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- July 2014 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living
By: Charles F. Wu, Joseph Beyer and Arthur I. Segel
Tom Alperin's National Development has purchased a building site in affluent Wellesley, MA, and is in the process of deciding whether to build apartments, a combination of independent living and assisted living units for seniors, or perhaps even higher acuity... View Details
Keywords: Senior Living; Assisted Living; Independent Living; Property; Finance; Real Estate Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States
Wu, Charles F., and Joseph Beyer. "Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living." Harvard Business School Case 215-003, July 2014. (Revised May 2015.)
- 1973
- Text Book
Managerial Economics: Text and Cases
By: Paul Marshall, Charles J. Christenson and Richard F. Vancil
Marshall, Paul, Charles J. Christenson, and Richard F. Vancil. Managerial Economics: Text and Cases. Homewood, IL: Richard D. Irwin, 1973.
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
“[These leaders] learned a tremendous amount from the mission focus and discipline that came from the military,” says Simons, a Baker Foundation Professor and Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. “There is a... View Details
- April 13, 2012
- Blog Post
How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "How to Get Your Boss to Say Yes." Harvard Business Review Blogs (April 13, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/04/how-to-get-the-boss-to-say-yes.
- June 27, 2012
- Blog Post
Are You Spending 1,000 Hours Preparing for Your Next Job?
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "Are You Spending 1,000 Hours Preparing for Your Next Job?" Harvard Business Review Blogs (June 27, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/06/are-you-spending-1000-hours-pr.
- March 2012
- Article
New Project? Don't Analyze—Act
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
In a predictable world, getting a new initiative off the ground typically involves analyzing the market, creating a forecast, and writing a business plan. But what about in an unpredictable environment? The authors recommend looking to those who are experts in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Managing Yourself; Project Management; Project Strategy; Risk Management
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "New Project? Don't Analyze—Act." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012): 154–158.
- 2013
- Article
Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance
By: David F. Larcker, Eric C. So and Charles C.Y. Wang
Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns. Initiating a long position in the most central firms and a short position in the least central firms earns an average risk-adjusted return of 4.68% per year. Firms with... View Details
Larcker, David F., Eric C. So, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance." Journal of Accounting & Economics 55, nos. 2-3 (April–May 2013): 225–250.
- May 2018
- Teaching Note
Miami Price: Bidding on an Iconic Transit-Oriented Development Site
By: Charles F. Wu and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-034. View Details
- January 2017
- Teaching Note
SOHO China: Transformation in Progress
By: Charles F. Wu and Alexander W. Schultz
In 2016 against the backdrop of a challenging Chinese macroeconomic environment, SOHO China, the largest owner and developer of Class-A real estate in Beijing and Shanghai, was struggling to convince analysts of the merits of their new “build-to-hold” strategy. Founded... View Details
- July 9, 2012
- Blog Post
Is It Cheating to Have a Side Project?
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "Is It Cheating to Have a Side Project?" Harvard Business Review Blogs (July 9, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/07/is-it-cheating-to-have-a-side.
- February 23, 2012
- Blog Post
How to Turn an Obstacle into an Asset
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "How to Turn an Obstacle into an Asset." Harvard Business Review Blogs (February 23, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/02/how-to-turn-an-obstacle-into-a.
- March 29, 2012
- Blog Post
Choosing Between Making Money and Doing What You Love
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "Choosing Between Making Money and Doing What You Love." Harvard Business Review Blogs (March 29, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/03/choosing-between-making-money.
- April 5, 2012
- Blog Post
When Should You Quit Your Day Job?
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Charles F. Kiefer and Paul B. Brown
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Charles F. Kiefer, and Paul B. Brown. "When Should You Quit Your Day Job?" Harvard Business Review Blogs (April 5, 2012). https://hbr.org/2012/04/when-should-you-quit-your-day/.
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
Private Equity By: Ewens, Michael, Charles M. Jones, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—This paper explores the private equity and venture capital (VC) markets and extends the standard principal-agent problem between the investors and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2021
- Teaching Note
Lovango Cay: Developing a Boutique Resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands
By: Charles F. Wu and Sean Bracken
- October 2014 (Revised June 2021)
- Teaching Note
Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living
By: Charles F. Wu and Ben Eppler
Tom Alperin's firm National Development is an experienced multifamily and commercial developer in the Northeast. It has a strong track record for working on challenging projects, delivering high quality products and generating strong returns for his investors. The firm... View Details
- August 2018 (Revised August 2018)
- Teaching Note
Brooklyn Lodgers: 78 South Third St., Brooklyn, NY
By: Charles F. Wu and Arthur R. O. Sobral
Teaching Note for HBS No. 219-022. View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Disappearing Association Between Governance and Returns Authors: Lucian A. Bebchuk, Alma Cohen, and Charles C.Y. Wang Publication: Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract The correlation between governance indices and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
rejection of the term "groupthink" in favor of "consensus." As Charles Cullinane put it, "Consensus ensures everybody is going in the same direction, but I feel groupthink ensures everybody is going in the same... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett