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- January 1999 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Shady Trail
By: Arthur I Segel
Holt Lunsford was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Lonestar Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Shady Trail Distribution Center in Dallas, Texas. Shady Hill was a five-year-old,...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Acquisition;
Buildings and Facilities;
Property;
Partners and Partnerships;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Distribution Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Texas
Segel, Arthur I. "Shady Trail." Harvard Business School Case 899-143, January 1999. (Revised July 2003.)
- December 1998
- Background Note
Note on Dedicated Sports Stadium Revenues
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Kirk A. Goldman
An overview of the rapid growth of stadium development in professional sports in the 1990s. The range of special stadium revenue streams is described along with specific examples of stadiums for the Washington Redskins and Carolina Panthers.
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Development Economics;
Decisions;
Growth and Development;
Revenue;
Sports;
Buildings and Facilities;
Sports Industry;
District of Columbia;
North Carolina
Greyser, Stephen A., and Kirk A. Goldman. "Note on Dedicated Sports Stadium Revenues." Harvard Business School Background Note 599-026, December 1998.
- October 1997 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Oxford Health Plans: Specialty Management (A)
By: James L. Heskett, Jody H. Gittell and James Slayton
Describes an innovative approach to organizing health care proposed by Oxford CEO Steve Wiggins. Wiggins contends that the primary care physician "gatekeeper" model typically used by health maintenance organizations to control access to and coordinate specialist care...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Groups and Teams;
Innovation and Management;
Medical Specialties;
Health Care and Treatment;
Cooperation;
Management Teams;
Health Industry;
United States
Heskett, James L., Jody H. Gittell, and James Slayton. "Oxford Health Plans: Specialty Management (A)." Harvard Business School Case 898-042, October 1997. (Revised March 2000.)
- July 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Northwest Airlines: Financing Maintenance Facilities in Minnesota--1991 (A)
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Davis Dyer
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Davis Dyer. "Northwest Airlines: Financing Maintenance Facilities in Minnesota--1991 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 897-028, July 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- July 1996 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Northwest Airlines: Financing Maintenance Facilities in Minnesota--1991 (B)
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Davis Dyer
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Davis Dyer. "Northwest Airlines: Financing Maintenance Facilities in Minnesota--1991 (B)." Harvard Business School Case 897-029, July 1996. (Revised January 1997.)
- April 1996 (Revised April 1996)
- Case
Activity-Based Management at Stream International
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Norman Klein
Stream International's Crawfordsville, Indiana facilities undertake the design and implementation of an activity-based costing project. After analyzing the costs assigned to 161 work activities, Crawfordsville managers present five proposals for change based on ABM...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Activity Based Costing and Management;
Indiana
Kaplan, Robert S., and Norman Klein. "Activity-Based Management at Stream International." Harvard Business School Case 196-134, April 1996. (Revised April 1996.)
- August 1995 (Revised December 2003)
- Case
Cricket Road, 503
By: William J. Poorvu and Donald A. Brown
In September 2003, Mason Sexton, a young, inexperienced developer, was making plans to replace a rooming house he had inherited next to the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville with a new 14-unit, 5-story apartment house. His attempts to assemble the...
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Keywords:
Property;
Entrepreneurship;
Housing;
Buildings and Facilities;
Construction;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Management Practices and Processes;
Real Estate Industry;
United States
Poorvu, William J., and Donald A. Brown. "Cricket Road, 503." Harvard Business School Case 396-001, August 1995. (Revised December 2003.)
- August 1995 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
The Schneider Building
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
In May 1995, Jonathan Schneider, the president of the Schneider Co., is faced with several related problems. First, he needs to find a new facility that can accommodate his expanding business. Second, he needs to decide whether to lease or purchase this new facility....
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Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The Schneider Building." Harvard Business School Case 396-043, August 1995. (Revised January 2007.)
- August 1995
- Teaching Note
Eli Lilly and Company: The Flexible Facility Decision (1993) TN
By: Gary P. Pisano
Teaching Note for (9-694-074).
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Keywords:
Pharmaceutical Industry
- March 1995 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
Mattson Foods, Inc. (Revised): The Bardolini Division
The Bardolini Division of Mattson Foods, with plants in the northeast and midwest, wants to open up the western market for its pizza. Management must decide whether to build a new plant on the West Coast, and what type of technology to put in the plant if they decide...
