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- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
Wall Street goes shopping. Wall Street surveyed the mountain of defaulted S&L loans taken over by the federal Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) and saw an opportunity to get into real estate investing... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
restructuring as the process through which a company radically changes the contractual relationships that exist among its creditors, shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders. The goal of restructuring is to increase the overall... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
our account suggests, people default to the belief that others have relatively narrow and homogeneous preferences, and thus predict that dissimilar items are disliked,” the researchers write in “The Role of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
who want to start or grow their own business. The Successful Entrepreneur’s Playbook outlines the key ingredients that would-be entrepreneurs should consider in assessing their likelihood of success and then... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
her belt, the likelihood of the sale being a spec drops to about 40 percent. Advice for the novice seller Apart from investing in the idea to further resolve uncertainty, other ways for unknown writers to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
project variables that can be changed are therefore the cost of the mission and its scope (or complexity). These two variables, in turn, influence the level of risk in the mission (i.e., the View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
would have been thwarted and ABB would not exist. Manage Information Careful sequencing can help manage sensitive information. For a building developer worried about being squeezed on price if her intentions become public, the property acquisition sequence may depend... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
mistake to miss a false negative, and there are indeed steps that companies can take to mitigate the likelihood of their development. Spotting Them, Managing Them By their very nature, false negatives are... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
mention for 30 seconds that Greece might have to do an austerity program, and they’ll repeat it 100 times over the next week. Unfortunately, 99 percent of the viewers don’t know what an austerity program is, and 99 percent don’t... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
who tell the truth, negotiators who palter are likely to claim additional value but increase the likelihood of impasse and harm to their reputations. Publisher's link:... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
and a strong likelihood of repeat sales. Krasnow learned that dry cleaning was an $8-billion business in the United States, divided among 34,000 owners who operated 45,000 stores. Customers chose the nearest... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
and resources. Based on the work of pioneering sociologist Richard Hackman, regularly relaunching can increase the likelihood of success of a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
As economic turmoil continues, many companies are reconsidering their strategies with an eye toward going lean and slashing prices. And that might work for a few companies—but very few. Instead, companies should compete "on the basis View Details
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
personality.” So how do firms increase the likelihood that their ads will go viral? For starters, they need to prioritize entertainment over facts and figures. To paraphrase an old campaign, these are not your father's Oldsmobile ads.... View Details
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
the street instead, particularly if he gets a big breakup fee out of it. If all this sounds too crazy to work, it's actually the default in the British system. In the United Kingdom, the seller has the right... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
space. Since governments have limited resources, it is simply not possible to fully accommodate and support the integration of many immigrants and refugees who arrive simultaneously. Moreover, gradual changes in the composition View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
even if it’s hard.” The conversation covered a range of issues, including the new $30B Canadian child care budget, which Collenette called “potentially transformative,” the likelihood that work-from-home... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
which approach makes the most sense. From the cows to the co-ops, many of the programs I saw in Rwanda are risky and difficult to implement. But the social return I believe is worth the risk, and we need to shift the focus to ways to... View Details
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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
scheme Certified educational loans from a bank or credit union (e.g. HUECU, etc.) Applicants must not be delinquent or in default on their loans at the time of application. If in doubt, please ask HBS MBA... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
FCC sold government-owned frequencies for wireless communications through applications and lotteries, which was costly and inefficient. The new auction format made it easier for bidders to bid on any portion of an item and reduced the... View Details