Does Your Family Business Have a Succession Plan?
Harvard Business
JANUARY 3, 2024
After leading his family’s boutique real estate development firm, Rohit Gera had to plan how the business would move forward without him.
Funniest and Most Absurd Real Estate Promotion in Years
MishTalk
JULY 26, 2013
Patrick Housing Crash News Top Housing and Commercial Real Estate News. Bay Area Real Estate Trends. Funniest and Most Absurd Real Estate Promotion in Years. Funniest and Most Absurd Real Estate Promotion in Years. GoldMoney: The Best Way to Buy Gold & Silver. Ludwig von Mises Institute.
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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like
Harvard Business
JULY 11, 2017
One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. Here, real estate developers and managers can orient their tenant selection around companies that provide higher-paying, family-supporting jobs with pathways for upward mobility and careers. We think cities can do better.
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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change
Harvard Business
AUGUST 28, 2017
And the risks are real: Zillow’s research predicts that $400 billion dollars of real estate value in Florida could be at risk from climate change by the year 2100. By investing in these durable improvements, real estate owners can lower their premiums because they have reduced the risk that their real estate assets face.
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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East
Management Consulted
APRIL 2, 2017
Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go!
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160 List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong 2011. List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong. OC&C Strategy Consultants. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. Definitions. Helpful Links. in Management Consulting. IMS Health.
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Research: Shifting the Power Balance with an Abusive Boss
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 9, 2017
In the first study, we tracked 219 leader-follower dyads in three waves at a real estate firm. Our research reveals two effective strategies. The second strategy is coalition formation. Consider the example of Anne, who applied this strategy to stop hostile comments from her supervisor.
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Leading Management Principles of the World’s Top Shipbuilders
Epicflow
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
To prevent a crisis, HHI rationalized their management by disposing of non-core assets (like stocks and real estate), reducing costs, and ending extra working hours to reach a new level of financial stability. The team has to know what’s priority number one.
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How Use LinkedIn to Attract Your Dream Clients (in Less Time) with LinkedIn Expert Lisa Kanda
Consulting Matters
MAY 11, 2023
We dive into practical tips for building your brand, engaging with content, and creating an effective LinkedIn strategy that delivers outstanding results without wasting your time. She shares her journey from corporate marketing to becoming a LinkedIn specialist and the evolution of the platform since Microsoft's acquisition.
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A Family Business at a Crossroads: Scaling and Succession
Harvard Business
MARCH 9, 2021
How should India-based Gera Developments scale their family real estate development business?
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Asset Management – Industry Overview (Part 1 of 4)
Tom Spencer
MAY 18, 2019
These asset classes can include public equities/stocks, fixed income/bonds, money markets, commodities, infrastructure, real estate and alternative strategies – including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital. When the mandate of the asset manager is to grow the capital, the fee will be higher.
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113 Top Tier Chinese Cities Discounting Property; Beijing Prices and Volume Down 11 Straight weeks
MishTalk
APRIL 25, 2014
The Australia Macro Business Blog notes Tier 1 Chinese Cities Discounting Property Prices and volumes are falling in Beijing and real estate agents are started to drum up sales by delisting homes listed at high prices. Online Prices Falling Everywhere; Real Estate Agents Cut Prices 30% ( ?????????
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Quote Your Consulting Billing Rate with Confidence
Successful Independent Consulting
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
Also, the larger the firm, the more overhead the billing rate needs to cover such as partner salaries and bonuses, real estate, advertising, and training. I said I could do an assessment, strategy, and plan in three to four weeks and my rate was $225 an hour. Figure out your market rate. He said, “How soon can you start?”
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Will the Gig Economy Make the Office Obsolete?
Harvard Business
MARCH 17, 2017
It doesn’t matter if the idea for how to solve a problem or the insight to craft a new strategy is generated in the middle of the night, or while showering, or in yoga class. For companies, co-working spaces turn commercial real estate into a variable expense item available at a lower cost.
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LSA Global Delivers Sales Leadership Team Alignment Session for High Growth for Real Estate Services Firm
LSA Global
APRIL 20, 2022
This global high growth real estate services firm wanted to ensure their sales strategy was on track before investing the time and resources in business sales training to accelerate their ability to qualify, pitch to executives , negotiate, and close. Reviewed sales strategies, structures, processes, and tools.
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Why even bother to think about strategy?
Seth Godin Blog
APRIL 10, 2018
There's confusion between tactics and strategy. It's worth it, though, because strategy can save you when tactics fail. But that doesn't mean that there's something wrong with your strategy. Your strategy is what you keep doing even after you walk away from a tactic. Strategy is for the long haul. They add up.
