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- December 1999 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Praedium Corporation
By: Henry B. Reiling and Catherine M. Conneely
George Hicks and Patricia Ferrey, primary shareholders of the Praedium Corp., faced a dilemma that could dissolve their real estate management company. Praedium received an attractive offer to lease one of its properties, however, Hicks did not want to terminate the...
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Keywords:
Leasing;
Property;
Taxation;
Investment Return;
Real Estate Industry;
Real Estate Industry
- October 2006 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Ayala Corporation
Ayala Corporation is the oldest conglomerate in the Philippines and has been controlled by the Zobel de Ayala family for seven generations. Over the past 25 years, Ayala has evolved from a real estate family business into a highly diversified and professionally managed...
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Keywords:
Diversification;
Family Business;
Business Conglomerates;
Valuation;
Financial Strategy;
Public Ownership;
Real Estate Industry;
Philippines
Villalonga, Belen, Raphael Amit, and Christopher Hartman. "Ayala Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 207-041, October 2006. (Revised April 2007.)
- January 2003 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Newport Creamery (A)
By: Paul Marshall and Todd Thedinga
Describes the operating challenges of Newport Creamery, a Rhode Island-based chain of ice cream restaurants. Profiles the company's transition from longtime family ownership to a real estate developer, the developer's expansion strategy, and the company's subsequent...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Crisis Management;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Rhode Island
Marshall, Paul, and Todd Thedinga. "Newport Creamery (A)." Harvard Business School Case 803-130, January 2003. (Revised October 2012.)
- March 2018 (Revised July 2018)
- Case
Cadre
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Scott Duke Kominers and David Lane
Late in 2017, CEO Ryan Williams and his team debated whether Cadre should become not only a technology-enabled investment manager, but also an online trading exchange providing high levels of liquidity for investors in commercial real estate (CRE) equity. Cadre was a...
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- November 1996 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Alexander Plaza
By: Arthur I Segel and William J. Poorvu
In May 1996, Henry Bower, an asset manager for a real estate adviser, Medcem, has to negotiate the details of a lease after signing a letter of intent with a high technology company, Defentek, Inc. Defentek, Inc. is a fast-growing company with limited net worth that is...
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Keywords:
Negotiation Tactics;
Negotiation Preparation;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Real Estate Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
District of Columbia
Segel, Arthur I., and William J. Poorvu. "Alexander Plaza." Harvard Business School Case 897-066, November 1996. (Revised July 1997.)
- Article
Businessmen and Land Ownership in the Late Nineteenth Century
By: Tom Nicholas
This article analyses the proportions of personal to real estate wealth for a group of 295 businessmen profiled in the Dictionary of business biography. It shows that businessmen who owned land on a large scale in the late nineteenth century were a comparatively small...
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Keywords:
Ownership;
Personal Finance;
Property;
Biography;
History;
Acquisition;
Wealth;
Power and Influence;
Status and Position;
Integration;
Transformation;
Market Transactions
Nicholas, Tom. "Businessmen and Land Ownership in the Late Nineteenth Century." Economic History Review 52, no. 1 (February 1999): 27–44.
- 27 Jan 2019
- News
Harvard study questions benefits of fund manager diversity
- March 2016 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Emaar: The Center of Tomorrow, Today
By: Sid Yog, Esel Cekin and Marc Homsy
Starting in 1997, Mohammad Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar, has been largely associated with Dubai's most renowned real estate projects: the world's tallest building, largest mall and biggest fountain show. Emaar's pioneering success attracted a large number of private...
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Keywords:
Middle East;
Market Entry and Exit;
Competitive Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Global Strategy;
Real Estate Industry;
Middle East;
Dubai
Yog, Sid, Esel Cekin, and Marc Homsy. "Emaar: The Center of Tomorrow, Today." Harvard Business School Case 216-051, March 2016. (Revised May 2017.)
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
what it says, it is a real estate service company and should be valued as such. The value will wind up far closer to its major competitor, Regus, than as a tech company. The unspoken gorilla in the room is...
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- January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
The Harvard Graduate Student Housing Survey
Harvard Real Estate Services executives need to design the 2005 Graduate Student Housing Survey for maximum impact in anticipation of Harvard's long-term expansion project in Allston. Students are challenged to help executives in charge to (1) draw the lessons from...
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Wathieu, Luc R. "The Harvard Graduate Student Housing Survey." Harvard Business School Case 505-059, January 2005. (Revised June 2005.)
