was so little consensus on the best way to solve the problem of assigning a cost to capital?

CAPM 13

CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow Cost of Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2014

That’s the argument of British money manager George Cooper ’s very interesting if less-than-felicitously titled new book, Money, Blood and Revolution: How Darwin and the Doctor of King Charles I Could Turn Economics Into a Science. That evidence has just kept on piling up in finance. Economy Finance Risk management'

Cooper 9

Cooper Finance Open-book Risk Management 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

.” Not only is the situation “awkward and uncomfortable,” but it can also be “very time intensive,” says Nancy Rothbard, the David Pottruck Professor of Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Schedule a meeting with them and other colleagues to come to a consensus.

Consensus 8

Consensus Case Study Long-term Career 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2014

There is a general consensus among economic analysts and commentators that the changes are merely cosmetic — they certainly do not affect the daily lives of most average Nigerians, and their timing might be politically motivated given the upcoming 2015 elections which are expected to be highly contested.

GDP 8

GDP Human Capital Film Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

Lazear went on to describe how economists, with the University of Chicago's Gary Becker leading the way , had been running roughshod over the other social sciences — using economic tools to study crime, the family, accounting, corporate management, and countless other not strictly economic topics.

Tversky 11

Tversky Crisis Levitt Consensus 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2012

Baruch Lev teaches accounting and finance at NYU's Stern School of Business. Managers clearly have to respond to regain investors' trust. In the final analysis, managers can't shun corporate owners. As I show in my book, successful managers, like those engineering the turnarounds at IBM and Deere and Co., Ask Solyndra.

Short-term 11

Short-term Long-term Parcell Incentives 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Although the figures are elusive, the majority of data I've seen suggests that 40 to 50 percent of new hires at the middle level of management and above have not succeeded in their new companies 24 months after hire. Less visible are those who fail or flame out when they make the change. How strong is your external network?

Career 15

Career Company Consensus Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2017

Interestingly, individuals working in customer service, sales, production, logistics and R&D were more likely to feel that bureaucracy was growing than those working in functions like HR, finance, planning, purchasing, and administration. As you ponder that question, we should note that there was one area of consensus.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy Survey Politics Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2012

Or worse, when managers and boards of directors (like those at UnitedHealth ) fall prey to wanting to be well-liked instead of running a business well, that's its own guise of title without obligation. As can becoming a benevolent dictator to my staff, deciding that seeking consensus is no longer required.

Innovation 15

Innovation Consensus Entrepreneur Creativity 15

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Leadership for the small-business owner (which usually deal with entrepreneurialism, sales, financing, and other basic management and business skills). Leadership for managers in big organizations. Processes need to be analyzed and improved, and leaders need to learn how to manage through systems.

Company 234

Company Leadership Maturity Loyalty 234

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

There is little consensus as to whether firms that find themselves spun off from other companies – either as new, standalone companies, or under the stewardship of new parent companies – perform better or worse than they did before. Does the business have a complete, balanced, and cohesive management team?

Chemicals 8

Chemicals How To Kahneman Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2012

Earlier this week, on April 16, the US nominee Jim Yong Kim was selected over Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. Thinking about how to influence the evolving global rules may seem very far from the daily pressures of managing one's company.

Globalization 11

Globalization Banking Restructuring Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The company continued to operate day-to-day, but since the partnership required consensus, all major decisions were postponed. There’s a risk, however, of under-funding the core business to finance the outside investments. Otherwise, they either support the direction of management or sell their shares.

Operations 8

Operations Competitive Advantage Consensus Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

Just as lack of consensus around finances can doom a marriage, lack of support from one''s spouse can effectively sink a career. Career planning Gender Managing yourself'

Career 8

Career COO Conference Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

Note that this inclusive process is not decision-making by committee or by consensus. As a leader in his company, Bud used what he called “Management by Wandering Around” (MBWA), where he’d stop into offices and ask the opinions of employees, clients, and others to gather insights about his organization and clients.

Open-book 8

Open-book Career Rogers PR 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Before the financial crisis ushered in the current global economic downturn, there was a strong intellectual consensus among mainstream economists and policymakers about the merits of free trade. So managers shouldn't make assumptions that foreign governments choose their favorites in the same way.

Crisis 8

Crisis Policies Globalization Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

While there is universal agreement that (1) it exists, and (2) that it plays a crucial role in shaping behavior in organizations, there is little consensus on what organizational culture actually is, never mind how it influences behavior and whether it is something leaders can change. finance vs. marketing) and units (e.g.

Incentives 8

Incentives Definition Pharmaceuticals System 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

My 2016 trends offer early warnings and opportunities for managers in all industries. HR managers can use bots to train employees. This is not an argument against technology — it’s a recommendation for increased systems monitoring and regular conversations with IT managers. Here are eight to note for 2016.

