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01 Sep 2005
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Fixer Upper

almost two decades in marketing at Chemical Bank, before quitting to try her hand at real estate in 1987. Then came that year’s stock market crash, which precipitated a six-year tumble in housing prices as well. “I decided if I could make... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

06 Sep 2024
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Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

Finance, scaling an impact investment in Anchorage, Alaska to become the state's largest permanent supportive housing program, and designing and launching an impact fund-of-funds to mobilize passive charitable capital. With an interest in... View Details

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Michael Silvestri Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Four Takeaways from My Summer at the State House Michael Silvestri 21 Sep 2017 I... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Teele Hall Dedication

Ray A. Goldberg and Dean Teele's son Tony. Teele Hall houses some 150 staff members from External Relations, Executive Education, and other administrative departments that formerly occupied buildings on the main HBS campus. The original... View Details

Keywords: Stanley F. Teele; Construction of Buildings; Construction

11 Feb 2015
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Dedicated to a public service mission

Wrendon Hunt (MBA 2012) was raised to be an upstander. “My father always talked about serving causes greater than ourselves,” says Hunt, who is a 2014–2015 White House Fellow. He describes his yearlong appointment at the Department of... View Details

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Mardie Oakes

in affordable housing and community development is driven by my desire to foster dignity in all people, regardless of whether their talents are rewarded in the marketplace. I plan to create fabulous places and spaces where strong, healthy... View Details

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Regency Plaza

By: William J. Poorvu and Richard E Crum

Designed to examine the process of project management during the development cycle of a luxury condominium building, exploring the issue of how the design, development strategy, project organization, and project personnel are interrelated. More specifically, looks at... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Construction; Housing; Management Practices and Processes; Projects; Luxury; Real Estate Industry

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Raamin Mostaghimi

earlier, she was living in a Pakistani refugee camp after being smuggled across the border from Iran. She was there because four years prior, a cleric decided that declaring herself a Baha'i was reason enough to expel her from her final year of pharmacy school, burn... View Details

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Bike Policy | About

or office. Residents of HBS Residence Halls may place their bicycles in storage. Bicycle racks are located near classroom buildings and residence halls, and indoor bike storage is available in the basement of Gallatin Hall. Please contact the HBS View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Andrews, Raymond Remembered

of cases he wrote on the Swiss watch industry. A Ph.D. in English and the author of a critically acclaimed book on Mark Twain, Andrews also edited the Harvard Business Review for six years and was the master of Harvard’s Leverett House... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Presidential Adviser

decide how to spend it,” explained Hubbard. To boost U.S. exports, the administration favors more trade agreements to lower tariffs on American-made products. Hubbard isn’t worried that a decline in the rapid appreciation of home values will have a negative impact on... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

29 Jul 2013
News

Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers

notable recent addition is the House of Mandela portfolio of wines, produced by the family of Nelson Mandela. The Mandelas and Cuffes both recognized South Africa's burgeoning fair trade wine movement, which promotes equitable trade and... View Details

Keywords: wine; wine making; wine importing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

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Michelle Lee

enthusiastic beneficiaries of her talent encouraged her to start selling, she decided to give it a shot, launching a home bakery project called Treat House Bakery to bring the goodies from her kitchen to her circle of family, friends and... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Retail/Hospitality

01 Sep 2004
News

Home Sweet (Modular) Home

Starting a business is never easy. But staking your future — and your bank account — on a concept that’s never been tried before makes it especially difficult. Just ask Stephen Stuntz (MBA ’69), the founder and president of Greentech View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Kevin Omwega

"I'm scared," I said, as we walked into our new home. The house had no lights, no furniture, no running water, nothing. My elder brother Eric, who had remained in Kenya when my parents pursued their education in the U.S., stood... View Details

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Ali Nuger

I refuse to decide, and I won’t let other women have to decide. As a little girl, my sister and I would dress up as cleaning ladies and prance around the house dusting. I would cook in my play kitchen and pretend to be a mother to my... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Joe Badaracco

HBS students who, Badaracco says, are better than ever: “The talent and energy in the classroom is just amazing.” This fall, many of the eager faces he surveys look younger than usual: Badaracco and his wife, Patricia O’Brien (DBA ’86), are living in Currier House, a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
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Noted & Quoted

90 and 95 percent of all the residential mortgages this year have been insured by, guaranteed by, or securitized by the government.” — HBS senior lecturer Nicolas Retsinas noting that the government has kept the residential housing market... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Aug 2002
News

Marilynn Davis (MBA '82)

career has also included impressive stints in public service, as CFO of the New York City Housing Authority in the 1990s and as assistant secretary for administration at the Department of Housing and Urban... View Details

08 Oct 2020
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JPMorgan Chase Commits $30 Billion to Advance Racial Equity

more tangible, meaningful way.” The release notes that the firm’s commitment will focus on promoting and expanding affordable housing and homeownership for underserved communities; growing Black- and Latinx-owned businesses; improving... View Details

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