Housing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
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Kresge’s Afterlife

University’s associate manager of recycling and waste. “That’s especially true when recycling allows needy organizations to receive goods they couldn’t afford otherwise.” Below, we track a few of the donations to see where Kresge Hall lives on. Wire racks Allston,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 2002
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A Fine Collection

summer, in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, the Williamses bought a classic building (constructed in 1894, in a Neo-Italian Renaissance style) to house their collection. They do not intend to make it a museum, but instead will restrict... View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Haven for the Homeless

his cell phone industry product development position in 2002 to become the shelter’s executive director. During the winter months, the shelter houses an average of one hundred people a night, and demand has grown in recent years. “When... View Details

Keywords: homeless shelters; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2011
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Uncle Sam’s Business Man

Last June, Johnson was named by the White House to head SelectUSA, a new US government–wide initiative to encourage, facilitate, and accelerate business investment in America by both domestic and foreign firms. As the organization’s... View Details

01 Jun 2009
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Shaking Up the System

proudest achievement. Located in the building that formerly housed Evander Childs High School, once one of the most dangerous educational facilities in the country, BLS last year graduated 95 percent of its senior class, and all of those... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2014
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An investment in meaningful results

nearly $1.5 billion in grants to the city's neediest residents since 1988. Robin Hood is New York City's largest funder of emergency food programs and largest private funder of job training and housing programs. It serves nearly half a... View Details

23 May 2018
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Winning Bid

housed more than any other vertical in my mind,” Bright told Black Enterprise. “Where else could I go from sourcing and servicing Elvis’s piano to partnering with [designer] Brad Ford to decorate the most expensive penthouse in New York?”... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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Allston Options Up for Discussion

buildings, and for graduate housing as well as four new undergraduate houses. The report represents the first step in giving shape to Harvard’s vision for the Allston expansion. A finished plan is a year or more away, and construction... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2019
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Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”

address the root causes of homelessness, in addition to collaborating with partners to meet immediate needs.” Keller experienced the intake process—boarding a shuttle and registering at an emergency housing shelter—to get a firsthand... View Details

Keywords: homelessness

29 Jan 2010
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Back to Glass-Steagall?

failing company. Many of these proposals already are incorporated in legislation that has stalled in the House and Senate. So far, too big to fail has turned out to be too hard for Capitol Hill to handle. View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Government

01 Mar 2017
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HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age

team built two platforms. The first platform, launched in 2014, houses HBX Credential of Readiness (CORe) and HBX Certificate Programs. CORe introduces students to business fundamentals through three courses — Business Analytics,... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead

Ballast Point built a new brewery in 2014, featuring a copper brew house three times the size of its previous system. (Courtesy Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits) Ballast Point built a new brewery in 2014, featuring a copper brew View Details

13 Nov 2018
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Building a New Real Estate Investment Model

by-the-numbers guy. He rattles off the statistics effortlessly: There are about 133 million housing units in the United States, about 84 million of which are single-family homes. Of those 84 million, about 22 million are available for... View Details

Keywords: April White; Real Estate

08 Aug 2016
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Writing the Book on Balance

her signature in the 500 books we had printed.” As for managing the demands of a busy working parent (she oversees a large senior housing portfolio for a REIT), she observed, “Three years ago, I made a decision to adjust my work hours to... View Details

Keywords: Kickstarter; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2006
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HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans

Students helped to rebuild storm-damaged homes “The first thought I had when I heard about the destruction left by Katrina was, ‘Let’s do something about it,’ ” says Anthony D’Avella (HBS ’07). “Here was an opportunity to put our classroom knowledge to work.” Last... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

27 Apr 2023
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Life Preserver

When Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009) joined Singularity University's Global Solutions Program in the summer of 2012, he was accepted based on his ideas of how distance learning and remote work—both rarities at that point—could reshape opportunities for youth in developing... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 2000
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Painting, by the Numbers

art-world experiences. Feigen left a career on Wall Street in 1957 to open a gallery in his native Chicago. A second gallery followed, the very first in Manhattan's SoHo district. These days, with more museums housing more art, with fewer... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Interpreting the Gipper

his empire.” Beschloss was also on hand at the White House in June when President George W. Bush (MBA 1975) hosted Bill and Hillary Clinton at the unveiling of the Clintons’ official portraits. As the former President spoke, Beschloss’s... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

15 Aug 2012
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Shaping a Business and a Community