Publications

2008
Book

Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit Revisited

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky

Keywords: Borrowing and Debt; Customers; Credit; Mortgages

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January 2007
Teaching Note

Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Arthur I Segel

Keywords: Poverty; Projects

November 2006
Teaching Note

Chongqing Tiandi (TN)

By: Arthur I Segel and Nicolas P. Retsinas

August 2006
Teaching Note

Cinco de Mayo (TN)

By: Arthur I Segel and Nicolas P. Retsinas

Keywords: Mexico

November 2013
Teaching Plan

Hotel Ivory

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Lisa Strope

Cheick Sanankoua is an MBA student who believes that he has found the perfect investment property, a small, independently-owned hotel, on the Ivory Coast. However, he has had trouble raising money for the investment beyond friends and family. Through contacts in the... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Emerging Market; Private Equity; Property; Real Estate Industry; Africa

December 2012 (Revised January 2014)
Case

Residencial Los Andes

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Lisa Strope

Peninsula Investment Group is deciding whether or not to recapitalize an equity investment in a Residencial Los Andes, a residential project in Santiago, Chile, or take a substantial loss. The project did not meet its sales goals and the bank pressured the investors to... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Emerging Market; Latin America; Investment Management; Management; Negotiation; Finance; Entrepreneurship; Real Estate Industry; Latin America

November 2012 (Revised November 2013)
Case

Generator Hostels: The Way Out

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Lisa Strope

Josh Wyatt, Director of Patron Capital Partners, needs to make an exit decision for a successful investment in Generator Hostels. After five years of explosive growth and in the middle of a financial crisis, Wyatt needs to evaluate Patron's alternatives: IPO the... View Details

Keywords: Hotel; Real Estate; Finance; Property; Accommodations Industry; European Union

February 2008 (Revised May 2012)
Supplement

The Big Easy, Not So Easy: The Letter

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Ben Creo

A short, supplemental case to "The Big Easy, Not So Easy" (208-068). Doris Koo must respond to new challenges at Lafitte in New Orleans. View Details

Keywords: Natural Disasters; Housing; Projects; Risk Management; Urban Development; Reputation; New Orleans

January 2007
Teaching Note

Habitat for Humanity International in South Africa (TN)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Arthur I Segel

Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Housing; Construction Industry

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

VP of NFL International, must propose a course of action that the London-based team can both execute and that will receive the approval of the NFL's commissioner and owners. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510105-PDF-ENG Toward Golden Pond (A)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2014 (Revised April 2015)
Background Note

Affordable Housing and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in the United States

By: Arthur I Segel and Nicolas P. Retsinas

This background note explores the basic themes surrounding the government's approach to providing housing: namely its shift from a supplier and builder of affordable housing to an approach that focuses on demand-side solutions and indirect subsidies to private... View Details

Keywords: Housing; Welfare; Government and Politics

May 2012
Teaching Note

One South Technology Park: Investing in Emerging Markets (TN) (A) & (B)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Griffin H. James

September 2009
Case

One South: Investing in Emerging Markets (A)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin Seth Ginsburgh

A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in Chennai, India. The case provides the reader with a detailed investment memorandum from the local Indian operating partner, and the reader must... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Emerging Markets; Partners and Partnerships; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Chennai; United States