Real Investment - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2019
News

Why New England Needs New Ideas

have to be the end of economic opportunity in a community,” they write. “History has shown us, time and again, that real opportunity doesn’t require billions of dollars of investment or the backing of... View Details

Keywords: New England

10 Jan 2017
News

Street Smarts

“Today, the car is a mobile computing platform,” says Mistele. “We pull information from various sensors in real time and create services around it.” For example, INRIX uses machine learning to provide customized daily routing advice... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

The Exchange: Venture Forth

introduction of Amazon Web Services in early 2006. This was the defining moment when the cost of starting consumer internet businesses really plummeted. That fact was very useful in rationalizing other things we saw happening: VC View Details

Keywords: April White

05 Aug 2014
News

A Diversified Portfolio

real business opportunity to invest in companies with high-growth potential and at least one woman in a leadership role that were being overlooked by the traditional VC community. Sometimes, in order to see... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

George A. Schaefer

A trained accountant, Schaefer’s first task as CEO was to dramatically cut costs. Caterpillar’s large, earth-moving products were no longer in high demand as in earlier years, so Schaefer decided to invest in making smaller machines for... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

Edward DeBartolo

In 1950, DeBartolo built Boardman Plaza in Youngstown, Ohio, considered one of the first suburban malls in the United States. The success of this mall sparked a major investment and development campaign which led to the construction of... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

just kind of look at all this,” says Mawilmada. “I like to imagine what it might be when I’m an old man.” His tone is a bit dreamy, but there’s an underlying current of urgency as well. As head of investments for Sri Lanka’s Western... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

Is there a single best investment allocation strategy for the long-term investor? Some theories favor a one-portfolio-for-all investors approach, emphasizing a best-mix-of-assets program. The more traditional approach, which developed out... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

Career Coach

Lauren Murphy

Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate,... View Details

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a real-world market View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

02 May 2013
News

Gil Kemp, MBA 1976 & Barbara Guss Kemp

“We invest in HBS because today’s students are inspiring. We love meeting the students we support. They are just terrific, and we know that they are going to do amazing things and make a real difference in... View Details

Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

them. Ryan: At HBS, research literally meets practice. The questions we tackle arise from a deep understanding of both the extant theory and the real problems managers face. Michelle entered the doctoral program fascinated by impediments... View Details

15 Sep 2020
News

How To Make Diversity a Reality

(GMP 6, 2009) about what it takes to make real change to the diversity of your organization. READ MORE Chitra: You've helped build companies, build people, processes, and systems at scale. So what has to be different to bring View Details

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Case

Tysons Corner

By: William J. Poorvu

Hollinswood Associates, a joint venture partnership, has developed and operated a Marriott Hotel in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The partnership has been very successful in the past but it is now facing a significant cash flow deficit. Designed to examine how a partnership... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management; Change Management; Partners and Partnerships; Joint Ventures; Cash Flow; Investment; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Virginia

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20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

emphasis on indoor air quality and other healthy building measures will diffuse through the rest of the economy. As the country begins to return to work, concerns about the spread of infectious disease will “make it easier than ever to View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Real Estate

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Corporate Training Programs | HBS Online

an integrated development curriculum for upskilling and team-building. Whether you’re investing in early-career professionals or executives, we welcome the opportunity to support your organization’s learning and development goals.... View Details

22 Sep 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

In his work managing real estate investments at Samson Investment Partners in New York, Lloyd Zuckerberg (MBA 1990) often draws on the same sensibilities that guide his... View Details

16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

secondary market in tokenized securities. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219057-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-056 Camber Creek & Measurabl Inc. In late 2017, Camber Creek, a real estate technology... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Apr 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

downstream exposure, we construct firm-specific exogenous credit supply shocks and estimate their direct and indirect effects on real activity. Credit supply shocks have sizable direct and downstream propagation effects on View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Oct 2016
News

China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer

real positive characteristics.” The future of venture capital sits in two sectors, Breyer predicted—artificial intelligence and China. This summer, Breyer and IDG Capital Partners, the Chinese company he joined forces with in 2005,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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