real estate - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
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Genzyme Center (B)

Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry

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Purchase

01 Dec 2018
News

Turning Point: Crossover

work in real estate investment to make coaching a full-time commitment; and I wanted to do it in my hometown of San Francisco, simply because I wanted to be closer to my parents and my brother and sister.... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Turning Point: The Dark Season

months into unemployment, I was doing a lot of soul-searching and praying to figure out what I was truly trying to do, which was get into real estate and community development. Then my mother came to visit... View Details

Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)

01 Feb 2001
News

The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure

estate investment and commercial development firm based in Newton, Massachusetts. "We knew they'd be very excited to learn about volcanoes, for instance, when they could be right there, seeing a real one,"... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 1998
News

Faculty Retirements

and has contributed chapters to several books. Two articles he coauthored on real-estate finance won the Shattuck Award for the best article on real estate in 1967 and 1972. Hayes's MBA teaching assignments... View Details

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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library

real estate listings still feature videos and interactive tools that simulate the experience of walking through properties. But do they help homes sell faster? Research by Isamar Troncoso probes the... View Details

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

of periods of overheated credit markets. We try to track crises using a measure of overheating that we developed and call the “Red-zone.” The Red-zone is a combination of credit expansion and high asset prices. In the domain of houses and View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

their coming to the right decisions. I take great pride in the fact I recruited him to the Board.” — HBS professor emeritus Warren McFarlan “When I think of Howard, I think creativity, intelligence, energy, wide-ranging curiosity, friendship. Working with him to start... View Details

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

01 Jun 2020
News

Post-Office

benefits, I think about the benefits to the company and the benefits to the worker. For the company, the biggest immediate benefit—which gets all CFOs excited—is the real estate savings. If folks are working... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Remote work; COVID-19; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

contrast to other models for green or smart cities that are variations on a massive real estate development project. The main economic engine driving Living PlanIT's model is a partner channel strategy... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

on stocks or other assets. This would evidently have a negative effect on the prices of those assets. The return on residential real estate might be affected by the aging of baby boomers though, if this... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

12 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 12

Business School Case 211-026 One of the world's leading investors in distressed companies, Oaktree Capital Management, is contemplating a "loan to own" investment in the debt of Countrywide plc, a financially troubled residential View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2024
News

Alumni Books

deprives owners of the time and ability to do what they do best, which further dampens individual economic achievement. Thanks to the “residential real estate pricing cartel,” the authors say homeownership... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

Photographed by Susan Young; edited by Julia Hanna See full profiles and more photographs here. Marla Beck (MBA/MPA 1998) CEO and Cofounder, Bluemercury Inc. First job: Accounting work in her dad’s real View Details

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Dwight Angelini Real Estate Investing Finance Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Eva Ascarza Managing Customers for Growth Marketing Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 ^ back to top B Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits... View Details

30 Oct 2015
Blog Post

4 Takeaways from HBS

my finance background in real estate private equity, I believed strongly in the power of investing to transform cities and communities. However, I had it drummed into me that the shareholder was the most... View Details

30 Jan 2018
Blog Post

HBS Global Opportunity Fellowship: Making a Difference in Africa

internet speeds that are higher than some developed countries, developed one of the hottest real estate markets in the world, and cultivated one of Africa’s foremost innovation hubs. And yet, there is so... View Details

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

lot of things I learned at HBS. I’d say about five percent of my work drew upon my TOM [Technology & Operations Management] coursework, and the other 95% was LEAD [Leadership and Organizational Behavior].” Josh was given significant responsibility for investigating the... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

changed significantly has been the result of our living in what has been described as a "radioactive neighborhood," that is, a region with a contagious economic flu. Real estate and labor costs are... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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