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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
safety. “Surprisingly, income and housing prices had little correlation with improvement” Next, they obtained Street View images from the same streets captured in 2007 and 2014. After algorithmically removing image pairs containing... View Details
- 21 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Other People
reasons is that it creates social connections. If you have a nice car and a big house on an island by yourself, you're not going to be happy because we need people to be happy. But by giving to another person, you're creating a connection... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017
that a sizable decline in mortgage payments (up to 50%) induces a significant increase in car purchases (up to 35%). This effect is attenuated by voluntary deleveraging. Borrowers with lower incomes and housing wealth have significantly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
focused on housing and household debt for good reason: In the United States, a residential housing loan collapse touched off the deep financial crisis of 2008. But in the decade-plus since, the focus on... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
day or two a week at a major corporations, receive mentorship, and are matched with a "work buddy." The model should be scaled up to include the state's other 14 community colleges, she said. Gregory Bialecki, secretary for the Massachusetts Executive Office... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
unaffordable (which the pharmaceutical company Cipla did with HIV/AIDS drugs in Africa), and that brought housing to urban poor (one of building materials maker CEMEX's accomplishments in Mexico). Based on our research, we believe the... View Details
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
805-064 Patrimonio Hoy is a program targeting the housing needs of the low-income population by CEMEX, a major Mexican company and a leading global cement producer. Originally conceived as a project to better understand the customers in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 1, 2006
of "organized" retailers such as Pantaloon. Pantaloon's management faced some exciting opportunities as well as some potential competition both from global retailers planning to enter the Indian market and from large Indian business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why.
taha ajmi/Unsplash Until the last year or so, the term "recency bias" was rarely a topic of cocktail conversation—unless it was a gathering of behavioral scientists letting their hair down. But then a news item surfaced about certain White View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
Mistry Architects (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Robert G. Eccles and Mona Sinha
Describes an architecture firm founded and run by a husband and wife team, Sharukh and Renu Mistry, that emphasizes "green" building. The firm presents an unusual mix of projects-spanning the spectrum from larger corporate projects to small private homes. The mix also... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Customer Focus and Relationships; Design; Housing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution
Edmondson, Amy C., Robert G. Eccles, and Mona Sinha. "Mistry Architects (A)." Harvard Business School Case 609-044, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
so distorted the housing market that they made a financial breakdown inevitable, the minority response argues. As a result, Washington, not Wall Street, is the villain in the bursting of the subprime mortgage bubble. The minority response... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Flood of Picassos Threatens to Water Down the Art Market
houses and art dealers. “From a business school point of view, there's a contradiction where the art market seems illogical or strange because it turns on its head some of the rules of competition” "One of the things people try to do... View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
transit, can maximize the return on investment by optimizing natural resource use. For cash-strapped cities the private sector can fill the gap in providing critical funds and designing structures, including public housing and municipal... View Details
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
full-service bank; describes the competitive context of low-income sector of financing in Mexico; and reviews the decisions leading to the IPO in the Mexican Stock Exchange. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308094... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
Business School Case 517-036 Phipps Houses and the Future of Affordable Housing in NYC No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517036-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 214-107 Affordable Housing and Low Income Housing Tax Credits in the United States This background... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee
designed to make sure the executive office doesn’t have too much power.” Ep 15: Brainstorming the Affordable Housing Dilemma Desai: “There is a very real, genuine market failure. I think the answer is the government provides View Details
- 22 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'
of periods of overheated credit markets. We try to track crises using a measure of overheating that we developed and call the “Red-zone.” The Red-zone is a combination of credit expansion and high asset prices. In the domain of houses and... View Details
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
automobiles that once cost more than a house are now cheaper, better, and available to all income classes. Indeed, the word "Toyota" is now used as shorthand to identify low-cost, high-quality goods and services. Q: Your article... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace