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  • 20 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

parlayed his fame as a celebrity real estate developer into a winning pitch to voters as a Washington outsider. Emphasizing his decades of experience as a wheeler-dealer building luxury hotels, casinos, and... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

    Walter R. Young, Jr.

    When Young joined Champion Enterprises, the diversified housing and recreational vehicle company had just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In his first six months in office, he drastically reorganized the leadership structure.... View Details
    Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

      Jon Staff

      Consumer brand building - Mission/vision/values development and adherence - Co-founder and early stage team building - DTC marketing - Go-to-market strategies - Hospitality startups - Real estate businesses... View Details
      • 02 Aug 2022
      • News

      PayPal Names Blake Jorgensen as CFO

      Electronic Arts.” As for his new role, PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman noted during a recent earnings call that the company is “looking for additional ways to improve efficiency and productivity, which could include scaling back on View Details

        Jon Staff

        Consumer brand building - Mission/vision/values development and adherence - Co-founder and early stage team building - DTC marketing - Go-to-market strategies - Hospitality startups - Real estate businesses... View Details
        Keywords: Travel, Tourism, & Hospitality;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods

          Arthur J. Decio

          Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to 25 View Details
          Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

            Bruce E. Karatz

            Karatz has led KB Home during a period of immense growth. When he took over the CEO position, the company was selling and delivering 4,000 prefabricated homes a year. By 2003, the company was producing and... View Details
            Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
            • 19 Nov 2012
            • Research & Ideas

            LEED-ing by Example

            this strategy actually worked, up until now. “LEED [adoption] is not just something to pay attention to when there's a bid to rebuild city hall.” In a new paper, Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings, authors... View Details
            Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate
            • 04 Aug 2014
            • Op-Ed

            Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

            self-employed person declined 19 percent in real terms between 2007 and 2010, according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances. And a survey by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) noted that small... View Details
            Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

              Melvin H. Baker

              With $100,000 in capital, Baker founded the National Gypsum Company with two colleagues in 1925. When he assumed the CEO position a few years later, he led his company from a newcomer in a highly competitive... View Details
              Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
              • 26 Feb 2008
              • News

              The Right Stuff

              us who work at HBS, such gestures make us feel good about the place. Photos by Neal Hamberg The Brighton Bengals are an inner-city team. Its players take public transportation to practice on a distant piece of city View Details
              Keywords: Garry Emmons
              • 07 Dec 2009
              • Research & Ideas

              Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

              capital investments, and those that directly invest in companies and funds. First, it is necessary to ensure that entrepreneurship itself is an attractive option. Often, in their eagerness to get to the "fun stuff" of handing... View Details
              Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
              • Web

              Crisis Leadership - 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

                Samuel J. Lefrak

                Lefrak was the first private company participating in city-financed housing projects in the United States. His company completed several housing projects, such as King’s Bay in Brooklyn, Parc Vendome in... View Details
                Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
                • 01 Oct 2002
                • News

                Andrew H. Tisch

                brother and cousin, that forms the Office of the President at Loews' Manhattan headquarters. Among his primary responsibilities are watching over several major real estate investments and working closely... View Details
                • 14 Feb 2018
                • News

                A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

                and equality is meaningful and challenging,” she adds. “I know my goal to develop organizations and society on this issue is a lofty one; and I may not be able to change the world, but I can sure keep the ball rolling.” Coleman began her career working in the... View Details
                • 26 Feb 2008
                • News

                The Right Stuff at HBS

                us who work at HBS, such gestures make us feel good about the place. Brighton kids and coach celebrate a job well done. Photos by Neal Hamberg The Brighton Bengals are an inner-city team. Its players take public transportation to practice... View Details
                Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
                • 11 Dec 2017
                • News

                A Pioneer of Affordable Housing

                Ross Freeman (PMD 30, 1975) launched Pioneer Group in 1997 to turn historic buildings into affordable housing and office space in the American Midwest. “I had never really thought about being a real estate... View Details

                  Garner A. Beckett

                  Through a series of four mergers, Beckett transformed his small Riverside Cement Company into the American Cement Corporation, one of the largest providers in the United States. During his tenure, the company’s revenues increased... View Details
                  Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

                    Henry Crown

                    During its first year of operation, Materials Service Corporation had sales of $218,000. Crown took over the helm shortly thereafter and grew the company until it dominated the Chicago sand and gravel market. After retiring from his... View Details
                    Keywords: Construction & Real Estate