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  • 19 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States

the government could discount land prices, tying the discount to a developer's provision of affordable units. We do that here. The government could raise density, allowing developers to build higher—while reserving a percentage of units to be View Details
Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas, John H. Vogel & Charles S. Laven; Construction; Real Estate
  • 2008
  • Book

Revisiting Rental Housing: Policies, Programs, and Priorities

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky
Rental housing is increasingly recognized as a vital housing option in the United States. Yet government policies and programs continue to grapple with widespread problems, including affordability, distressed urban neighborhoods, poor-quality housing stock,... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Housing; Renting or Rental; Problems and Challenges; United States
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  • February 2011 (Revised December 2014)
  • Case

RentJuice

By: Thomas Eisenmann and Liz Kind
RentJuice, founded in mid-2008, provided a subscription software service—sold via phone and live online webinars—that allowed real estate professionals like brokers and agents to manage and market rental listings, communicate with clients, and complete transaction... View Details
Keywords: Renting or Rental; Product Launch; Applications and Software; Property; Business Startups; Salesforce Management; Product Marketing; Real Estate Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 12 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

over the same time. (It should be noted that over shorter periods, some emerging markets such as the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the SENSEX index for the Bombay market last year grew by 84 percent and 48.5 percent respectively.) Investors are witnessing improving... View Details
Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate
  • 08 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

banking deregulations can also 'democratize' entry by allowing many more startups to be founded. The vast majority of these new entrants fail along the way, but a few survive ex post to displace incumbents. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-033.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 6, 2008

series of options in the future and their subsequent revealed preferences over those options. Using a novel panel data set, we analyze the film rental and return patterns of a sample of online DVD rental customers over a period of four months. We predict and find that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

film rental and return patterns of a sample of online DVD rental customers over a period of four months. We predict and find that people are more likely to rent DVDs in one order and return them in the reverse order when should DVDs... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2011
  • Case

Chegg: Textbook Rental Takes Flight

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, William A. Sahlman and Evan W. Richardson
In late 2010, Silicon Valley-based Chegg, the leading online college textbook rental company, is scaling rapidly. The case recounts Chegg's history from its origins as a distant competitor to Craigslist in college classified listings through a pivot into textbook... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Books; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Service Operations; Renting or Rental; Online Technology; Education Industry; Service Industry; California
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  • 17 Feb 2015
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

policies around rent control and restrictions on building heights put in place to preserve San Francisco's character have also limited the amount of housing, forcing up rents and speeding dislocation. Last... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology
  • September 2010
  • Case

Aaron's: Household Goods for the U.S. Base of the Pyramid

By: Michael Chu and Charles Augustus Smithgall IV
With $2.5 billion system-wide revenues, Aaron's, a major rent-to-own supplier to the U.S. base of the pyramid, continues to grow in the recession, but CEO R.C. Loudermilk, Jr. wonders how long the company can sustain the fast growth rate of its past. Founded in 1955,... View Details
Keywords: Fairness; For-Profit Firms; Renting or Rental; Financial Crisis; Demand and Consumers; Social Enterprise; Income; Goods and Commodities; Competitive Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • 10 May 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups

with Michael Ewens of the California Institute of Technology and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf of MIT Sloan School of Management. The researchers focus on one of the most important technological shifts in recent years—the introduction of Amazon Web Services, which has allowed... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services; Information Technology
  • 20 Apr 2020
  • Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

enhance cognitive performance. “Offices with the premier health story will get the premium rent and get the tenants, and the offices with a lagging health story will lag.” To convey to managers the benefits of the healthy building... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

The case explores RentJuice's early development and the challenges it confronted in scaling its direct sales effort. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/811069-PDF-ENG Rent the Runway Thomas R. Eisenmann and Laura WinigHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Feb 2018
  • Research & Ideas

The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels

Airbnb for hosts: They can respond quickly to market conditions, keeping their homes for private use when prices are low and hosting travelers only when the demand for rooms—and the payoff from renting them—is highest. "As a host,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Travel
  • 28 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

for someone to get off the ground: enough to buy inventory, rent space, and begin to generate an income in order to feed, clothe, and shelter a family. A legal loan of that amount from a real bank is also the difference between paying... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 20 Mar 2000
  • Research & Ideas

No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

does not exceed 30 percent of the median family income in a given area. In one typically hard-pressed neighborhood, Boston's South End, the average two-bedroom apartment rents for $1,400, considerably more than 30 percent of an average... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate
  • 29 Oct 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

that is so assured that it no longer requires conspicuous display. They lease their cars, rent other people's holiday homes, and would happily outsource other aspects of their lifestyles. They reject the marketer's continual pressure to... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 15 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 15, 2007

case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=301094   PublicationsThe Price of Immediacy Authors:George Chacko, Jakub W. Jurek, and Erik Stafford Periodical:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract This paper develops a new model of transaction... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Dec 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women

business leaders, moderated by HBS professor Myra Hart, at the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference. Robin Chase said that being a woman did not hinder her ability to start Zipcar, a service allowing customers to rent cars... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

variables approach. The negative effect is strongest in poor countries, suggesting that high profits stymie economic development rather than enable it. Consistent with the rent-seeking mechanism of the model, we find that high rents are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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