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Arthur J. Decio
Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to 25 companies with 3,500 employees in 12 states. In the... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 03 Mar 2010
- News
Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears
- 07 Dec 2022
- News
Dubai-Based Proptech Builds Up
inspiration for Silkhaus, a Dubai-based proptech startup that offers short, medium, and long-term rentals to business and leisure travelers. "When I couldn't extricate myself out of the Boston lease, I felt that residential real View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
$30M (70 percent from international investors) to establish the country’s first post–civil war private equity fund providing capital to small- and medium-sized firms. YSP’s expanded offerings now include consulting, research, and the country’s first crowdfunding... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
markets and coordinate the expansions there. Based on my own experience, nothing beats spending in-person time in the new markets. —Matias Recchia (MBA 2007) is the founder and CEO of Unlock, a real estate... 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
- 01 May 2013
- News
Warren Luke, MBA 1970
The legacy of the Luke family at HBS begins with K. J. Luke, who earned an MBA in 1938 before returning to Hawaii, where he worked in real estate and founded Hawaii National Bank in 1960. Today, K. J.’s son... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Adoption
Houston real estate investment firm Rowland Taylor. Pathway’s perpetual trust, set up by Taylor, has already funded more than 250 family loans. With the support of fellow OPM alumni and a few key HBS staff... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
500,000 listings and counting. (By way of comparison, hotel industry giant Marriott offers around 530,000 rooms worldwide.) Airbnb, which has been valued at roughly $2.5 billion, recently closed a $200 million round of financing,... View Details
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The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society
social progress. Learn how evolving concepts of ownership - from real estate to AI, genetic data to media - are reshaping capitalism and creating new challenges and opportunities for business leaders.... View Details
- December 2006 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
The New York Jets--A West Side Story
In 2005, Jay Cross, New York Jets president, must decide how to proceed with finding a new home for the football team he heads after New York's Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Investment; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Process; Partners and Partnerships; Urban Development; Sports; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
Kohn, A. Eugene, and Boyd Edward Bishop. "The New York Jets--A West Side Story." Harvard Business School Case 207-027, December 2006. (Revised November 2008.)
- December 2006 (Revised November 2008)
- Case
West Wacker Drive: To Build or Not to Build?
In 1980, Thomas J. Klutznick, president of a Chicago-based development company, was considering whether he should build a Class A building on a second-rate site outside the Central Loop or not. He had a promising design, but the economic conditions, concurrent... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Interest Rates; Geographic Location; Risk Management; Urban Development; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Chicago
Kohn, A. Eugene. "West Wacker Drive: To Build or Not to Build?" Harvard Business School Case 207-028, December 2006. (Revised November 2008.)
- April 2000 (Revised August 2002)
- Case
The Holland House
By: William J. Poorvu and Michael A. Everett-Lane
In November 1993, Edward Geffner, executive director of Project Renewal, Inc. (PRI), is proposing that his not-for-profit firm develop Holland House at 351 West 42nd Street in New York City into a single- room occupancy hotel for homeless people. He has put together a... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Welfare; Construction; Poverty; Property; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, NY)
Poorvu, William J., and Michael A. Everett-Lane. "The Holland House." Harvard Business School Case 800-362, April 2000. (Revised August 2002.)
- April 1996 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Jedi Bank
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Major Insurance Co. is a $15 billion insurance company that is an active, multi-family mortgage leader. This case is part of a negotiation game simulation that also includes Sunshine Villas, Silver Lane Apartments, and Jason Bosworth. View Details
Keywords: Mortgages; Interest Rates; Financing and Loans; Property; Negotiation Tactics; Management; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Jedi Bank." Harvard Business School Case 396-327, April 1996. (Revised August 2005.)
- December 1995
- Teaching Note
Millegan Creek Apartments, The TN
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-395-118). View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
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Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation
Dick Simon (MBA 1980) is CEO of RSI, Inc., a Boston-based real estate development and investment management company, and founder and chair of the kNOwTHEM Initiative. In this video, he discusses the need for... View Details
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Onay Payne
As I look around a conference room filled with the partners of a highly regarded real estate private equity firm, I’m excited. Only four of the 35 people in the room are women. Similarly, only four of the 35... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com
- 01 Oct 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect
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Robert G. James Lounge | About
the Central Intelligence Agency, an oil company executive, and a real estate investor. He was married to his wife, Ardis James, for over 60 years until her passing in 2011. They made their home together in... View Details