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- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Hub home values up by $11B
- August 2004 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
Land Securities Group (A): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS
By: Edward J. Riedl
A U.K. real estate firm, required to adopt international accounting standards (IAS) by 2005, must change the reporting of its primary asset (investment property) from the revaluation model under U.K. GAAP to either the cost or fair-value model under IAS. This would...
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Keywords:
Cost Accounting;
Fair Value Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
International Accounting;
Investment;
Standards;
Real Estate Industry;
Europe;
United Kingdom
Riedl, Edward J. "Land Securities Group (A): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS." Harvard Business School Case 105-014, August 2004. (Revised February 2008.)
John D. Macomber
John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber's work focuses on climate adaptation and the... View Details
Keywords:
real estate;
real estate;
real estate;
real estate;
real estate;
real estate;
real estate;
real estate;
real estate;
real estate
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
Hiring more minority loan officers could help people of color secure significantly more home loans and address one of the biggest factors driving the racial wealth gap, new research finds. In the white-dominated US banking industry, minority borrowers’ applications are...
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- 20 Nov 2011
- News
Housing market still in recovery
- November 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel and Nelson Hioe
In March 2006, Larry English, Director of Program Design and Innovation for Habitat for Humanity International Africa and the Middle East, was reflecting on a large development project in Durbin that had stalled. Notwithstanding global attention led by former President...
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Keywords:
Partners and Partnerships;
Investment;
Innovation Strategy;
Emerging Markets;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Poverty;
Property;
Projects;
South Africa;
Middle East
Retsinas, Nicolas P., Arthur I Segel, and Nelson Hioe. "Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa." Harvard Business School Case 207-016, November 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- 09 Feb 2022
- News
When Will Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
- 10 Jul 2010
- News
Indian executives must focus on branding, execution: Harvard Don
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
The Looming Threat That Could Decimate Wall Street's Fund Managers
- April 1995 (Revised March 1996)
- Background Note
Framing and Negotiation
How can framing--alternative description of an object, event, or situation--can be used effectively in negotiation? A real estate dialog is used to illustrate three common varieties of framing: losses versus gains; short and long horizons; and aggregation and...
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Negotiation Tactics
Wu, George. "Framing and Negotiation." Harvard Business School Background Note 895-023, April 1995. (Revised March 1996.)
- September 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
Raiser Organization, The
By: John A. Davis and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Jennifer and Philip Raiser, a sibling partnership who inherited a real estate management and ownership company from their father, ponder the strategic and financial challenges facing their family business. Reviews the history of the business and asks what the best...
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Davis, John A., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Raiser Organization, The." Harvard Business School Case 804-028, September 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- 26 Jan 2011
- News
Home sales drop, prices rise in 2010
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Boston-area home prices off 2.7% in a year
- 04 Jul 2010
- News
Housing bust's severity surprising
- Career Coach
Lauren Weston
experience in the fintech, software, and real estate technology sectors. In particular, she can help students who want to "break into VC" as well as students who worked in investing prior to HBS and are...
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- May 2010 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Water Shortage and Property Investing in Mexico City
By: John D. Macomber, Regina Garcia-Cuellar and Griffin James
A commercial property company evaluates water risks including the government's ability to remedy, the company's operating exposure and mitigation, and whether to relocate because of water risk. A real estate fund manager assesses investment prospects in Mexico City in...
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Keywords:
Private Equity;
Investment;
Risk Management;
Infrastructure;
Privatization;
Business and Government Relations;
Partners and Partnerships;
Financial Services Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Mexico City
Macomber, John D., Regina Garcia-Cuellar, and Griffin James. "Water Shortage and Property Investing in Mexico City." Harvard Business School Case 210-085, May 2010. (Revised January 2014.)
- 10 Jun 2020
- News
Coronavirus May Have Huge Impact on Property Markets
- Article
Large Banks and Small Firm Lending
By: Vitaly Bord, Victoria Ivashina and Ryan D. Taliaferro
We examine the long-lasting effects of the 2007 real estate price collapse on small business credit supply. Banks affected by the decline in real estate prices systematically contracted their credit to small firms. At the same time, regional and local banks, many of...
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Keywords:
Small Firms;
Credit Supply;
Banking Competition;
Small Business;
Credit;
Financial Crisis;
Banks and Banking;
Competition
Bord, Vitaly, Victoria Ivashina, and Ryan D. Taliaferro. "Large Banks and Small Firm Lending." Journal of Financial Intermediation 48 (October 2021).