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  • June 1975 (Revised September 2004)
  • Case

Angus Cartwright III

By: Kenneth J. Hatten, William J. Poorvu, Howard H. Stevenson, Arthur I. Segel and John H. Vogel, Jr.
Judy and John DeRight, looking to diversify their investment portfolios, have retained Angus Cartwright, Jr. to identify prospective real estate acquisitions. Mr. Cartwright has four potential properties that he feels merit an in-depth financial analysis. The case... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Cash Flow; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Taxation; Balanced Scorecard; Valuation
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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Cost-Efficient Decarbonization of Portland Cement Production

By: Gunther Glenk, Anton Kelnhofer, Rebecca Meier and Stefan Reichelstein
Accounting for nearly 8% of global annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the cement industry is considered difficult to decarbonize. While a sizeable number of abatement levers for Portland cement production is becoming technologically ready for deployment, many are... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Carbon Abatement; Carbon Accounting; Carbon Emissions; Carbon Regulation; Carbon Tax; Net-zero Emissions; Management; Environmental Management; Sustainable Cities; Accounting; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Environmental Accounting; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia
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  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Crash Pad

Proposed legislation known as the Revitalizing Downtowns Act would establish a new tax credit for office conversions, and the General Services Administration, the agency in charge of federal property, is marketing its surplus real View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate
  • Article

How Elastic Are Preferences for Redistribution? Evidence from Randomized Survey Experiments

By: Ilyana Kuziemko, Michael I. Norton, Emmanuel Saez and Stefanie Stantcheva
We analyze randomized online survey experiments providing interactive, customized information on U.S. income inequality, the link between top income tax rates and economic growth, and the estate tax. The treatment has large effects on views about inequality but only... View Details
Keywords: Income; Taxation; Economic Growth; United States
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  • February 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Background Note

Note on Valuing Control and Liquidity in Family and Closely Held Firms

Most companies around the world are family controlled and/or closely held. The need to value these companies routinely arises in practice for a variety of reasons, e.g., to buy out minority shareholders; for gift and estate tax purposes; to tie executive compensation... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Financial Liquidity; Governance Controls; Valuation
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  • 14 Aug 2017
  • News

U.S. Cities Increasingly Focused on Resilience, but Funding Challenges Persist

  • 30 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

As a driver of both the overall economy and of individual wealth, real estate is pretty hard to beat. As Harvard Business School professor Arthur Segel says, real estate is the largest asset class in the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Real Estate; Real Estate
  • December 1999 (Revised October 2006)
  • Case

Praedium Corporation

By: Henry B. Reiling and Catherine M. Conneely
George Hicks and Patricia Ferrey, primary shareholders of the Praedium Corp., faced a dilemma that could dissolve their real estate management company. Praedium received an attractive offer to lease one of its properties, however, Hicks did not want to terminate the... View Details
Keywords: Leasing; Property; Taxation; Investment Return; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
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  • 29 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?

interest tax deduction. Retsinas is a senior lecturer in real estate at Harvard Business School, director emeritus of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, and former Federal Housing... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

reading a report written by Peter Sullivan, a top estate planning adviser, which considers how estate planning strategies might need to change due to recent changes in estate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century By: Akcigit, Ufuk, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas, and Stefanie Stantcheva Abstract—This paper studies the effect of corporate and personal taxes on innovation in the United States over the 20th... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 2

Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2013/05/how-to-negotiate-with-vcs/ar/1 2006 pub Real Estate Prices During the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression By: Nicholas, Tom, and Anna Scherbina Abstract—Using new data on market-based... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 05 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Monroe Abstract— Why do regimes allow some low-income business owners to avoid taxes by operating informally? Electoral incentives are central to prevailing explanations of governments’ forbearance of informal enterprise. Yet many... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Answers to Your Top Questions about Financial Aid at HBS - MBA

Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details
  • Web

Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

(MBA 1986). William H.G. Bennett is a partner at Irongate, a full-service luxury real estate development firm, where he serves as head of development. He graduated from Wesleyan University, where he was a three-year captain of the men's... View Details
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

resilience as they develop and finance real estate and infrastructure to address the risks of flooding, wildfire, extreme heat, drought, and sea level rise. John describes “five R” options to address these risks—to reinforce, rebound,... View Details
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

such as talent and capital, away from wealth creation and toward wealth distribution. It distorts thinking. Restoring the balance of power is critical to the competitiveness and the health of the rest of the economy. Limits on the size and leverage of banks and changes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2022
  • HBS Case

The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

products such as baby formula. At the same time, the company declared it would donate all profits to humanitarian relief organizations, and would therefore not pay any corporate taxes to the Russian government, although it would continue... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

Amazon execs to remain above it all.) And for a rental-dominated community, wouldn’t this wealthy influx of Amazonians drive up rents, housing prices, and real estate costs, forcing long-time residents and local independent businesses to... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Real Estate
  • Web

Planned Giving - Alumni

Giving Planned Giving Giving Planned Giving Leave a Legacy Through planned giving, you can use a variety of strategies and assets to support HBS during your lifetime or at your passing, while also fulfilling your financial planning goals. Wills and View Details