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  • 12 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

policy is a tradable asset, for many individuals possibly the most valuable one in their portfolio after real estate and perhaps a retirement account. The fact that the policy is tradable, however, is hardly... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Winners and Losers at the Olympics

Speaking of Beijing, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have recently garnered some negative headlines for concessions they made to do business in China. As companies plan their marketing campaigns for the Summer Olympics there, what do... View Details
Keywords: Re: Stephen A. Greyser; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports
  • 26 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

Knowledge, Kanter discusses the evolution that's afoot, as well as important ways that successful companies can seize emerging opportunities. Q: Why did you decide to call your new book Evolve? A: I chose the title Evolve because I wanted... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • April 2009 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

Urbi and the City Licensee Managers

By: John D. Macomber and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
A leading low income housing builder in Mexico decides which prospective new local partner best extends its advantages in managing twin production lines of homes and clients. URBI has built substantial competitive advantage in the technology and culture that matches... View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Government and Politics; Housing; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Market Entry and Exit; Production; Supply Chain; Organizational Culture; Franchise Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Real Estate Industry; China; India; Mexico; United States
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  • 21 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

How do countries and companies work to achieve their carbon reduction goals? Is a Green New Deal necessary to transform the United States economy? These were just a few of the questions driving discussions at the 16th annual Symposium... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech
  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data on their views regarding the firm prior to being appointed to the board: sell-side analysts who end up serving on the board of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2022 (Revised September 2023)
  • Case

Simplifyy

By: Paul A. Gompers and Alicia Dadlani
Jake Lisby, co-founder and CEO of Simplifyy, a property technology startup in Kansas City, Missouri, was both exhausted and exhilarated by the flurry of activity surrounding the pivot of the business model in late 2021. Simplifyy, a venture-backed PropTech company, was... View Details
Keywords: SaaS; SaaS Business Models; Business Model; Business Startups; Small Business; Geographic Location; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; United States; Missouri
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  • 19 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 19, 2016

and limiting production volumes; illegal poultry imports threaten food safety while undercutting prices of domestic product; corruption is rampant; debt is exorbitantly expensive; commercial real estate is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Jun 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Why Leaders Lose Their Way

politicians, and the general public frequently characterize these leaders as bad people, even calling them evil. Simplistic notions of good and bad only cloud our understanding of why good leaders lose their way, and how this could happen... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
  • 30 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

  Publications Forthcoming Berrett-Koehler Publishers What Great Service Leaders Know and Do: Creating Breakthroughs in Service Firms By: Heskett, James L., W. Earl Sasser, and Leonard A. Schlesinger Abstract—Based on decades of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

Harvard Business School Case 717-403 Videojet In 2005 Craig Purse, the CEO of Videojet, a company recently acquired by the conglomerate Danaher, is dealing with the unexpected failure of a new high-tech printer just launched in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jun 2009
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Slower Economic Growth Really Mean?

equivalent amount of food, steel, or information? If much recent growth has resulted from real estate and financial bubbles, will slower growth really have as profound an impact on our way of life and the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate
  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

2017 CA: BVT Publishing Global Marketing Management: A Casebook By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—During the last quarter century, international business was shaken by a revolution in global competition unlike any previously experienced. As View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance

Dow, General Motors, Nestlé, and Petrobras) and smaller entrepreneurial firms (such as the U.K.'s AIFS and China's BabyCare) undertake critical financing, investment, risk management, and incentive management issues to take full advantage of this global setting.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
  • Web

Profiles - MBA

public school student for 13 years and working with the San Francisco School District throughout high school, I witnessed the potential of partnerships with both local businesses and big tech companies to... View Details
  • February 2022 (Revised May 2022)
  • Case

Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code

By: Kristin Mugford, William Vrattos and Radhika Kak
In 2016, India passed a new bankruptcy law (IBC) to counter a brewing bank crisis and increased corporate distress. Homebuilder Jaypee Infratech, one of India largest distressed companies (the “dirty dozen”) began restructuring under the IBC in 2017. Two years later,... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decisions; Judgments; Voting; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Public Sector; Asset Pricing; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Bonds; Investment Return; Price; Government Legislation; Laws and Statutes; Bids and Bidding; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; India; Delhi
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Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

 

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies and societies, including market competition and View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

metaverse. Seoul’s mayor planned for a metaverse platform for his city and then followed through with an early version. What have they learned? Should others in public and private life follow? McKinsey predicts a $5 trillion opportunity... View Details
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

simulation 6-7 hrs Module 4 Real Estate Understand how real estate differs from the rest of the alternatives space and the types of View Details