House Of Cards - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Apr 2017
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housing firm. Along the way, he and his partners have contributed countless hours of community service to the neighborhoods in which they own properties. Now 80 and ready to retire, Gates is creating a... View Details

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

M-Budget Card Initiative Michael L. Tushman, Sebastian Raisch, and Christian WellingHarvard Business School Case 410-052 The M-Budget Card case study is about mastering the challenges View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

Enterprise Community Partners must determine whether to rebuild the Lafitte housing projects in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans and, if so, how to mitigate the risks. Set in January 2007, more than a year after Hurricane Katrina made... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

Representative Tom Lantos, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for Yahoo's role in the arrest and imprisonment of Chinese journalist and democracy advocate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison

We have created a housing hybrid in America, refashioning the single-family home into a mini debtors' prison. Almost 11 million dot the landscape. In Las Vegas and Phoenix, over 50 percent of homeowners live... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

in the 1920s. The same two companies began the process of commercializing television in the 1930s. Telefunken, housed in Berlin, lost its learning base during World War II. So in the 1940s RCA took the lead... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

14 Jul 2003
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Keeping Your Balance With Customers

From product push to customer pull, technology has vastly reshaped the business transaction—and in turn, the customer's place in the value chain. Today, managing the customer relationship has become the single most important dimension of... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

17 Oct 2016
HBS Case

Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste

As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
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Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund

By: Victoria Ivashina and Andre F. Perold

In December 2008, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Rosetree Capital Management was evaluating the purchase of a pool of U.S. residential mortgages. The firm had formed an investment vehicle to acquire troubled residential mortgages... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Mortgages; Investment; Housing; Valuation; United States

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17 Oct 2017
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Endeavor Entrepreneur Guillermo Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a for-profit company providing affordable housing to low-income Mexicans living at the base View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jul 2008
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options and responsibilities of multinationals with investments in politically reprehensible regimes. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807133 PublicationsOur Communities, Our Homes:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2017
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January 3, 2017

to expand aggressively, focusing on a full-service model, often including swimming pools and racquetball courts, at moderate prices. Rumors of an IPO had circulated for over a decade, triggered by the fact that several private-equity... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008

through each phase of this process. The (A) case begins with background on the firm and asks the students to come up with a strategy to improve the way in which Sales and Marketing work together. In the (B) case, we see their strategy in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers

those who don't—or can't—take advantage of them. Edelman cites the credit card industry, for example. "When Visa wants to compete with American Express, it doesn't introduce a new Visa Basic card; instead,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Air Transportation; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation

January 1992 (Revised March 1993)
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Maison Bouygues

By: John A. Quelch

The vice president of marketing is reviewing the 1991 marketing plan and budget for Maison Bouygues, the leading builder of new single family homes in France. Due to recession, the company's sales are forecast to be flat and adjustments may need to be made in the... View Details

Keywords: Housing; Marketing Strategy; Forecasting and Prediction; Brands and Branding; Construction Industry; France

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29 Sep 2008
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Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

professor and Dean of the Faculty, provided a brief outline of the landscape as well as thoughts on how to view the proposed bailout. Lecturer Nicolas P. Retsinas, Director of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

both nature and humankind. We asked a group of Harvard Business School faculty members to offer their views on the many facets of "going green." Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

and a little understood provision in the federal tax code that is implemented at the state level, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). The relationship is complex because, while the federal government uses the CRA to control bank... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Apr 2010
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PublicationsRethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads Authors:Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2010 Abstract : "Business Schools Face Test of Faith."... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 1993 (Revised December 1994)
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American Express TRS Charge-Card Receivables

By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh

American Express (TRS) Co. is considering a proposal to securitize a portion of their consumer charge-card receivables portfolio. In the past, they have relied exclusively on a captive finance subsidiary, Credco, to perform this function. The proposed securitization... View Details

Keywords: Credit Cards; Restructuring; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Debt Securities; Travel Industry

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