Women on Business
DECEMBER 20, 2012
I was recently asked to think about how 2013 trends will impact women in the work force and how women will impact the trends. As a female entrepreneur who has built a successful company over the past decade, I forced myself to look even further ahead and determine what might be coming, not just in 2013 but in the next five years or so.
Strategy Driven
MARCH 23, 2020
Millennial homebuyers aren’t the traditional real estate clients. According to a recent trends report, “hipsturbia” is fast becoming the desired location for real estate hunters. For a real estate investment that will offer much of the attraction of city life, moving into “hipsturbia” could be a great opportunity.
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Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 28, 2014
It’s not been a great year for venerable retailer Sears, which is reputed to be closing 130 retail stores and laying off more than 5,000 employees. Founded in 1886 as a mail-order watch retailer, Sears was already 71 when it became an original member of the S&P 500 in 1957.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 17, 2015
The brand died a slow death, beginning when Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and then ultimately when its acquirer, Dish Network, decided to shut down all video rental operations in 2013. There may have been another business that they could have started, utilizing the company’s assets (real estate, technology, staff, etc.)
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 14, 2016
Toby Bozzutto’s father, Tom, never asked him if he wanted to work in the family real estate management company. “I had to get a master’s degree in real estate development. He eventually headed up the company’s development business before becoming the company’s president in 2013.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 14, 2017
The existence of this parallel economy is a substantial drag on the Indian economy: According to recently released data , only about 1% of Indians paid taxes on their earnings in 2013. The remaining was invested in business, stocks, real estate, jewelry, or “benami” assets, which are bought in someone else’s name.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 11, 2014
The majority of small businesses rely on such loans, and in the fall of 2013 alone, 37% of small businesses applied for credit. Financial crises hit sources of collateral like real estate particularly hard, and this has negatively impacted smaller firms credit scores.
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