Harvard Business

MARCH 15, 2018

They seemed especially sensitive to situations where female entrepreneurs failed to meet their standards, however. Property mortgage/mortgage of venture’s real estate ratio: a reflection of the use of real estate collateral for loans or credit. The question is if she can rely on her own abilities.”

Data 38

Data Real Estate Finance Financial 38

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 22, 2018

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). We didn’t know if we had enough diesel to operate. But the hurricane forced us to see ourselves in a different way.

Media 36

Media Company Real Estate Advertising 36

Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2018

One popular view of activists is that they are short-term, cut-and-run operators who are looking for a quick profit. To their credit, Tejon Ranch management was initially welcoming and agreed to meet with us in person. Other activists have expertise in development and commercial real estate. They were also cautious.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Construction Meeting Company 28

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

And she wrote her summary headline — a prime piece of résumé real estate — to immediately show that she had the experience these new positions require. Initiated contact with Director, staff, students, and faculty to minimize disruption of department’s operations. Expand from U.S.

Transportation 48

Transportation Real Estate Financial Operations 48

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. Just over one-fifth (22%) of boards operating in the IT and telecom industry sought tech expertise when filling their most recent board seat, higher than in any other industry.

Telecommunications 37

Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 37

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Beginning in the Spring of 2016, our workplace analytics group worked with commercial real estate company CBRE to calculate the cost savings associated with relocating a 1,200-person Microsoft engineering organization from five buildings into four other buildings. At Microsoft, we went about answering this question in a couple of ways.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Travel Meeting Research 28

MishTalk

AUGUST 6, 2013

Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. Operation Twist (2011). The Federal Open Market Committee concluded its September 21, 2011 Meeting at about 2:15 p.m. EDT by announcing the implementation of Operation Twist. Pension Tsunami.

Balance Sheet 68

Balance Sheet Analysis Trends Real Estate 68

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2016

When it comes to preparing organizations for a complex, high-speed future, many people who work in those organizations, or in management science, talk about the imperative for “ continuous improvement ” in operations. One crucial measure of this success is adaptability.

Development 28

Development Company Culture Real Estate 28

Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

Small businesses like restaurants, which have an 80% failure rate in the first five years, are some of the most challenged in curbing inefficiency and meeting the rising expectations of tech-empowered customers. Bringing Your Operations Online. Bringing efficiency to operations is table stakes for retailers. Optimize staffing.

Small Business 28

Small Business Retail Real Estate Operations 28

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

. “To prosper over time,” he argued, “companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” Through a well-structured operating process, partners expand and align their efforts and draw on comparative strengths.

Nonprofit 37

Nonprofit Government Company Operations 37

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Pick an example of a work activity that happens regularly, like a daily or weekly standing meeting. For the attribute “location,” for example, you could ask your team: Is the meeting best facilitated if it’s held in an in-demand central meeting room or near where other people are likely to gather?

Exercises 39

Exercises Meeting Real Estate Survey 39

Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2017

The CEO of a large real estate development company recently complained to me about a frustrating executive team meeting he’d just finished. But nobody raised it during the meeting. Build shared problem solving into your regular meeting agendas. Laura Schneider for HBR. We are very blunt with one another.

How To 28

How To Real Estate Meeting Groups 28

Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Some of these adjustments are easily justifiable, such as adjusting the owner’s salary to market rate or if the seller owns the real estate and pays more than market rent. Adjustments , as in, “you can adjust some of our operations to make more profit.” Let’s look at the AAA of buy-sell deals.

Insurance 40

Insurance Insurance Cash Flow Real Estate 40

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

They did much of the work piecing together Mr. Madoff’s money trail and just recently flew over to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Government, who hired FTI to improve operations of utilities and highway units (2014). Real Estate. An inconsistent culture could also mean a lack of transparency in operations or management.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

JANUARY 23, 2017

” People in industries as different as commercial real estate, pharma, biotech startups, hedge funds, and public school districts worried about how to transform a competitive, star-driven culture into a collaborative one when they had no power to juggle financial rewards and no influence over promotion decisions.

How To 28

How To Real Estate Research System 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2016

But the government seems to have failed in meeting this objective. Supply chain transactions, real estate deals, and even weddings and funerals have been frozen. billion annually in currency operations costs. In the meantime, retail and wholesale markets have stalled around the country.

Banking 28

Banking Boston Consulting Group Policies Study 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Subordinates can change the power dynamics by engaging in two types of power-balancing operations. We examined abusive supervision and the influence of these power-balancing operations in two field studies. In the first study, we tracked 219 leader-follower dyads in three waves at a real estate firm.

Research 59

Research Real Estate Study Resources 59

Tsavo Neal

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Echelon Front Jamie Cochran, Director of Operations at Echelon Front. Within this context, our web presence is a real estate which is serving different purposes. “ Echelon Front is a premier leadership consultancy, offering unmatched solutions in leadership, tested and proven in combat.

Consulting 121

Consulting Education Tools Financial 121

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2017

Minimize how much meeting time is devoted to talking about rival companies and products. A real-estate search engine might actually “sell” wise decision making, through the process of making the largest transaction their customers will ever make. Stop setting goals by reference to other companies.

Real Estate 51

Real Estate Video Productivity Analysis 51

Harvard Business

JUNE 26, 2017

To set this in context, it’s important to first understand the fundamental challenge of building contemporary (and future) workspaces, especially for technology companies: Software and buildings operate on entirely different timescales. Buildings, on the other hand, are change averse, optimized to stand for decades.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate System Software Efficiency 28

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

From building cross-functional customer segment units to creating additional teams that cut across merchandizing, store operations, and segment owners, senior leadership at Best Buy saw to it that the entire organization embraced an outside-in approach. Q: How long does this process generally take? And what are the benchmarks of success?

Education 30

Education Real Estate Research Company 30

MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Zell discussed a wide variety of topics from the Federal Reserve rate hike, the risk of a near-term recession, real estate, energy, and various foreign investment ideas. And it's, you know, it's a little bit like real estate. I mean we made a fortune because we bought real estate at a discount to replacement cost.

Real Estate 28

Real Estate Energy Tools Government 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Tax credits in infrastructure and real estate are usually used to enhance investor interest in desirable projects that otherwise do not pencil out financially. The plan rests on the funding of already-bankable projects (those which on their own will generate enough operating fees to repay both debt and equity investors).

Banking 28

Banking Finance Policies Construction 28