- May 2016 (Revised April 2019)
- Case
Legendary Entertainment: Moneyball for Motion Pictures
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
Legendary, the Hollywood studio responsible for such hits as Jurassic World and The Dark Knight, decides to take the marketing of its films in-house, and to market them fan-by-fan. Owner Thomas Tull acquires the big-data-in-sports firm started by Matt Marolda and...
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Keywords:
"Marketing Analytics";
Marketing Strategy;
Decision Making;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Legendary Entertainment: Moneyball for Motion Pictures." Harvard Business School Case 516-117, May 2016. (Revised April 2019.)
- Article
The Collapse of First Executive Corporation: Junk Bonds, Adverse Publicity, and the Run on the Bank Phenomenon
By: S. C. Gilson, H. DeAngelo and L. DeAngelo
In April 1991, regulators seized the major subsidiaries of First Executive Corporation (FE), an insurer that invested heavily in junk bonds. During the junk bond market turmoil of 1989–1990, adverse publicity fueled a bank run at FE, forcing a $4 billion portfolio...
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Gilson, S. C., H. DeAngelo, and L. DeAngelo. "The Collapse of First Executive Corporation: Junk Bonds, Adverse Publicity, and the Run on the Bank Phenomenon." Journal of Financial Economics 36, no. 3 (December 1994): 287–336.
- August 2015
- Case
Hong Kong: The Pursuit of Freedom
By: Eric D. Werker and Michael K. H. Law
At the half-anniversary of the pro-democracy civil disobedience movement “Occupy Central with Love and Peace” on March 28, 2015, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying was contemplating the future direction of Hong Kong. Did Hong Kong need universal suffrage, or were its...
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Werker, Eric D., and Michael K. H. Law. "Hong Kong: The Pursuit of Freedom." Harvard Business School Case 716-027, August 2015.
- October 2012
- Case
Riding the Wave of Technological Change at RE/MAX, LLC.
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre and Jeffrey Sweeney
David Liniger, cofounder of RE/MAX, LLC., wondered if his business was prepared to exploit the next wave of business opportunities in the real estate market. This industry had moved from one in which broker/owners controlled all of the consumers' access to information,...
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Keywords:
General Management;
Business Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Model;
Information Technology;
Transformation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Applegate, Lynda M., Ramiro Montealegre, and Jeffrey Sweeney. "Riding the Wave of Technological Change at RE/MAX, LLC." Harvard Business School Case 813-054, October 2012.
Our Work-from-Anywhere Future
The pandemic has hastened a rise in remote working for knowledge-based organizations. This has notable benefits: Companies can save on real estate costs, hire and utilize talent globally, mitigate immigration issues, and experience productivity gains, while...
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- March 2011 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd.
By: Robert G. Eccles, Catherine Zhang, Cheng-hua Tzeng, Liang Cheng and Penelope Rossano
This case is about the establishment, growth, and direction of the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park ("Zhangjiang Park"), which is located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai. Considered to be one of the most competitive hi-tech industry clusters in China, the combined...
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Keywords:
Industry Clusters;
Information Technology;
Capital Markets;
Urban Development;
Buildings and Facilities;
Competition;
Business Strategy;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Real Estate Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Shanghai
Eccles, Robert G., Catherine Zhang, Cheng-hua Tzeng, Liang Cheng, and Penelope Rossano. "Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Development Co., Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 411-081, March 2011. (Revised May 2012.)
- February 1997 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Walden Woods
By: William J. Poorvu and Arthur I Segel
In 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman and Ed Linde, through their firm, Boston Properties (BP), acquired land in Concord, MA to build a 147,000-square-foot, first-class suburban office building. BP proceeded to go through the permitting and approval process with the town and was...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Property;
Environmental Sustainability;
Conflict and Resolution;
Real Estate Industry;
Massachusetts
Poorvu, William J., and Arthur I Segel. "Walden Woods." Harvard Business School Case 897-070, February 1997. (Revised July 2004.)
- 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;
Real Estate Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Texas
Segel, Arthur I. "Shady Trail." Harvard Business School Case 899-143, January 1999. (Revised July 2003.)
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
How to Build Workplaces That Protect Employee Health
- January 2019 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Chinese Infrastructure Investments in Sri Lanka: A Pearl or a Teardrop on the Belt and Road?
By: Meg Rithmire and Yihao Li
In 2015, a surprise presidential election result seemed to imperil Chinese investments in Sri Lanka, which were associated with China’s Belt and Road Initiative to build global infrastructure. In the previous decade, China had undertaken two major projects in the...
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Rithmire, Meg, and Yihao Li. "Chinese Infrastructure Investments in Sri Lanka: A Pearl or a Teardrop on the Belt and Road?" Harvard Business School Case 719-046, January 2019. (Revised January 2022.)