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The Balanced Way to Achieve Scale and Sale with CEO Mark Johnson
Consulting Matters
JULY 21, 2022
Since we worked together, he took on massive promotions – he became the Chief Hospitality Officer at Wyndham, a very different role than his real estate law background, and then eventually a CEO for another company. Learn more about my Brand Positioning and Messaging strategy services: [link].
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5 Biggest Differences Between B2B and B2C Sales Strategies
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 5, 2020
B2C and B2B sales are very different processes, requiring different strategies. How B2C and B2B sales strategies differ. So, unless you sell high-priced items such as cars and real estate, the price of each sale will tend to be relatively low. Potential leads.
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Housing Starts in China Plunge 25%; Did China's Property Bubble Finally Burst?
MishTalk
MAY 14, 2014
You can’t predict how the bursting of a Chinese real estate bubble plays out because it plays out in very small steps,” said Joel H. Rothstein, a partner in the Beijing office of the Paul Hastings law firm who specializes in Asian real estate. Here we are again, in another slowdown.
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India Housing Bubble Bursts; Panic Coming Next
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
of India’s real estate market. real estate transactions has slumped in India as developers have refused to offer discounts for fear of starting a market rout. “If international real estate investment firm started in 2005. “If international real estate investment firm started in 2005.
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"Bubblicious" High End Flipping Up 350%, Overall Flipping Down 13%
MishTalk
OCTOBER 20, 2013
But real estate data shows the practice is on the upswing — among million-dollar homes. Flipping happens when prices are rising rapidly even if price levels are low,” says Jed Kolko, chief economist for real-estate firm Trulia. At the low end, where flipping might actually make some economic sense, flipping is down.
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What is consulting?
Tom Spencer
FEBRUARY 1, 2020
Management Consultants: Management consultants, in practice also known as business consultants or organizational advisors, are consultants who focus on all sorts of organizational concerns from strategy to a variety of elements within management. There are three main types of business consultants.
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135 $22 Billion in California Homes Sold to Chinese All-Cash Buyers; "Beginning of Tidal Wave" says NAR Chief Economist
MishTalk
JULY 9, 2014
Real estate is well back in bubble territory in some places, notably California. Henry Nunez, a real estate agent in Arcadia, California, met with so many homebuyers from China that he bought a Mandarin-English translation app for his phone. Bloomberg reports Chinese Cash-Bearing Buyers Drive U.S. Foreign Sales Jump.
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No Money Down Mortgages Another Sign of Gigantic Credit Bubble in China
MishTalk
JUNE 13, 2014
China bulls point out that that home prices in China are based on fundamentals and 30% don payments are proof there is no real estate bubble. Poly Real Estate Group Co. stocks and bonds, and investment strategy. Bloomberg reports China No-Money-Down Housing Echoes U.S. New yuan loans exceeded forecasts at 870.8
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74 Consultant Ninja: America's "Lost Decade" of Housing: Management.
Consultant Ninja
JULY 26, 2011
Unless, we have some kind of new invention, some new economic development, we are unlikely to see rebound in the economy and/or real estate. I am a strategy consultant at. September 14, 2011 at 3:57 PM. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Tuesday, July 26, 2011.
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100 "No Tapering, More QE, Serious Housing Slowdown" says Saxo Bank Chief Economist
MishTalk
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
For example Bloomberg reports Blackstone Said to Gather $2 Billion for Real Estate. It''s important to note that Blackstone is raising money for European real estate (but it also has huge US commitment as well). Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'
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When Will Spanish Banking System Collapse?
MishTalk
AUGUST 9, 2013
Spain''s exposure to Portuguese sovereign debt and unrealized losses on real estate loans are two reasons a collapse in inevitable. Recall that seven banks that now make up Bankia collapsed over bad real estate loans. The question on my mind today is "When will the Spanish banking system collapse?" Stress-Free Tests.
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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
OCTOBER 22, 2018
The family-owned business runs Puerto Rico’s largest media company— (GFR Media) as well as other companies focused on customer engagement (LinkActive) and real estate (Kingbird). That’s when we realized we had to create a new strategy. How do you introduce a new strategy when employees are already stressed?
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123 All-Cash Home Sales Hit Record 42% of Sales
MishTalk
DECEMBER 20, 2013
But real-estate experts say this increase may not be a good sign for the health of the housing market, which may also be impacted by the Federal Reserve’s decision to pull back on its bond-buying program. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.' The cities [states?]
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29 Best Personal Websites 2020 (And Why They Have Them)
Tsavo Neal
JULY 14, 2020
I’m a brand strategist at heart, so we always start by developing a brand strategy to guide not just the website project, but all aspects of the personal brand. Spend more time thinking about your brand strategy and how you’re gonna communicate in a way that connects with the right people and makes them see the value of what you’re doing.
