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  • 06 May 2019
  • News

Are You Ready for Veggie Fast-Casual?

The founder and former CEO of Panera Bread has a new lease on life. Life Alive, that is. And it’s not a lease—he’s the owner. Ron Shaich (MBA 1978), has tapped his $300 million fund, Act III Holdings, to buy and reimagine a mini-chain of... View Details
Keywords: Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • July 2012 (Revised August 2015)
  • Case

SOHO China: Design, Development, and Social Harmony

By: Arthur I Segel and Mukti Khaire
Founded in 1995 by Zhang Xin and her husband Mr. Pan Shiyi, SOHO China has developed into a world-class real estate development firm that has consistently delivered high-quality projects known for their cutting-edge designs and investment potential. Despite the... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Organizational Culture; Leasing; Design; Asset Management; Salesforce Management; Sales; Real Estate Industry; China
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  • June 2004 (Revised July 2005)
  • Background Note

Tenant and Landlord Rights

By: Arthur I Segel, Jeff Mandelbaum and Armen Panossian
Certain key principles govern the landlord-tenant relationship in both commercial and residential settings. Because most property law is state specific, this note provides an overview of how many states would generally analyze a particular situation or relationship. View Details
Keywords: Renting or Rental; Leasing; Rights; Contracts; Laws and Statutes; Relationships; Real Estate Industry
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  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

Case Study: Off to a Fine Art

Launched in 2017, Clay is an artisanal ceramics startup for the sharing economy. Founder and CEO Rukmini Giridharadas (MBA 2014) has partnered with potters in the Bay Area to offer their wares online to the chefs, caterers, and florists fueling the locally made... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
  • 18 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

The Benefits of Living in a Dorm at HBS

is happening. Most HBS students have internships between their first and second years. Not knowing where I was going to spend my summer when I started school (spoiler that I went back to Los Angeles), I didn’t want to be locked into a year-long View Details
  • 01 May 2013
  • News

Maurice Pinto, MBA 1960

so glad I listened to him. It was the best educational experience I've ever had." After earning his MBA and working on Wall Street, Pinto joined the family investment business and eventually cofounded Sea Containers, a container leasing... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2016
  • News

Minding God’s Money

large loans and leases or navigating complicated tax regulations, I’m building a business foundation that supports our good works in the community.” Thomas currently works for Bishop T. D. Jakes, a nationally acclaimed religious leader... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

A Deal on Wheels

agreeing to a target asking price, sellers pay an upfront charge of $199 to CarLotz, which then handles all the paperwork and headaches that typically accompany such transactions. CarLotz collects an additional $599 “success fee” only when a deal is complete. Since... View Details
Keywords: Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; Retail Trade
  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

Insights into Business in Islamic World

differing financial norms. "If you understand the religious principles underlying these restrictions, you can sometimes create contracts or other arrangements that accommodate them," he said, citing leases as one example of a familiar... View Details
Keywords: Islam; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • November 1994 (Revised March 2001)
  • Case

Security Plus, Inc.

By: David F. Hawkins and Norman Bartczak
A company acquires an alarm system company and converts its customers from operating to sale-type leases. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Leasing; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
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  • Profile

Folafolu Folowosele

Mesoamerica Energy, helped land owners obtain titles before the company leased property from them and gave them a fair share of the revenue generated from the wind turbines on their property. “To me, that was a strong signal on how to... View Details
  • 19 May 2019
  • News

Zumper Co-founder Seeks an Airbnb for Tenants, Landlords

Keywords: Real Estate
  • Web

Residential Life | MBA

These apartments are open to all Harvard graduate students and are popular among those with families. Harvard University Housing offers 1-3 bedroom apartments, typically unfurnished, and pet-friendly apartments on a fixed-term lease basis... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Steve Barger (MBA 1974)

what I’m doing today, but the culture at Northwest Cascade really suits me. We are a company that is focused on human waste. Among other things, we install septic systems and sewer lines, lease portable toilets, and manufacture and clean... View Details
Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities
  • Web

Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020

plans for a summer 2020 restaurant opening, Sasago was one day away from signing a lease on a space in South Boston in March when “COVID-19 hit, and everything stopped,” he explains. Despite the obvious barriers to launching a business... View Details
  • 2016
  • Report

How Do People Pay Rent?

By: David Hao Zhang
Households still pay rent primarily with paper methods, even though electronic methods are featured more prominently among high-income, high-education, and high-rent households. These patterns may be explained either by the lack of landlord acceptance of electronic... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Payments; Rent Payments; Money Order; Credit Card; Checks; Credit Cards; Online Technology; Consumer Behavior; Cash; Leasing
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  • 21 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Missing the Wave in Ship Transport

leased for $30,000 a day were being leased for $120,000 to $200,000 a day." At peak, buyers may have overpaid for a ship by 100 percent. By early 2009, the market imploded, "the biggest drop in prices the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Transportation
  • Profile

Joseph Abel

electricity from the sun,” Joe explains, “but there’s a huge up-front cost.” To overcome the obstacle, Sungevity packages panel-installation and financing together, offering customers a solar-energy purchase similar to a lease on a car.... View Details
  • 25 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

airports come at a premium, however; securing space depended on financing, a credible design for Polished's stores, and leasing managers' belief in Rhyne's ability to hire people and satisfy customers—neither of which was possible, of... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
  • 02 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

forgoing an inspection of the trees. And many trees in the retail forest, that is, many brick-and-mortar stores, are in ill health. Like trees, retail stores are long-lived, often with leases lasting ten or more years, and are unable to... View Details
Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail