housing - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 29, 2007

partnership with CEOSS, a 50-year-old NGO, and through other local, community-based organizations. This network approach diverges form the traditional Habitat model of building houses through HFH's own affiliate organizations, but enables... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2019
Blog Post

9 Lessons from the Class of 2019

grew up in a house in Pakistan with nine siblings where she learned how to have productive conversations despite opposing views. Maha brought this experience from her dinner table to the case method and to the pursuit of her joint degree... View Details

28 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Novo Nordisk

piped to the local municipality to heat houses through district heating. In addition, sludge from fermentation processes is used to fuel incineration for the local production of biogas. Other companies involved in these exchanges include... View Details

21 Jun 2022
News

Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead

before heading to Harvard Law School. He went on to serve as a Legal Aid attorney, a Providence Housing Court judge, and then a professor at Roger Williams University School of Law, where he cofounded the Latino Policy Institute. He has... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

08 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 8, 2008

careers of twenty-five alumni are highlighted. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808044 House of Tata: Acquiring a Global Footprint Harvard Business School Case 708-446 Chronicles the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jul 2019
News

Skydeck Live: The Rise of the FOMO Sapiens

Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, sitting in that old house in her wedding dress. She's completely divorced from reality. She could have a great life outside the house. She may have been an executive at JP Morgan, for all we know. But... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

his brother were young, and when Eamer turned 10, after years of having an after-school nanny, he and his brother were left to look after themselves. So when everyone would come to Eamer’s house after school to play soccer, football, or... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

correspondent and former White House correspondent, and Stewart, VP of Global Partnerships at Google, surveyed 4,000 cross-generational women across four races for the book. Among the contributors to the book are Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001,... View Details

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

expert on student housing. None of that would have happened if I had not been fired in 1976. Jim Arbury (MBA 1966) VP for Student Housing National Multifamily Housing Council Growing out of business After a... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

18 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 18

to enter the fine art sales space, these two auction houses explore modifications to their business model. Some efforts by the two organizations have already begun but are in the infantile stage, and thus the success of these initiatives... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

organization for re-emerging from conservatorship. In the background, housing prices continue to deteriorate, and the company continues to lose money. In addition, political views continue to shift regarding the future regulatory and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

consulting couch to the launch pad, denial is ubiquitous. You find it in individuals, in teams, in companies, in industries. Indeed, you find it in entire nations and economies. Look at the invasion of Iraq, or the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, or the residential View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

being denied on-campus housing because of his race. Fitzhugh hoped to go into sales and marketing, but companies at the time had little interest in hiring an African American. While working as an independent print salesman in Washington,... View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

Complete Table of Contents June 2011 The House that Howard Built Howard Stevenson and entrepreneurship at HBS The Best-Laid Plans Veterans of the HBS Business Plan Contest share their war stories about the roller-coaster ride of... View Details

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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School

been a favorite moment? I'd say the Cash House dedication. That entire day, and the few days leading up to it, were really special. It was my first in-person event as a member of our community. I was able to spend time with Jim and his... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Running Up the Score

and suddenly, there's no doubt it's the 1990s: "Mr. Davis, how much money do you make? What kind of car do you drive? How many houses do you own?" It's a fact of life these days that when kids, or fans of any age, look upon a professional... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

21 Mar 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

will be successful. Attendees study a variety of real-world case studies, including peeks into the business dealings of basketball star LeBron James, rapper Jay Z, and a look at the drama series House of Cards to get a feel for why some... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports; Media & Broadcasting; Education

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars

others to raise their bids, and in such a case, sniping may be a winning strategy. Q: How pervasive is sniping and will it eventually wipe out incremental bidding? Can or should eBay and other online auction houses try to level the... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Web Services; Technology

01 Feb 2000
News

Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story

the six-foot six-inch former Yale basketball player is conducting a whirlwind tour of the facility that houses Kettle Cuisine, Inc., the soup-making company Shafir has painstakingly nurtured since cofounding it in the mid-1980s. With... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

Cincinnati replace Washington as the center of problem-solving?” Other sessions featured high-profile and important Washington figures such as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former Senator John Breaux (D-LA), and Senator Tom... View Details

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