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- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
service Uber, which has disrupted the highly regulated and often inefficient taxi industry, and expanded to hundreds of cities worldwide. At the same time, the company has been criticized for "surge pricing" that jacks up rates... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding
purchase intentions and consumers' real choices. “Brand biographies can be used to avoid anticorporate consumer backlash and mitigate the 'curse of success.' ” Because the underdog narrative is an underexplored topic in consumer research,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
in class, in real time, and the list of ads are almost never the same. They don't match up, and that's a big “a-ha” moment for students to think about, what is the purpose of this ad? So going back to your question of are the stakes... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
interacting with the real you (authenticity), when they have faith in your judgment and competence (logic), and when they feel that you care about them (empathy),” they write. Put together, these factors argue for an informal,... View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
of Toby, who can call up the major possible partners for your company and say 'These guys are real and they're strong and you should work with them,'" said Rowe, "that has such a tremendous impact on what you're doing.... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- Web
Harvard Business School
Accenture). He became a partner in 1976, specializing in the development of financial control and operating systems in retail and banking industries. In 1985, Gates began to develop commercial and residential real estate. His first... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
investments have fallen. Today, returns, expressed in real estate parlance as cap rates, have declined to levels last seen just before the 1989 crash. (A property’s cap rate is calculated by dividing cash... View Details
- 1992
- Chapter
Gestion du Risque de Taux appliqué au Métier de la Promotion Immobilière
By: Marc L Bertoneche and D. Jacquet
- Profile
Andreas Jaegle
Economics at Oxford. When Andreas returned, he took on his favorite assignment yet, “a four-month project for a car manufacturer advising them on their China strategy – a great way to see the real challenges faced by multi-national... View Details
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
built housing, overcrowding, and insecure residential status (i.e., most people hold no legal title to their property). Despite these difficult conditions, Dharavi's residents occupy a centrally located parcel of land in a rapidly growing city of some 14 million people... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
RETSINAS: Too many people began to regard their homes as a guaranteed high-return investment. We just got carried away,” observes Nicolas Retsinas, a lecturer in real estate at HBS, whose distinguished career in housing, community... View Details
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States
more from shopping malls, they have shown little interest in building affordable apartments. Government policies have favored home ownership, and today's interest rates are low. Finally, the rising prosperity of Israel has exacerbated... View Details
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
S&P 500 index and are only marginally higher than the risk-free rate as of the end of 2008. The combined impression from these results is that the return experience of hedge fund investors is much worse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 1996 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Jedi Bank
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Major Insurance Co. is a $15 billion insurance company that is an active, multi-family mortgage leader. This case is part of a negotiation game simulation that also includes Sunshine Villas, Silver Lane Apartments, and Jason Bosworth. View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Interest Rates; Financing and Loans; Property; Negotiation Tactics; Management; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Jedi Bank." Harvard Business School Case 396-327, April 1996. (Revised August 2005.)
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
recorded information including the asking price of the rental, the characteristics of the apartment or room, and the average rating each host had received. (The site's structured rating system lets guests... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
You goal, girl
action, and the drama of competition," Love explained to the San Francisco Chronicle (June 18, 1999). Love, who publishes the magazine in San Jose, California, knows that the attrition rate is high for new magazines. But View Details
- 26 May 2015
- Blog Post
5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn
business problems are exactly the same. Lectures and textbooks will teach you the basics, but the case method is really a special way to learn to apply concepts in a risk-free and exciting way. Cases are fast paced, and while the... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
M. Viceira Abstract—Our new model of consumption-based habit formation preferences generates loglinear, homoscedastic macroeconomic dynamics and time-varying risk premia on bonds and stocks. Consumers' first-order condition for the real... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online
an integrated development curriculum for upskilling and team-building. Whether you’re investing in early-career professionals or executives, we welcome the opportunity to support your organization’s learning and development goals. Completion View Details
- 05 Nov 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
accuracy rate of about half. Broken down into categories, employees correctly identified 61 percent of the real CEO’s answers and 57 percent of the AI’s synthesized responses. The significance, Choudhury... View Details