Real Estate Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jun 2022
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HiHome Sweet HiHome

full time engineer. “SEAS and Harvard more broadly has been absolutely critical to HiHome,” Shu said. “Without SEAS and Harvard, HiHome probably wouldn’t exist right now.” Parker and Shu met by chance, but it didn’t take long for them to connect. Shu, A.B. ‘21, was a... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

through a day on the job to find out: Mardie Oakes, an HBS Service Leadership Fellow at Boston Community Capital, a community development financial institution, and Paul Sternhell, an entry-level manager at Samsung Electronics. Cookies... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate

04 Jan 2016
News

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... View Details

April 2009 (Revised May 2010)
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Urbi and the City Licensee Managers

By: John D. Macomber and Regina Garcia-Cuellar

A leading low income housing builder in Mexico decides which prospective new local partner best extends its advantages in managing twin production lines of homes and clients. URBI has built substantial competitive advantage in the technology and culture that matches... View Details

Keywords: Mortgages; Government and Politics; Housing; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Market Entry and Exit; Production; Supply Chain; Organizational Culture; Franchise Ownership; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Real Estate Industry; China; India; Mexico; United States

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Purchase

22 Feb 2022
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3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)

estate and construction business in Atlanta 70 years ago. He was an incubator and accelerator before the terms were even coined. Our Big IDEAS curriculum helps develop a step-by-step plan for creating a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; leadership; Black; African American

Jon Staff

Consumer brand building - Mission/vision/values development and adherence - Co-founder and early stage team building - DTC marketing - Go-to-market strategies - Hospitality startups - Real View Details

Keywords: Travel, Tourism, & Hospitality;#56;#Personal Health & Wellness;#16;#Consumer Products & Packaged Goods

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Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Consumer Discretionary Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare Industrials Information Technology Materials Real View Details

Portrait Project

Mardie Oakes

soul, but the experience prepared me well for my next step. Creating fabulous places where diverse neighbors can coexist is the foundation of the work I'm now doing. Six months ago, I started a nonprofit that is bringing together real... View Details

Fast Answer

Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

module on LSEG Workspace check out our Learn with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. Preqin
Information on PE & VC firms, funds, private companies, and deals. REIS
Search millions of real View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians

Slavet, a nonprofit arts entrepreneur and partner in a real estate development and management firm. “But we want to be more than that. Through our radio show, Web site,... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2005
News

A Renter’s Market

Lee For Jonas Lee (MBA ’93) and his investment firm, Redbrick Partners, the purchase, refurbishment, rental, and maintenance of hundreds of low-cost, single-family urban homes represent a terrific, overlooked market opportunity. “It’s a $15 trillion asset class with no... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Real Estate

01 Mar 2018
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Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

“Real estate chatter is the most popular sport in Manhattan,” says Kirk Henckels (MBA 1976), who has made a career buying and selling some of New York City’s most luxurious apartments. In his new book with Annie Walker, Life at the Top,... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Aug 2022
News

PayPal Names Blake Jorgensen as CFO

Electronic Arts.” As for his new role, PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman noted during a recent earnings call that the company is “looking for additional ways to improve efficiency and productivity, which could include scaling back on real View Details

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The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

business outcomes and 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... View Details

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

25 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Video: Tackling the Housing Crisis One Renovation at a Time

Tawan Davis, MBA 2006, Founder and CEO of The Steinbridge Group, along with COO Sacasha Brown, MBA 2006, is defying the odds and creating a positive ripple effect for working class families. Based in Philadelphia and New York, Steinbridge has built a network of... View Details

16 May 2018
Blog Post

Internship Success: Mutual Growth Brings Intern and Enterprise Together

tracks and attract more candidates to our campus.” In October, she hosted a joint HBS/MIT recruitment talk that attracted Czapski. “I really liked the types of projects they were working on,” says Czapski. “They have a huge database of View Details

Keywords: Technology

14 Feb 2018
News

A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

and equality is meaningful and challenging,” she adds. “I know my goal to develop organizations and society on this issue is a lofty one; and I may not be able to change the world, but I can sure keep the ball rolling.” Coleman began her... View Details

13 May 2013
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Focus on Fellowships

classmate Tony Sanchez. Gilbane, who works in his family's real estate business in Houston, Texas, named the fellowship he established in honor of his parents because of their commitment to education. "I... View Details

Keywords: MBA Class of 2005

01 Mar 2011
News

Family of Clubs & Associations Expands

The network of HBS clubs and associations continues to grow, with recent additions bringing the total to 91 worldwide. Three new groups recently received recognition: the HBS Angels Alumni Association, the HBS Christian Fellowship Alumni Association, and the HBS View Details

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

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