Real Estate - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

iStock In the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross, an executive played by Alec Baldwin presents a unique motivational scheme to a trio of down-on-their-luck real estate salesmen. There will be a new contest, he... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

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

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Effects of Climate Change The time to drive innovation is now The Climate Crisis is Here Climate change is affecting many economic sectors: The time to drive innovation is now Altering the value of real View Details

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

regularly advises... Nori Gerardo Lietz Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Nori Gerardo Lietz is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units. She presently teaches Real View Details

18 Feb 2020
Blog Post

A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020

professors, who began cold calling us to scare us out of having distracting personal discussions during class. On this foundation, we fortified our relationship with trust and (often brutal) transparency. Finding someone willing to be View Details

October 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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Bitfury: Blockchain for Government

By: Mitchell Weiss and Elena Corsi

In the Republic of Georgia, legend had it their land was a precious gift from God he had intended to keep for his mother. But over time, the land had been under intermittent threat from without and within. In 2017, the Bitfury Group, which Valery Vavilov had... View Details

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08 Feb 2017
Blog Post

How I Chose My HBS Recommenders

ended up asking a McKinsey Partner whom I’d closely worked with on a real estate project in Saudi Arabia. Second, I wanted someone who had a macro-level view of my work performance over time, with different... View Details

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Harvard Business School

chairman and CEO of Capri Investment Group. He chairs the Global Management Board and is a member of the firm's investment committee. Since establishing Capri in 1992, he has overseen the firm's origination of approximately $10 billion in 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

Keywords: Real Estate

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

2010) + More Info – Less Info The pandemic has hastened a rise in remote working for knowledge-based organizations. This has notable benefits: Companies can save on real estate costs, hire and utilize talent... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Case Study: The Credit Bureau

they see three options: First, they could double down on the D2C side, which helps get the brand out there quickly, although it is subject to more competition and acquisition costs. The second option is to integrate with real View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

07 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance

29 Nov 2023
News

A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

Seattle business leaders got where they are. The club also hosted truck manufacturer PACCAR’s CTO, John Rich (MBA 1999), who spoke on electrifying and automating US shipping, and Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, who talked about a wide range of issues around housing... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Jan 2018
News

The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

biggest barrier, quite honestly, was operations. Which is actually one of McDonnell strengths, but running two day parts at the same time through our kitchens was a good challenge-- just the real estate... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Award for Intellectual Property in 2007. Arthur I Segel : Honored as 2007 Man of the Year by the 21st Century Fund, a foundation in Brookline Massachusetts that supports new initiatives in public education. Arthur I Segel : Voted One of the Top 20 Most Influential... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

The problem is to find the way to make it possible for them to receive what they have earned.” (1969) “Incidentally, an old Hahvahd business acquaintance of mine was bugging me for a long time about how I ought to forsake this primitive village insofar as tax and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

Kanter says. Gibson, who was not well-known in Miami when she began her startup quest, came across financial and real estate professionals who had never known someone like her. They had trouble seeing a... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

your operations is critical because, even if you are not prioritizing it, your competition is. In addition, your competition may also be operating with 10-20 percent less real estate needs post-pandemic due... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

04 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

and Syria; to the south is the booming Saudi Arabian metropolis of Jeddah. In front of me is a vast expanse of sand and hope, fueled by a huge investment towards a brand new city the size of Washington, DC. I can see intermittent puffs from earthmoving equipment,... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Real Estate; Real Estate

13 May 2014
News

Willing Hands

just have to be willing to participate with others in the work." "Real estate is the thread that's run through my career," adds Spencer, who most recently served as president of Cogdell Spencer Inc., a publicly traded health care, View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Real Estate; Real Estate

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