Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The company has since received a commendation letter from the Nigerian Presidency, and was one of ten companies (out of 3,300 firms) recognized in the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship , which was organized by Legatum and Omidyar Network (a foundation started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam).

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Exit Strategy Development Real Estate 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The International Reciprocal Trade Association reports that in 2011 over 400,000 companies worldwide used bartering to earn an estimated $12 billion on unwanted or underused assets. Lufthansa has bartered real estate for media credits and aviation fuel. What do Honda, Haymarket Exhibitions , and your plumber have in common?

Hotels 9

Hotels Real Estate Advertising Travel 9

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Jerry Anderson, CCIM We are closing a $4million office building next week as a direct contact from my Twitter tweets about distressed real estate situations and the FDIC taking over banks. Our Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate advisors in Florida are believers. What more proof does one need?

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Media Influence Blog Real Estate 368

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

based companies that they finance,” according to a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 2011, demographer Joel Kotkin developed a list of the U.S.’s Areas with the highest-price housing experienced college-educated growth at a rate only 60% of those with more affordable real estate.”

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Transportation Price Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 10, 2012

billion in 2011, and that funding volume is on track to nearly double to $2.8 banks lent (without real estate as collateral) to small businesses in 2011, according to the FDIC. Consider the data just released in this week's " Crowdfunding Industry Report" from www.crowdsourcing.org. billion in 2012.

Due Diligence 10

Due Diligence Real Estate Management Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

Nearly every criticism the authors levy in their op-ed is answered in 12 blog posts , a magazine article from January/February 2011, a video interview , and a slideshow that integrated community and commentary, which were published between last October and this May. From the start we asked: What are the complexities of financing these homes?

Suri 14

Suri Godin Real Estate Construction 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

For instance, 82 percent of the companies on Fortune's 2011 100 Best Companies to Work For list offer telecommuting options. Technology has advanced so much that we're much more able to manage remotely," Anna Patruno, global head of financial business operations for the finance division of Thomson Reuters, told us.

Productivity 14

Productivity Products Real Estate Bottom-up 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

In contrast, loans to larger firms have risen every year since hitting bottom in 2011, and are now up about 4% since that low point. Financial crises hit sources of collateral like real estate particularly hard, and this has negatively impacted smaller firms credit scores. Finance Small/medium business Technology'

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2012

A bunch of sovereigns, including some under a lot of yield stress themselves such as Italy and France, have promised to put money that they don't have into a big bag and use that to buy stock in a bunch of insolvent, if not thoroughly bankrupt, Spanish banks, so that they can write off colossal real estate loan losses.

GDP 13

GDP Banking Bond Real Estate 13

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%. Many small businesses don’t require the sort of financing required by firms in pursuit of s-curve growth. And the numbers tell a similar story: startups are mushrooming up everywhere.

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! Show me a CEO with a bad attitude and I’ll show you a poor leader.

Leadership 419

Leadership CEO Blog Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Sarah, an experienced real estate consultant, had always been happy to help. a letter that pulled no punches, for the first time formally documenting her concerns about the company’s strategy and Sid’s reporting standards, which she felt were far too casual for a big real estate investment trust, or REIT. Sisterly Advice.

Case Study 9

Case Study Real Estate CFO Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Although the Eurozone’s 19 finance ministers recently threw Greece a much-needed economic lifeline , and the latter repaid the first of four loan installments that it owes the IMF in March 2015, there’s no long-term relief in sight for the troubled economy. The battles may be over, but the war is just beginning.

GDP 8

GDP Real Estate Tourism Long-term 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 13, 2011

For example, a real estate agent might post breaking news on condo developments and include walk-through videos, behind-the-scenes advice, pictures and plans of buildings, comments from current and potential owners, and a social networking component to create a community of condo owners in her area.

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Press Release Discount Content Directory 145

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

One next-generation example already available today is YieldStreet, which offers a wide variety of debt investments—including real estate, marine finance, and litigation finance–that have generated an internal rate of return in excess of 12.5% on half a billion dollars invested on the platform to date.

Real Estate 11

Real Estate Rate of Return Finance Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Even conservative calculations of principal foregone, extra servicing costs on re-defaulted loans, and compliance and training amount to almost five percent of expected 2011 originations. According to our estimates, the costs of the proposed settlement are astronomical.

Banking 13

Banking Proposal Cost-Benefit Analysis Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Then there's reconciliation , a process included in a 1974 budget law with a very narrow purpose in mind that was soon exploited by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Russell Long to get tax and spending legislation passed without a 60-vote Senate supermajority. And there's the Budget Control Act of 2011. entry into World War I.

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Budgeting Bond Committee Commitment 8