Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

The Spanish Prime Minister has become preoccupied with creating market confidence, as was the Irish Prime Minister in the run up to the EU/IMF bailout. One of those banks, Anglo-Irish Bank, lent 67 billion euros to the non-financial sector (real estate) in 2007 alone. In March 2006, Spanish unemployment was 8.1

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Banking Construction Politics 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2013

From 2006 to 2011, the number of startups founded and funded outside of California, Massachusetts, and New York has grown by almost 65%. You certainly don’t need to bang on doors on Sand Hill to start a restaurant chain or a real estate brokerage. Not focused on new marketing campaigns. It takes longer to raise money.

IPO 9

IPO Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Competitive Advantage 9

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

Barbers, plumbers, real estate agents, and almost all trade personnel are required to meet established levels of trade skills and be licensed; none will have as bad an impact on a customer as a bad manager or supervisor will!

Leadership 419

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2014

Large companies rarely face this growth killer since most of them maintain deep cash reserves, have access to the financial markets, and possess the financial discipline to react long before a crash. Midsized companies need to be far more cash-conscious — even penurious — when their markets go sour. firm in 1989.

Crisis 8

Crisis CFO GAAP Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2015

Smart corporate real estate managers and property developers have discovered that winning local approval for their new, tax-paying, job-creating, profit-making projects is no longer possible without first building public support at the grassroots level.

Construction 8

Construction Politics Real Estate Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

It gets that from a 2006 Government Accountability Office report that said there were about 42.6 I’m not going to carp too much because it’s in keeping with the Freelancers Union’s noble aim of taking the lemons dealt by the labor market over the past decade-plus and turning them into artisanal lemonade.

MBO 9

MBO Survey Human Resources Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

A Jesuit friend of mine at neighboring Georgetown once told me, with admiration, how for years Trachtenberg outfoxed the rival school in everything from strategy to marketing to real estate acquisition, and in the process transformed underdog GW into a national powerhouse. A few years ago, Trachtenberg, together with Gerald B.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Case Study Emotional Intelligence Storytelling 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2017

banks exploded in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, with disastrous consequences for American firms, markets, and households. By 2006 nearly one-quarter did. Paul Garbett for HBR. Risk taking by big U.S. In 2000 fewer than 1% of big banks had a CRO. But not if you look at the history of the risk management profession.

Banking 8

Banking Risk Management Crisis Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

Not long after Alan Greenspan stepped down as Federal Reserve chairman in 2006, global financial markets began to unravel. Greenspan was never a hardline believer in the rationality of financial markets. It’s true of all commodity markets. The same goes for the new ideas Greenspan has been coming up with since June.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11