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Coronavirus & Consulting Offers
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
During the dotcom bubble, the financial crisis, and the real estate bubble, what did consulting firms do? In addition, learn how to create strategy presentations with PowerPoint, learn new data-driven software programs, or a new foreign language. Three prior downturns, what can we learn?
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"War Games" Show Fed Worried About Commercial Real Estate, Interest Rates; Fed Weighs Consequences of "Macroprudential Tools"
MishTalk
DECEMBER 13, 2015
Commercial real-estate prices have continued to rise and are projected to far exceed levels they reached before the 2007-09 financial crisis, adjusted for inflation. But Neither Greenspan nor Bernanke saw the real estate bubble until it was too late. It may also have taken some steam out of the idiotic dotcom bubble.
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Canada Housing Bubble: Far Too Late for Warnings; Rule of Predictions
MishTalk
JANUARY 17, 2014
For example, The Globe and Mail reports Bank CEOs ‘should be worried’ about real estate. Ed Clark, Toronto-Dominion Bank’s outspoken chief executive officer, is playing the contrarian card one more time, publicly arguing that he and his fellow bank CEOs should be cautious about the country’s heated real estate market.
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Late Payments by Ibex Companies Hits €47 Billion, 169 Days (3 Times Legal Time Limit); Ibex vs. DOW
MishTalk
OCTOBER 23, 2014
Construction and real estate had a 10% improvement. Despite this improvement, the data shows that the construction sector and real estate remains the one with the greatest delay in settlement of bills. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'
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64 Consultant Ninja: US Industries in a World of S**t: Management.
Consultant Ninja
APRIL 1, 2009
Industries in a World of S**t: 1) Investment Banking 2) Health Care 3) Auto Manufacturing 4) Defense Procurement 5) Management Consulting 6) Real Estate What other industries would make this list? I am a strategy consultant at. PS I wish this was an April Fools Joke, but sadly its not. Posted by Consultant Ninja. at 7:45 PM.
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What Does Whole Foods Get from Amazon? Alexa, for Starters
Harvard Business
JUNE 19, 2017
All the talk about Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods has been about how the deal will benefit Amazon’s “sell everything” strategy. What if we turn the question around: What does this deal do to Whole Foods’s “sell at a high price” strategy?
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Credit Guarantees, Fraud, Corruption Fuel China's Credit Bubble; Bankruptcies Rock Loan Guarantors; Beginning of the End?
MishTalk
JULY 9, 2014
Much of this credit may be tied up in the real estate market. Real estate speculators can obtain capital through credit guarantee firms. Legitimate companies in need of financing may also have borrowed, such as glass or furniture companies strapped for cash due to the slowdown in the real estate market.
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Wealth Management: Building and Protecting Fortunes
Tom Spencer
APRIL 14, 2023
Wealth managers assist their clients to do this through a combination of strategies involving financial planning, investment management, and risk management. Wealth managers may also make recommendations about tax-efficient investment strategies and assist with estate planning to help clients pass on their wealth to future generations.
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The Who, Where, and Why of Moving for a New Job
Harvard Business
AUGUST 6, 2018
As cities compete for Amazon’s second headquarters, many flexed their tax incentive packages and real estate options in hopes of luring the tech giant to select their city. The right recruiting strategies are crucial. Franz Aberham/Getty Images. Who are the job seekers more willing to move?
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The Value of Transparency When Running a Business w/Fernando Clemente Ep#127
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
NOVEMBER 1, 2021
His past professional experience includes real estate, business banking, and retail management. On this episode of the Strategy & Leadership Podcast, Fernando joins us to discuss growing his marketing agency, l eadership principles that have led him to success, the v alue of transparency, and more.
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Mortgage Loan Originations Lowest on Record
MishTalk
APRIL 7, 2014
In spite of this decline, residential real estate sales have remained strong due at least in part to investor activity and the fact that cash sales account for almost half of all transactions. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'
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Wealth Management 101: The Hidden World of Private Banking
Tom Spencer
JUNE 30, 2023
Jason Oh is a Senior Associate at Strategy& Previously, he was part of the Global Wealth & Asset Management Strategy team of a large financial institution and served EY and Novantas in their strategy consulting business with industry focus in the financial services sector.
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78 For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How
Harvard Business
JULY 26, 2018
When a platform strategy requires mixing the digital and the physical, the area of differentiation lies in service delivery in the physical world. Spurred on by the internet revolution in the early 2000s, the company added verticals such as real estate, the bridal industry, travel, beauty salons, and restaurants.
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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
Instead, boards typically looked for expertise in their firms’ industry (51%), strategy (34%), and financials (30%). As one director noted, “We spend a lot of time on operational strategy — growth, acquisitions, etc. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g.,
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