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Keywords:
Logistics;
Emerging Markets;
Business Startups;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Business Plan;
Capital Budgeting;
Expansion;
Buildings and Facilities;
Strategic Planning;
Marketing Strategy;
Technology;
Economic Systems;
Food and Beverage Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Mattson Foods, Inc. (Revised): The Bardolini Division." Harvard Business School Case 695-058, March 1995. (Revised July 1996.)
- November 1994 (Revised December 1995)
- Case
The Domik Project
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Cameron Sawyer, CEO of Sawyer and Co., seeks financing for an office building he is developing in Moscow. The case describes the opportunities and challenges of development in Russia. Also highlights entrepreneurial opportunities in a changing world.
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Opportunities;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Problems and Challenges;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Moscow
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The Domik Project." Harvard Business School Case 395-104, November 1994. (Revised December 1995.)
- May 1994 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Concord Center
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
A major shopping center developer and an insurance company form a joint venture to develop a 900,000 square foot super-regional shopping center. Describes the nine-year struggle to deal with market, regulatory, and financial issues to get the project ready for...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Design;
Joint Ventures;
Construction;
Partners and Partnerships;
Governance Controls;
Market Entry and Exit;
Projects;
Equity;
Corporate Finance;
Retail Industry
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Concord Center." Harvard Business School Case 394-200, May 1994. (Revised November 2001.)
- March 1994 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Eli Lilly and Co.: The Flexible Facility Decision--1993
By: Gary P. Pisano
In 1993, Eli Lilly is preparing to build manufacturing capacity for three new pharmaceutical products that it expects to launch in 1996. Management wrestles with a decision of whether to add specialized manufacturing capacity or flexible capacity. This question touches...
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Keywords:
Debates;
Cost vs Benefits;
Decisions;
Investment;
Goals and Objectives;
Product Launch;
Production;
Corporate Strategy;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Pisano, Gary P. "Eli Lilly and Co.: The Flexible Facility Decision--1993." Harvard Business School Case 694-074, March 1994. (Revised April 1994.)
- March 1994 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
Reading Energy
Reading Energy builds facilities that produce energy from nontraditional fuels. A privately held, entrepreneurial organization, it has spent six years developing a plan to build a waste-to-energy plant in the town of Robbins, Illinois. The plant would burn municipal...
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Keywords:
Energy Generation;
Wastes and Waste Processing;
Business and Community Relations;
Business Plan;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Contracts;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Government and Politics;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business Strategy;
Energy Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Illinois
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Reading Energy." Harvard Business School Case 794-102, March 1994. (Revised October 1994.)
- November 1991 (Revised January 1995)
- Case
Teradyne Japan
Describes a parent-subsidiary relationship in the high technology industry. The subsidiary, located in Japan, has been expanding its activities throughout the 1980s in the face of stiff local competition. Examines the dilemma facing corporate and country management as...
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Keywords:
Relationships;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Expansion;
Competition;
Business or Company Management;
Communication;
Buildings and Facilities;
Business Subsidiaries;
Japan
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Teradyne Japan." Harvard Business School Case 392-031, November 1991. (Revised January 1995.)
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Regency Plaza, Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-391-021).
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- November 1990 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Regency Plaza
By: William J. Poorvu and Richard E Crum
Designed to examine the process of project management during the development cycle of a luxury condominium building, exploring the issue of how the design, development strategy, project organization, and project personnel are interrelated. More specifically, looks at...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Design;
Construction;
Housing;
Management Practices and Processes;
Projects;
Luxury;
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and Richard E Crum. "Regency Plaza." Harvard Business School Case 391-021, November 1990. (Revised January 2008.)
- August 1989 (Revised January 1992)
- Case
Prospect Hill
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Bill Hassett, a partner in the Nelson Companies, has to make some important decisions regarding the expansion of Prospect Hill Executive Office Park in Waltham, Massachusetts. The pre-development issues concerning him about the Hillside Building include how to position...
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Keywords:
Expansion;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Property;
Decisions;
Interest Rates;
Urban Development;
Organizational Structure;
Real Estate Industry;
Massachusetts
Poorvu, William J., and Katherine Sweetman. "Prospect Hill." Harvard Business School Case 390-011, August 1989. (Revised January 1992.)