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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Better than Cash
They’re also helping the Lena Park Community Development Corporation, which provides housing and human services for inner-city residents, to create a business plan for its new initiative to build a multiservice residential community. And... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
real estate, inflated LBOs, securitization, high-tech fantasies, and inflated housing prices. For lack of productive investment, private and public (infrastructure, education), the foundation of the U.S. economy has been gravely weakened.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
the Public Broadcasting Service, the White House Office of Management and Budget, and Teach For America. Fellows also did their part for organizations and governments in several other nations, including the Democratic Republic of Congo,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
foundation floor for a house that you know is going to provide shelter for a family for many years, especially when you're hammering in boards alongside the people who will be living there.” The fleeting nature of ones and zeros aside,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
outlook, investors will again turn to Mexico." DeRemate.com, an Internet auction house founded in 1999 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, has operations in eight Latin countries and the United States. Its cofounders, CEO Alejandro C.... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
area in 1989 so his children could attend the prestigious Cranbrook schools in the city’s northern suburbs, which his wife, Julie, had also attended. READ MORE John Rhea on why Detroit, with tens of thousands of abandoned homes, needs more View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
distributed through the coffee cooperatives, building more permanent homes to replace mud houses and investing in their daughters’ educations. “They can start planning for the future,” Nyamumbo says. She hopes to expand Kahawa’s approach... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
members arrived at Kenya’s State House in Nairobi to meet with the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, as part of the School’s faculty immersion in Africa. “Business and entrepreneurship are ingrained in the Kenyan psyche, whether it is... View Details
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
museum that opened to much fanfare on 1/11/11. He is now considering building a museum to house his substantial collection of southwestern and wildlife art. "For me, art has never been about the investment," says James. "It's about... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)
reverse of mine. She had her children early; in fact, her kids were out of the house by the time she was 40. And she had her career later. After thirty years in various Washington libraries, she retired this February as head librarian of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
wat. Although built around a temple and housing a contingent of monks, each wat also serves as a social and community center and frequently hosts market days and carnivals. It’s hard to convey the pervasive role of monks in Thai society.... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
housing trust fund in Arkansas and the development of legislation that protects families during recessions in Connecticut. Currently, we are providing our research findings to legislators who are preparing legislation to significantly... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
Lincoln or Jefferson Memorial - this will memorialize an incident that is just as important as what they originally memorialized." The LMDC - whose directors include Deborah C. Wright (MBA/JD '84), president and CEO of Carver Bancorp and a former New York City View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
beliefs,” Greenwood says, chalking it up to an abundance of optimism. Before the crisis, for instance, the “Armageddon scenario” for housing price growth in 2006 was a 5 percent drop. During the lowest point of the crisis, View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
Praise for Stevenson I was delighted to read the article on Howard Stevenson, "The House That Howard Built," in the June Bulletin. It brought back fond memories of my time in his real estate courses in 1973-74. Professor Stevenson'sÂ... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New Releases
than 1 percent of all senior executive posts. How does one explain, then, the success of Kenneth Chenault, president, COO, and CEO-designate of American Express, or of Ann Fudge (MBA '77), president of Maxwell House Coffee Company and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Thomas S. Volpe
Securities. Far from retirement, Volpe spent the summer with his wife and two teenage sons at their house in Maine, cooking up plans for his next venture. "I've always believed if you can get at the front end of a big wave," says the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
these ends. Massachusetts Governor W. Mitt Romney (MBA ’74, JD ’75) has also endorsed these goals. In a wide-ranging panel discussion, alongside Massachusetts’s strengths, it was noted that problems exist with the site-regulation process, the high cost of living... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
national media attention." A principal at Clean Line Energy Partners in Houston, Michael Skelly (MBA 1991), who believes that "MBAs need to 'get out more,'" hopes to get the students to Houston to "introduce them around town and have a dinner party at my View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
company with a business model selling affordable housing to first-time home buyers among the country’s poor, and outperforming the Tokyo Nikkei index. Chu coauthored the case, “Katitas: Home Ownership for the Majority of Japan,” and... View Details
Keywords: April White