Publications

11 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.

Source: iStock In June 2017, the US House of Representatives passed the Financial CHOICE Act, a 589-page bill designed to repeal many of the regulations in the Dodd-Frank Wall... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

September 2017
Case

From 80 Thoreau to Mooncusser Fish House & Moon Bar (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Sandra Bahous

After extensive planning, Ian Calhoun, (MBA 2010) who was also a chef trained in Paris at Le Cordon Bleu, and two co-founders launched 80 Thoreau, a “progressive fine dining” restaurant in Concord, Massachusetts, that became a local favorite as well as a special... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston; Cambridge

18 Feb 2013
News

Anticipating this week's housing stats — without dread

24 Oct 2018

CHecK uS out: LGBTQ+ Open House in NYC

This event is hosted by Columbia Business School jointly with Harvard, Northwestern (Kellogg), Stanford, Dartmouth (Tuck), MIT Sloan, Virginia (Darden), and Wharton. The event will include a panel with admissions officers, a panel with MBA alumni, and a networking... View Details

04 Mar 2022
News

Get to Know Past NVC Winners: Getaway House

06 Jul 2009
News

Harvard Business School Alumni Zheng Huang and Marc Sternberg Named White House Fellows

11 Dec 2012
News

Local housing specialists join national debate over changes in tax deduction for mortgage holders

25 Feb 2022
News

With Cash House Renovations, HBS Gains Ground Towards Racial Equity in Construction Projects

23 Apr 2024
News

Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis

February 2018 (Revised October 2020)
Case

The Marriott-Starwood Merger: Navigating Brand Portfolio Strategy and Brand Architecture

By: Jill Avery, Chekitan S. Dev and Laure Mougeot Stroock

In September 2016, Marriott completed its $13.3 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which added 11 brands to its already robust 19 hotel brand portfolio. Tina Edmundson, Marriott's global brand officer, was charged with making sense of the brand portfolio... View Details

Article

Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai

By: Ramya Ramanath and Alnoor Ebrahim

Relationships between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies have been variously described in the nonprofit literature as cooperative, complementary, adversarial, confrontational, or even co-optive. But how do NGO-government relationships emerge... View Details

Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Housing; Corporate Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Change Management; Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Non-Governmental Organizations; Accommodations Industry; Mumbai

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06 Aug 2019
Video

Tackling the housing crisis one renovation at a time

14 Oct 2017
News

Johnson and Bloomberg Talk Innovation, Housing Costs, and Trump

February 2010 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board

By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari

A real estate developer decides whether to enter into a public private partnership with the government of West Bengal to develop a township on farmland. The decisions include whether to expand operations from the company's base in Kolkata to Bardhaman, 100 km away;... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Decisions; Private Equity; Design; Housing; Infrastructure; Projects; Real Estate Industry; West Bengal