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- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
is kryptonite to the real estate market, and I don't see an oversupply situation," he notes. Nor do other market insiders, whose consensus assessment is that new construction has not run ahead of market demand. With national vacancy...
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- July 2004 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Hines Goes to Rio
By: Arthur I Segel and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho
The Torre Almirante office tower, Hines' newest project in Rio de Janeiro, was a 36-story, Class AA office tower with an adjoining 420-stall parking structure and a preserved 14-story historic facade. It was completely different from anything that had previously been...
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Keywords:
Property;
Design;
Construction;
Buildings and Facilities;
Risk Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Real Estate Industry;
Brazil;
New York (city, NY)
Segel, Arthur I., and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho. "Hines Goes to Rio." Harvard Business School Case 805-001, July 2004. (Revised July 2020.)
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Vertically Inclined
Kamran (“Tom”) Elghanayan (MBA ’68), who arrived in the United States from Iran when he was five years old, helped found the Rockrose Development Corporation, a New York City firm with a reputation for building residential towers in neighborhoods that other developers...
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- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
Governments and policymakers often assume that infrastructure development is key to jumpstarting economic growth for citizens, an “If we build it they will come” chain reaction of new jobs, more efficient transportation, and safer streets. The view among economists,...
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- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges, potholed roads, crashing trains, and embarrassing international...
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- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers...
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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.)
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
architect Robert A.M. Stern, several preservationists, and Skanska USA, the construction manager. The School’s internal structure of an executive committee and fifteen subcommittees also provided clear direction. “This was a terrific...
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- Profile
Beau D'Arcy
How was the idea for Breakwater Chicago born? "I came up with the idea for Breakwater Chicago after my business school internship at The Venetian in Las Vegas. I observed that Chicago had not yet picked up on the trend of daytime entertainment—something which had...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
HBS Chapel Earns Gold Certification
In a first for Harvard University, the HBS Class of 1959 Chapel has achieved LEED gold certification for significant reductions in energy and water usage. In fact, the chapel is the first university building in the world to achieve gold status under the existing...
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- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Helping California Wildfire Victims Rebuild
Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes A recent article in Forbes highlights the work of the home-building management startup Homebound, cofounded by CEO Nikki Pechet (MBA 2007). Both cofounders—Pechet and investor Jack Abraham—had...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Welcome to the Future
Batten Hall, on Western Avenue, is the totally renovated and redesigned building formerly occupied by the PBS television station WGBH. Batten Hall’s top two floors, reserved for HBS, are devoted to 10 curved, modular learning spaces (called “hives”) and other areas...
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- June 1983 (Revised September 1983)
- Case
Modern Advanced Concrete (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Keywords:
Construction Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Modern Advanced Concrete (A)." Harvard Business School Case 383-132, June 1983. (Revised September 1983.)
- February 1978
- Supplement
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B5)
Supplements the (A) case.
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Porter, Michael E. "Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B5)." Harvard Business School Supplement 378-200, February 1978.
- February 1978
- Supplement
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B2)
Supplements the (A) case.
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Porter, Michael E. "Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B2)." Harvard Business School Supplement 378-197, February 1978.
- February 2022
- Teaching Note
Borusan CAT: Monetizing Prediction in the Age of AI
By: Navid Mojir
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 521-053.
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- September 2020
- Case
Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company
By: V.G. Narayanan and John Masko
In 2019, Board Chair and third-generation shareholder Helen Fullerton was preparing for a meeting to discuss Ohio-based Hayden Saw Company’s (Hayden) future as a family business. As the company entered its fifth decade, the Hayden family was dealing with three distinct...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Corporate Governance;
Family Ownership;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Family and Family Relationships;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Construction Industry;
Ohio;
United States
Narayanan, V.G., and John Masko. "Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company." Harvard Business School Case 121-026, September 2020.
- June 2017
- Case
MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid
By: Lynda M. Applegate, José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia
In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a company providing affordable housing to low-income...
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Keywords:
Base Of The Pyramid;
Social Capitalism;
Housing;
Emerging Markets;
Social Enterprise;
Society;
Wealth and Poverty;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Construction Industry;
Mexico
Applegate, Lynda M., José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta, and Aldo Sesia. "MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid." Harvard Business School Case 817-073, June 2017.