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- 02 Jul 2015
- News
Public-Private Alliance Can Solve Affordable Housing Crunch
- June 29, 2022
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Strategic Complexity? Using Experiments to Understand and Overcome Obfuscation
By: Michael Luca, Ginger Zhe Jin and Daniel Martin
Credit card companies must decide what product features to disclose to consumers, such as payment schedules, penalties, and fees--and also whether to present them clearly or bury them in the fine print. Firms face similar choices in settings ranging from privacy... View Details
Keywords: Obfuscation; Credit Cards; Strategic Incentives; Complexity; Agreements and Arrangements; Customers; Consumer Behavior; Financial Services Industry
Luca, Michael, Ginger Zhe Jin, and Daniel Martin. "Strategic Complexity? Using Experiments to Understand and Overcome Obfuscation." Management Science Review (June 29, 2022). (Summary of "Complex Disclosure," Management Science, May 2022.)
- 12 Nov 2014
- News
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Retsinas Says Jobless, Foreclosures Weighing on Housing
- Web
Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Heard to form a new concern in 1840. Along with Russell & Co., Olyphant & Co., Perkins & Co., and W. S. Wetmore & Co., Augustine Heard & Co. became one of the largest American trading houses in China.... View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
In many parts of the country, housing costs and shortages have begun to show signs of adversely affecting corporations, workers, and local economies. Affordable View Details
- November 2021
- Supplement
Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking II: When They Hold All the Cards (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
This case describes, largely in his own words, how Schwarzman dealt with the eight negotiation challenges in the (A) case (922-007); with respect to each challenge, a series of generalizations follows to enhance one's effectiveness in negotiation. View Details
Keywords: Dealmaking; Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Negotiation; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship
- 2007
- Book
Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States
By: Henry G. Cisneros, Jack F. Kemp, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Kent W. Colton
In Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States, Henry Cisneros, Jack Kemp, Kent Colton, and Nicolas Retsinas put political views aside to address the impediments to housing and homeownership at the state and local... View Details
Cisneros, Henry G., Jack F. Kemp, Nicolas P. Retsinas, and Kent W. Colton. Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States. Harvard University, Joint Center for Housing Studies, 2007.
- 23 Apr 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Amazon in Seattle: The Role of Business in Causing and Solving a Housing Crisis
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in a community's housing and cultural life
Randy Hawthorne (MBA 1973), a retired real estate executive, talks about the community benefits of investing in housing and the arts. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 30 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Housing Collateral, Credit Constraints, and Entrepreneurship-Evidence from a Mortgage Reform
- June 2014 (Revised November 2015)
- Case
Via Verde
By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas, Philip Berkman, Sean Liu, Jared Katseff and Shawn Tuli
Developers Jonathan Rose and Adam Weinstein were trying to determine which of three proposals to submit to the city of New York in response to a RFP to create an affordable housing project in the South Bronx. The site, referred to as Via Verde, was a 1.5-acre... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Rose Companies; Affordable Housing; Property; Real Estate Industry; United States
Segel, Arthur I., Nicolas P. Retsinas, Philip Berkman, Sean Liu, Jared Katseff, and Shawn Tuli. "Via Verde." Harvard Business School Case 214-105, June 2014. (Revised November 2015.)
- August 11, 2022
- Article
How to Build a Life: To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: To Get Out of Your Head, Get Out of Your House." The Atlantic (August 11, 2022).
- 22 Jun 2019
- News
President Kenyatta hosts Harvard professors at State House
- 15 Apr 2022
- News
Cash House Dedication Ceremony Celebrates Dr. James Cash
- 30 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban
The following set of emails were sent to all Harvard Business School alumni today: Dear HBS alumni/ae, We are writing to share with you emails that have gone out to the HBS (below) and Harvard (see here) campus communities concerning... View Details
- February 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Sekisui House and the In-Home Early Detection Platform
By: John D. Macomber and Akiko Kanno
To address an aging population and sales declines, a major Japanese homebuilder considers pivoting to provide and support an in-home health detection platform, in competition with tech companies. This case considers the point of view of major builders regarding how... View Details
Keywords: Voice Assistants; Architecture; Smart Home; Aging Society; Digitalization; Real Estate; Home Automation; Sensors; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Health Care and Treatment; Housing; Age; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; Health Industry; Japan
Macomber, John D., and Akiko Kanno. "Sekisui House and the In-Home Early Detection Platform." Harvard Business School Case 222-070, February 2022. (Revised February 2024.)
- 11 Mar 2013
- News
Miller Sees `True Price Increases' in U.S. Housing
- 17 Apr 2012
- News
Japan's trading houses move into the big league
- January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil
By: Julio Rotemberg
This case focuses on the financial difficulties faced in the U.S. from August to December 2006 as well as their roots in subprime lending. After briefly discussing how mortgages were structured and traded in the pre-1990 period, it describes subprime mortgage lending,... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Central Banking; Financial Markets; Mortgages; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; United States
Rotemberg, Julio. "Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil." Harvard Business School Case 708-042, January 2008. (Revised May 2008.)