Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2012

Ireland is not a role model for austerity policies, but rather a cautionary tale. Just like Ireland, Spain had a credit boom financed mostly with external debt, which meant that the balance sheets of their banks are now stuffed with bad debts as asset values collapse. The parallels between Spain and Ireland are striking.

Real Estate 12

Real Estate Banking Construction Politics 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2012

Serodio thought a post I had written citing the complaints of former European Central Bank chairman Jean-Claude Trichet and author Jonathan Schlefer was too dismissive of modern macro, in particular the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models that dominate academic and central bank macro research.

Banking 13

Banking Real Estate Crisis Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In perhaps the longest sentence ever published in this or any other publication, he described a world both uniquely historical and eerily eternal: The two decades of the Review have seen recovery from an immediate post-war depression; an interlude of foreign trade and financing; an apparently healthy industrial development; regional real estate booms (..)

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Management Attrition Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

Factors ranging from weak demand to bank consolidation have combined to hobble many small businesses  and if these factors arent addressed, they could continue to impede U.S. And as we describe in a recent HBS Working Paper , gaps remain in traditional bank credit supply. job growth and economic security. small businesses.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 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?

Media 357

Media Influence Blog Real Estate 357

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2018

For many of us, it’s finances that keep us from making a career change. We worry and wonder: What would a career change do to our bank accounts? If the real estate market where you live is down, it could be difficult to get out of your current home. Sure, our current job has lost its spark, but it’s stable.

Career 12

Career Budgeting Short-term Planning 12

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. But why did banks get in so deep with derivatives, particularly after Washington tried to crack down on risk with new laws and regulations in the early 2000s? Paul Garbett for HBR.

Banking 8

Banking Risk Management Crisis Real Estate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

The boom-bust tendencies of Wall Street mean we need tougher capital requirements for banks, Greenspan now says, and maybe even a forced return to the partnerships that once dominated investment banking. And the notion that you could calibrate monetary policy to suppress a boom against the human nature bubbling up has no factual basis.

Long-term 11

Long-term Banking Short-term Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Evidence is now clear that the EU policy rests on seriously flawed assumptions, resulting in some monumental unintended consequences. What got Europe into its current mess was pretty much the same thing that slammed the US economy: a real estate bubble financed by profligate private banks.

Real Estate 10

Real Estate Banking Politics Crisis 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

John Macomber, a senior lecturer in the finance unit at Harvard Business School, has studied infrastructure financing around the world. Further, thousands of municipalities and agencies still issue municipal bonds to finance water, power, road, and other projects that are largely self-funding or “bankable” projects.

Banking 8

Banking Objective Finance Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Our limited sample suggests that both groups agree that board leadership should serve as champions of board diversity, but they differ on the policies they advocate to increase board diversity. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8