Trends 8

Trends Film Technology Software 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

It's a question that has defied consensus, with valid arguments on both sides of the issue. Although the empirical evidence is mixed, this argument has intuitive logic: Because investors abhor uncertainty, knowing management's expectations is a valuable data point that can strengthen their confidence in the investment.

CFO 11

CFO Metrics Price Depreciation 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

In a perfect world, governments would have the cash and the consensus to fund and coordinate the construction of the infrastructure required to sustainably accommodate a rapidly urbanizing world. The world is not short on capital — a startling $43 trillion of assets is currently under management in the United States alone.

Finance 8

Finance Innovation Bond Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2011

Sitting at an annual event on a well-known Alp, Chris saw Washington Consensus capitalism come up against emerging economy pragmatism. It's hard for us to gauge if this is an obvious point or not to people. One of the incidents that made it clear to us started way back in 1999. This limitation of speculation was exactly Mahathir's point.

Banking 11

Banking ROE Proposal Self-aware 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 10, 2012

In matrix organizations, leaders suddenly find themselves having to master the challenges of managing cross-divisional, international teams over whom they have little formal authority. Self-awareness allows leaders to summon the patience to manage the complexities of the matrix. Facilitate different types of leadership experiences.

Management 14

Management Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Influence 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

After some investigating, they discovered that their fragmented, geographically dispersed matrix structure made it very difficult for the program managers to coordinate efforts across functions, keep everyone focused on the cost and delivery goals, and get people to reach consensus. Senior management knew this was an issue.

Welch 8

Welch Supply Chain Consensus Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Intense pressure from the $719 billion Medicare program on the finances of U.S. If hospitals do not aggressively manage the cost of caring for Medicare patients against these fixed payments, losses result. All too often, these clinical “process managers” are not effectively supervised. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

Cost 8

Cost Consensus Budgeting System 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Finance and business executives often joke that the word blockchain placed at the end of the company name is enough to increase the share price of any entity at least twofold. Supply Chain Management. Every participant in the transaction must agree on the documents, which will not become valid until there is a consensus.

Technology 13

Technology Supply Chain Document Participative 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

This is the key finding of the Current Trends in Estimating and Applying the Cost of Capital research released this week by the Association for Financial Professionals, a trade group of 16,000 corporate treasury and finance practitioners. Download this pdf for an executive summary, or login here for the full report.)

Cost of Capital 12

Cost of Capital CAPM Cost Discounted Cash Flow 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2012

Everyone from product managers, to call center reps, to the front-line worker in the branch or store uses information to make decisions. When Bill in Finance generates his monthly Top Line report, Craig in Marketing can leave a comment on the "Revenue" column inquiring, "Is this billed revenue or booked revenue?"

Business Intelligence 13

Business Intelligence Budgeting Report Library 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. These include infant safety and injury prevention, social work, legal advocacy, case management, tutoring, fitness classes, nutrition and lactation, mental health, and dental care.

Health Care 10

Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The international political consensus of the universal economic benefits of globalization that defined much of the 20th and early 21st centuries is breaking down. The positive consensus toward globalization that defined the U.S. This rising generation reflects and reinforces China's growing nationalism. The young in the U.S.,

Globalization 14

Globalization Class Consensus Outsourcing 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

There is a fascinating relationship between executives and the stock prices of the companies they manage. You start by using analysts' reports and other sources to gauge the consensus expectations for value drivers — sales growth, operating profit margins, cost of capital and other factors that determine cash flows.

Price 8

Price Analysis Cost of Capital Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2016

Managers act more as enablers and connectors, providing regular feedback and tracking progress. Artificial constraints, such as formal organizational hierarchies and belabored consensus-building processes, create waste and dampen motivation. As projects advance and coalesce, new teams form to gather the skills and priorities needed.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Company Succession Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2016

We recently conducted a survey of CI managers and analysts who’ve been through our training program to see how much their findings influenced major company decisions, and why. and European corporations, from CI-trained analysts in marketing, business development, strategy, R&D, finance, and other fields.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Company CAPEX Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

These diagnostics could have helped end the epidemic much sooner, but were never deployed because of a lack of consensus on how they should be used as well as a validation process focused on laboratory-based evaluations rather than testing in real-life conditions where the RDT ultimately performed much better.

Crisis 8

Crisis Decentralization System Travel 8

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

with the only outcomes being failed initiatives and splintered management teams. Managing Outside Vendors : Remember that consultants work for you, and that the decisions should be made by you and not the vendor. Good consultants build consensus and unify management focus, they do not splinter opinion.

Blog 286

Blog Marketing Succession Brand 286

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

Whether you’re a mentor to a medical resident or marketing manager, the same principles apply. Rather than being apologetic, Sam criticized the manager for cutting him loose. Moreover, faculty and managers alike are under constant and growing time pressure. That time has passed.

Mentor 8

Mentor Emotional Intelligence Project Career 8