real estate - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 May 2014
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How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

earned (vs.) that which is inherited Each member of society must contribute to society's wealth by building their own and sharing Once you die, the wealth gets transferred to society." Carlos Avendano made the point that wealth eventually flows to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction 1837: The Hard Times 1873: Off the Rails 1907: The Banker's Panic 1929: The Great Crash Crisis Leadership The... View Details

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Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction 1837: The Hard Times 1873: Off the Rails 1907: The Banker's Panic 1929: The Great Crash Crisis Leadership The... View Details

26 Jan 2022
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Making Peace with Anger

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Willy Walker (MBA 1995) is the chairman and CEO of Walker and Dunlop, a commercial real estate finance firm founded in 1937 by his... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Goldfaden Land, who studied physics, and Harry Land, who ran a scrap metal and real estate business in Connecticut. In high school at the Norwich Free Academy, Land excelled in physics and became enthralled... View Details

01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

The commercial real estate business was in a shambles fifteen years ago, but just look at it now. After a complete rehab, the industry has become the darling of investors eager for alternatives to lackluster... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

African American community. By 1914, it had grown to more than 10,000 members in 600 chapters. Wendell Thomas Cunningham (MBA '15), pictured center, was the first known African American HBS graduate. He joined Cunningham & Sons, a prominent View Details

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

emerging real estate leader who possesses valuable transferable skills that contribute to their organization. “A Southerner, Through and Through” Straughn-Turner was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

22 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

Neeley says. “It became really important for managers to ask, ‘How’s it going? How are you doing? How can I help?’” As life begins to normalize, Neeley urges managers to retain that emphasis on employee well-being. “When people are working from home, they are giving up... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jun 1998
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Simmons Family Endows Professorship

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Julia and her sister, Elizabeth ("Liza") Simmons Hoke, also actively support higher education. "It's clear, now more than ever, that education is the key to the future," says Liza, who works in View Details

24 Feb 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: Les Williams (MBA 2005)

strategy? Over the last 15 years I have worked in technology, real estate development, and entrepreneurship. During that time my compensation has varied, and I have adjusted my loan repayment accordingly. I... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

in heavily leveraged parts of the corporate, financial, and real estate sectors. Operationally, "flexibility" in the face of a faster pace of change—combined with an increasing number of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Harvard University, 2009-2010. Alberto F. Cavallo : Received a Real Estate Academic Initiative Grant, Harvard University, 2009. David A. Moss : Received the 2009 Charles M. Williams Award for Excellence in... View Details

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

high point in his journalism career, Schwartz said, having written for such prominent publications as The New York Times, Newsweek, and New York magazine, Schwartz co-wrote what became a best-selling book, The Art of the Deal, with real... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

October 2022
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An Heir with No Spare: The Deitch Family Office

By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger

Joe and Matt Deitch, father and son, knew it was time to start their own family office. Matthew had recently joined his father at the family’s three enterprises, and they both realized that their family’s needs had grown increasingly complex over the years. In search... View Details

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07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit

passion in life, martial arts. By his own description, Sityodtong lived a blessed childhood, watching his architect father build a real estate business from humble beginnings. But in the years leading up to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

Rights of first refusal are contract clauses common in such industries as entertainment. In 2001, Paramount Studios and the National Broadcasting Company negotiated the broadcasting rights for the hit show "Frasier." NBC held a right of first refusal that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate

12 Oct 2017
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Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

Company, a commercial real estate firm where he worked on transformative urban real estate projects. One of those ventures was a 350-unit,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Q3Q4 3.0 Navigating Your Worth: AI, Negotiations, and the Nature of Expertise Zoe Cullen Shikhar Ghosh Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Product Management Sara McKinley Torti Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Public Entrepreneurship (also listed under General Management) Mitchell Weiss Fall 2025... View Details

04 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Jerry Murphy at The Davis Companies

underwriting, and closing of new equity and high-yield debt investments on behalf of our latest real estate private equity fund. My area of focus is residential investment strategies, including both for-sale... View Details