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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

Interest rates on real estate loans had climbed to 20 percent and higher. The country was suffering an existential crisis, as well, amidst an OPEC oil embargo coinciding with Vietnam War and Watergate fatigue. Capitalism is under scrutiny today as to whether it’s the right system for the country to operate under.

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Will We Return To The Office After COVID-19?

The Horizons Tracker

A survey of corporate real estate professionals by CoreNet Global suggests the industry believes that workers will return to offices, albeit in waves rather than all at once. Research suggests that virtual workers operate best when working in bursts. limits on teleworking).

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Services You Need To Protect Your Commercial Property

Strategy Driven

If you are heading up a business that cannot do without a base of operations, then looking after said base should ever be high on your agenda. Armed with a flurry of positive customer testimonials, many of these comments specific how quickly this firm perform their services in times of crisis.

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N2Growth Blog

LeadsandBids.com A virtual platform offering a network of services and proposes to bring contractors, property owners, finance, insurance, real estate and other pertinent services together. N2 is a proud member of Linked-In.

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Midsized Firms Can Survive a Cash Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Operational meltdowns can devour a midsized company’s cash. The story of MBH Architects, a northern California firm that designs retail stores, conveys an important lesson on how to survive such a cash crisis. And crisis it was in 2008, the same year the U.S. Crisis management Cutting costs Small/medium business'

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“We Had Gone Back 20 Years.” The Heads of Puerto Rico’s Largest Media Company on Life After Hurricane Maria

Harvard Business Review

The family-owned business runs Puerto Rico’s largest media company&#8212 (GFR Media) as well as other companies focused on customer engagement (LinkActive) and real estate (Kingbird). Crisis brings opportunities to explore uncharted territories. These opportunities sprouted from the crisis. and Caribbean.

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Beijing’s Rules for State Capitalism Are Changing

Harvard Business Review

In the aftermath of the Shanghai Chaori debacle, experts feared, more defaults would occur and China’s financial markets and stock markets would crash, triggering off an economic crisis — as happened in the U.S. Five, don’t worry much about real estate projects in China. in 2008 after Lehman Brothers went under.