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- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Gaining Currency
REYNOLDS: Weak dollar cuts both ways. To illustrate the global impact of fluctuating exchange rates, the New York Times (December 11, 2004) focused on two small, family-owned manufacturers, one located in Germany and the other in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
the rest of the employees were safely leaving the building and that the fire was contained. I learned that real leadership means running toward the fire and being concerned about the safety of others before your own. —John Fees (MBA 1999)... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
in the mid-1990s had one of the highest crime rates in the country, a significant drug problem, and a failing school. Local real estate developer and philanthropist Tom Cousins, who became the founder of... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
comedy. The two rivalrous main characters—him, the owner of a soulless big bookstore chain; her, the proprietor of a charming independent—eventually fall in love, the independent bookstore closes, and audiences discover that big chains can have heart too. But in the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
investments have fallen. Today, returns, expressed in real estate parlance as cap rates, have declined to levels last seen just before the 1989 crash. (A property’s cap rate is calculated by dividing cash... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
RETSINAS: Too many people began to regard their homes as a guaranteed high-return investment. We just got carried away,” observes Nicolas Retsinas, a lecturer in real estate at HBS, whose distinguished career in housing, community... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Be Our Guest: HBS Show 2002 Goes Off without a Hitch
which ran April 17–20 in Burden Auditorium. Since its first production in 1974, the event has showcased the dramatic, musical, and theatrical talent of HBS students. This year's performance was no exception. Titled Infernal Rate of... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management
find that the boss isn't interested in their suggestions? These are very real questions for anyone making the transition from functional to general manager. Last October, in Professor David A. Garvin's elective course General Management:... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe
one-of-a-kind virtual classroom in real time. CORe immerses students in real-world problems using the case method. It comprises three courses taught by renowned faculty members in the areas of Business Analytics, Economics for Managers,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
our HBS professors had always warned that if we spent $5,000 today, we would be giving up a fortune ten or twenty years down the road, given the stock market’s rate of return. A famous futurist of the day was predicting that U.S.... View Details
- 17 Sep 2021
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
immigrant families every year,” notes Wang. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The enormous technological changes that have taken place since the Wangs went through the trying process offer an alternative. “Immigration is one of those overlooked areas where technology... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
Data’s Double Duty: Research and the Real World As Raffaella Sadun was wrapping up her Corporate Strategy course last fall, one of her students sent her a four-page analysis of the private equity industry in India, a topic the class had... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
A NEW VIEW: Slums occupy valuable real estate in India. Photo courtesy HBS India Research Center Located in Mumbai, India, Dharavi is home to an estimated 700,000 people living on just 551 acres. Featured in the 2008 Oscar-winning film... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
purchase goods from distributors. "A retail chain store with several outlets might bid on these items, for example," he says. Auctions are held daily and are done in real time. "You go to the site, see what other people are offering, and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
and corporate and real estate taxes. According to Genta, Monaco’s business model is based mainly on real estate—among the most expensive in the world—representing 20 percent of the country’s GDP. EMBRACING... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
Florida. During a board meeting break, George Weathersby, YPO’s recently appointed CEO, ponders this puzzle: Of the 59 YPO networks (including groups devoted to golf, family business, real estate, wine, and environmental action), half are... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Summit Sound Bites
more than we earn. It’s very simple.” —James Wolfensohn (MBA ’59), Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC “The real strength of America is not its technical schools. What we don’t have in India, and what the world doesn’t understand the... View Details