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- April 2020 (Revised July 2020)
- Case
Teton Capital Partners, LLC: Free Fallin'
Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "Teton Capital Partners, LLC: Free Fallin'." Harvard Business School Case 220-076, April 2020. (Revised July 2020.)
- October 2019
- Case
Agility Africa
By: Juan Alcacer, Caroline M. Elkins and Esel Çekin
This case illustrates the challenge and opportunities that firms face when developing and executing new business models in high-risk, low-infrastructure, low-trust countries. It features a global logistics group, Agility, that aimed to become the leader in supplying... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Emerging Markets; Decision Choices and Conditions; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Africa
Alcacer, Juan, Caroline M. Elkins, and Esel Çekin. "Agility Africa." Harvard Business School Case 720-357, October 2019.
- 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
Keywords: Housing; Age; Investment Return; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Massachusetts
- July 1996 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corporation
By: Clayton Christensen
Focuses on the difficulty established companies face when confronted with disruptive technological innovations. The power that their prior asset investments, their cost structures, and their customers have in constraining their investment and innovation decisions are... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Assets; Cost; Investment; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
Christensen, Clayton. "Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 697-020, July 1996. (Revised August 2017.)
- June 1991
- Teaching Note
Savannah West, Teaching Note
By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman
Teaching Note for (9-381-081). View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Choose the Best Deal
trading partner, you're operating in a micromarket. You may be able to make it function to your advantage, but you have to be prepared for a downturn. If the local real estate market is slow, Jim may be the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- October 2018 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up
By: Leslie K. John, Mitchell Weiss and Julia Kelley
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
By the time Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, began hosting a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session in January 2018, he had only nine months remaining to convince the people... View Details
By the time Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, began hosting a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session in January 2018, he had only nine months remaining to convince the people... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Govtech; CivicTech; Smart Cities; City Innovation; Government Innovation; Privacy; Sidewalk Labs; Dan Doctoroff; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Consumer Behavior; Governance; Business and Government Relations; Innovation and Invention; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Canada
John, Leslie K., Mitchell Weiss, and Julia Kelley. "Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up." Harvard Business School Case 819-024, October 2018. (Revised July 2019.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- April 1999
- Case
General Property Trust
By: Peter Tufano
In 1994 General Property Trust, an Australian property investment trust, was anticipating future cash needs beyond those that the Trust could fund with internal cash flows. The managers of the Trust were considering a novel financing structure whereby it would sell... View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Financial Institutions; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Australia
Tufano, Peter, and John C Handley. "General Property Trust." Harvard Business School Case 299-098, April 1999.
- August 2008
- Teaching Note
North Goes East (TN)
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Ben Creo
Teaching Note for [208136]. View Details
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
Tommy Pan Fang and University of British Columbia business professor David Clough. Wu’s research centers on strategies used by technology entrepreneurs to achieve scale for competitive advantage. Platforms are prime real View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
only 910,000 homes on the market remained unsold nationwide, an all-time low. And Zillow, the online real estate sales platform, recently revised its 2022 forecast upward, predicting home prices will surge... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 07 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?
However, without buyers, the firm would have no sellers and vice versa. This kind of situation, which is called a two-sided market, is common in many industries such as real estate and employment services. A... View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
offerings to maintain differentiation from copycats. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512065-PDF-ENG Citibank: Weathering the Commercial Real Estate Crisis of the Early 1990s Julie M.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- September 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Supplement
Genzyme Center (B)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Cost vs Benefits; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Aldo Sesia. "Genzyme Center (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 610-009, September 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
competitive structure of the global real estate services market mandating that providers become more customer-solutions oriented. The case is set shortly after the announcement of the restructuring which,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?
stipulation that savings are intended for asset-building purposes only—for real estate investment, post-secondary education, and building a small business, for example. IDA participants would be required to... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 22 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'
of periods of overheated credit markets. We try to track crises using a measure of overheating that we developed and call the “Red-zone.” The Red-zone is a combination of credit expansion and high asset prices. In the domain of houses and View Details
- 10 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Land Institutions and Chinese Political Economy: Institutional Complementarities and Macroeconomic Management
- June 2005
- Supplement
Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (VHS Video)
By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Jay W. Lorsch
Davis, John A., Dwight B. Crane, and Jay W. Lorsch. "Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (VHS Video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 805-703, June 2005.
- January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Supplement
Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (C)
By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Kelly M. Mulderry
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Davis, John A., Dwight B. Crane, and Kelly M. Mulderry. "Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 805-097, January 2005. (Revised June 2005.)