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  • February 2010 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board

By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari
A real estate developer decides whether to enter into a public private partnership with the government of West Bengal to develop a township on farmland. The decisions include whether to expand operations from the company's base in Kolkata to Bardhaman, 100 km away;... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Decisions; Private Equity; Design; Housing; Infrastructure; Projects; Real Estate Industry; West Bengal
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  • 07 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

Shivaratri Snan bathing day on March 10. To accommodate everyone, the Indian government creates a temporary city-building roads and providing power on what is normally an empty flood plain. Senior Lecturer and Dauten Real Estate Fellow John Macomber, a member of the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate
  • 15 Aug 2019
  • Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

network more broadly.” Smitha Ramakrishna (MBA 2018) started a nonprofit in middle school focused on building water infrastructure in India and has worked on water rights advocacy for the Native American community in Arizona. Since the... View Details
  • 06 Jan 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?

pointing out that without initiatives to create a vast infrastructure, progress achieved by innovators and venture investors will be piecemeal. In his words, "What will NOT emerge without collective government action are the transformations in the indispensable... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
  • 17 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities

question is: are you going to raise rates or cut them?" Rajan said at the beginning of his lecture. "The answer is: I'm not going to tell you. But what I will talk about is the state of the Indian economy." Rajan said that many are quick to blame India's... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Raising the Barrio

the road will run over the nearby railroad tracks. In its place, where some of the area’s most dangerous housing now stands, Rodríguez Larreta envisions a park for a community that has had almost no green space. His plan is also an expensive one—US$320 million, View Details
Keywords: April White
  • March 2003 (Revised January 2004)
  • Case

CDC Capital Partners: December 2002

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon
Paul Fletcher, CEO of CDC Capital Partners, a private equity group investing in the world's poorest countries, is wrestling with questions raised by the imminent reorganization of the firm. Previously an arm of the United Kingdom's international aid agency, CDC is... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment Portfolio; Privatization; Venture Capital; Business and Government Relations; Emerging Markets; Infrastructure; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 30 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

sources. The case is intended to be used as an introduction to water policy, seawater desalination, bond finance and cash flow waterfalls, infrastructure as a foundation for economic development, and risk... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Apr 2025
  • Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

ambitious offshore wind farm exemplifies how large-scale renewable energy infrastructure projects need to have actively supportive stakeholders throughout the process. Vineyard Wind won over community stakeholders initially which allowed... View Details
  • 18 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

for blocking hackers and preventing online invasion. There is a trend to invest in application and infrastructure hardware, said John G. Simon, a partner at General Catalyst. An opportunity exists, he said, for add-ons and plug-ins that... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

scale infrastructure issues on a global level. A related case, "Water Shortage and Property Investing in Mexico City," HBS No. 210-085, contains more real estate finance and less water View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 18, 2023
  • Article

Lessons from Building a Payment Business in Africa

By: Ranjay Gulati
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Information Infrastructure; Credit Cards; Financial Services Industry
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  • November 2010
  • Teaching Note

Mexico: Crisis and Competitiveness (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Aldo Musacchio
Teaching Note for 710058. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Currency; Government and Politics; Trade; Infrastructure; Mexico; China; Europe; Latin America
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  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

products of countries where those sports were already widely popular and enjoyed high-caliber infrastructure and player-development systems. The success of these star imports to North America created demand back home, and globally, for... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance
  • Web

Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Scholes. "The Pricing of Options and Corporate Liabilities." Journal of Political Economy 81 (May/June 1973): 637-654. Black, Fischer, and Myron S. Scholes. "The Valuation of Option Contracts and a Test of Market Efficiency." Journal of View Details
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

The City Solution

opportunities. Cities, the C40 says, offer three principal areas for such investment activity: increasing infrastructure energy efficiency, namely in buildings, lighting, and transportation systems; using resources more effectively, for... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • September 2004 (Revised June 2005)
  • Case

Otis Elevator: Accelerating Business Transformation with IT

By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
Focuses on a major transformation of Otis Elevator's infrastructure. Led by the CEO, this transformation represents a remarkable long-term reengineering of all the processes of the firm to drive its operating costs down and service image up. The transformation is the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Cost Management; Infrastructure; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology
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  • 03 Feb 2021
  • News

Power Play

distributor, to fund large-scale battery storage and solar power in New York City as it works to reduce fossil-fuel pollution, upgrade aging infrastructure and systems, and move its electric grid to between 70 percent and 80 percent... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

By: Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul
Two trends are likely to define the 21st century: threats to the sustainability of the natural environment and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper reviews the goals, business models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Investment; City; Infrastructure; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Urban Development; Information Technology; Green Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry
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  • 03 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund

the team presented a proposal and received permission from the school to pilot in the 2020-2021 academic year. Joined by senior lecturer EmilyMcComb and additional students in the fall, the team worked to build sourcing partnerships with community organizations, set up... View Details