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Danelle Radney
The general manager at College Pro had never managed a female franchisee before, much less an African-American one with a short afro and an even shorter history as an exterior house painter. But Danelle Radney had a long history of... View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
GhoomAishwarya Kachhal, PLDA 2015Ghoom is an Electric Scooter and Battery Rental and Subscription Platform, incubated at Harvard Innovation Labs. Ghoom was founded on a simple idea of improving, bettering and empowering the lives of people with convenient, View Details
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
Business School Case 517-036 Phipps Houses and the Future of Affordable Housing in NYC No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
Pittsburgher, the community leader and MacArthur Award recipient Bill Strickland. Motley, who believes affordable housing is a key part of Pittsburgh’s future, is one of three partners on a $20 million View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
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
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
automobiles that once cost more than a house are now cheaper, better, and available to all income classes. Indeed, the word "Toyota" is now used as shorthand to identify low-cost, high-quality goods and services. Q: Your article... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
insurance house Momentum in Johannesburg, Magwegwe can often be heard on CNBC Africa and other local and national media, offering advice on financial matters, from simply saving more money to planning and sticking to a budget. Helping... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee
designed to make sure the executive office doesn’t have too much power.” Ep 15: Brainstorming the Affordable Housing Dilemma Desai: “There is a very real, genuine market failure. I think the answer is the... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
committed. Even if they had wanted to sell in chain stores, the Lauders could not afford the large sales force necessary to service such outlets. Because she wanted to reach women who did not necessarily have much experience with makeup,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
“Rufina, my host mom, lives in a house with a courtyard, a Ford Explorer, a full kitchen, and running water. Not too rough and definitely not what I expected,” writes Michael Newton (MBA ’09) in his journal, a requirement of the Mexico... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
Jason Price (MBA 2003) in the main gallery space at NXTHVN, the art community he cofounded in New Haven’s Dixwell neighborhood Trying to capture the scope of what’s going on at NXTHVN, the nonprofit arts and community organization Jason Price (MBA 2003) cofounded with... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
company Mobley to offer an alternative: an affordable way to furnish a home with stylish, quality pieces with a lease of 3 to 12 months, without the burden of ownership. Mobley’s entrée to the $230 billion market for furniture and home... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
beliefs,” Greenwood says, chalking it up to an abundance of optimism. Before the crisis, for instance, the “Armageddon scenario” for housing price growth in 2006 was a 5 percent drop. During the lowest point of the crisis, View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
The Potential of Business to Improve Lives
company with a business model selling affordable housing to first-time home buyers among the country’s poor, and outperforming the Tokyo Nikkei index. Chu coauthored the case, “Katitas: Home Ownership for... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Case 817-073 MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
were trying to determine which of three proposals to submit to the city of New York in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP) to create an affordable housing project in the South Bronx. The site, referred... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
to pay for high levels of service at the front of the house may decrease. And there’ll be additional costs to maintain that level of service due to the decreased capacity demanded by social distancing. There could be higher compensation,... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
As much as 40 percent of food grown in the United States for human consumption is wasted. Source: Eivaisla After decades of wasteful food practices, where perfectly good food is discarded even as poverty keeps many families hungry, solutions are starting to come... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
story. “We have some students who come from low-income backgrounds who, after graduating from college, take jobs in high-paying industries. Considering only income, those students may look like they’re well off and can afford to pay for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie