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1975
Chapter

Planned Reduction in Electrical Energy Use in Nashville: A Preliminary Assessment

By: J. K. Sebenius and B. D. Lichter

Keywords: Energy Conservation; Urban Scope; Planning; Energy Industry; Tennessee

March 1996
Case

Banc One--1996

By: James L. Heskett and Thomas N. Urban Jr

In February 1995, Banc One faced the replacement of the "Uncommon Partnership," a basic operating strategy that had served it well for years. Leadership now struggled with the new protocols for replacement operating strategies. View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Leadership; Management; Strategy; Banking Industry

Crow built the Dallas Home Furnishings Mart, in the mid-1950’s with 8 million square feet of exhibition space. Following on this success, he built trade marts from Atlanta to Brussels. In the 1960s and 1970s, Crow built the Peachtree Center in Atlanta and the... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

1984
Other Unpublished Work

Creative Financing of New York City Projects

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Urban Scope; New York (city, NY)

A visionary in the real estate world, Rouse was famous for planning and revitalizing suburban and urban areas. Rouse created the "festival marketplace" concept in cities and the indoor mall in suburbs. Beginning with Boston's... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

Robert E. Wood

implement his vision. Building the stores in urban areas so as not to further detract from the catalog-driven rural business, Wood’s chain stores were immensely successful. In addition to this success, Wood created the Allstate Insurance... View Details

Keywords: Retail

20 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

across the country. Few cities exemplify the complexities of urban growth as vividly as Mumbai. With its dense population of over 20 million and economic significance, the city is a powerhouse in a country expected to become the world’s... View Details

March 2024
Case

Expanding the Bicester Collection to New York

By: Boris Vallee, Kirby Brand, Kristina Brown, Julie McCrimlisk, Chloe Sztabnik and Arthur Segel

Secretariat, if anyone remembers, won the triple crown at the Belmont Race Track on Long Island, located at the nexus of La Guardia, JFK Airports, the Long Island Railroad and multiple major highways. Belmont Race Track is now being rebuilt along with an adjacent UBS... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Urban Development; Brands and Branding; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Sports Industry; Retail Industry; New York (state, US)

26 Apr 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Why JPMorgan Chase Is Investing Millions in Detroit

Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower; Financial Services

01 Dec 2003
News

For Education Reform, PELP Is on the Way

“Leading and managing in the complex and dynamic environment of an urban K–12 school system is an incredibly difficult challenge,” observes HBS Dean Kim B. Clark. “One of the toughest problems is that although there are many excellent... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Julius Rosenwald

Though Richard Sears was the genius behind his company’s merchandise success, it was Rosenwald who set up the organizational structure necessary to help grow Sears into the largest retailer of the mid 1900s. Rosenwald established separate departments to handle each of... View Details

Keywords: Retail

January 2012 (Revised January 2014)
Case

Mexico City Water Shortage

By: John D. Macomber, Regina Garcia-Cuellar, Griffin H. James and Frederik Nellemann

In this case, a property company, a water privatizer, and municipal engineers explore the causes of and solutions to a severe water shortage in Mexico City, a great global capital. The protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the... View Details

Keywords: Infrastructure; Environmental Sustainability; Urban Development; Mexico City

April 2006 (Revised February 2007)
Case

Rebuilding the New Orleans Public Schools: Turning the Tide?

After Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Public School System is faced with rebuilding from the ground up. The challenge is enormous, as is the opportunity to remake the lowest performing public school system in Louisiana and one of the lowest performing in the nation.... View Details

Keywords: Programs; Natural Disasters; Urban Development; Education; Infrastructure; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry; New Orleans

November 1995 (Revised November 1995)
Case

Charoen Pokphand: The New Conglomerate

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Jane L. Wertz and Thomas N. Urban Jr

Keywords: Business Conglomerates

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March 2004 (Revised April 2006)
Case

St. Louis: Inner-City Economic Development

By: Michael E. Porter, Anne S. Habiby and Joanne Lasala

Describes the history and challenges of the economically distressed inner city areas of St. Louis, a major U.S. metropolitan area. Profiles regional and inner city economics and describes a new effort by community leaders to develop and implement a strategy to... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Leading Change; Urban Development; Problems and Challenges; Public Administration Industry; Saint Louis