Publications

July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
Teaching Note

Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree

Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country... View Details

Keywords: Argentina; Argentine Exceptionalism; Infrastructure Finance; Investing; Finance; Inflation and Deflation; Government and Politics; Energy Generation; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; South America

June 2016 (Revised March 2017)
Case

Reworking Office Space: Industry City, Brooklyn

By: Arthur I Segel, Andrew Baum, Nori Gerardo Lietz, Charles F. Wu and Sid Yog

Jamestown is contemplating how to best lease a portion of their new development along the Brooklyn waterfront, Industry City. The 6 million square foot, mixed-use development is meant to accommodate Brooklyn’s growing innovation, creative, and “maker” communities.... View Details

Keywords: WeWork; Office Space; Real Estate; Jamestown; Level39; Shared Office Space; Information Technology; Leasing; Property; Strategy; Real Estate Industry; United States

March 2022
Supplement

Broadway Mall: You Can Get It If You Really Want It

April 2016 (Revised December 2019)
Case

Dan Gilbert: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?

Keywords: Detroit; Rock Ventures; Dan Gilbert; Real Estate; Buildings and Facilities; Demographics; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Housing; Risk and Uncertainty; Real Estate Industry; United States

January 2015
Case

Hilton Hotels: What a Long, Strange Trip it's Been (A)

May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
Case

Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree

In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate... View Details

Keywords: Cross Border; Energy Markets; Infrastructure Finance; Infrastructure Development; Business Subsidiaries; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Energy Generation; International Finance; Project Finance; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; Latin America

April 2020 (Revised June 2020)
Teaching Note

Toys 'R' Us: Come Buy My Toys

June 2019
Teaching Note

Jaguar Capital S.A.S, Take the Money and Run?

Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-078. View Details

May 2017
Teaching Note

Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Private Equity

2011
Other Unpublished Work

Cloistered in the Pink Ghetto: Women in Private Equity, Real Estate And Venture Capital

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January 2015 (Revised March 2019)
Supplement

Hilton Hotels: What a Long, Strange Trip it's Been (B)

March 2022
Case

Broadway Mall: You Can Get It If You Really Want It

April 2020 (Revised July 2020)
Case

Teton Capital Partners, LLC: Free Fallin'

Keywords: Private Equity; Financial Crisis; Real Estate Industry; Banking Industry

August 2019
Teaching Note

Roadmap to Solving the Project Deutschland Case

Teaching Note for HBS No. 216-055. View Details

February 2013 (Revised June 2017)
Case

Project Sun Devil and Project Paris