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February 2024 (Revised March 2025)
Case

Moving Science: The Rowland Institute at Harvard

By: Maria P. Roche

Set in 2022, this case describes the considerations involved in organizing the physical relocation of the Rowland Institute at Harvard (RIH), a research institute established in 1980 by Edwin H. Land, the founder of the Polaroid Corporation, for the advancement of... View Details

Keywords: Optics; Engineering; Higher Education; Strategy; Science; Buildings and Facilities; Research and Development; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry

April 2020 (Revised July 2020)
Case

Teton Capital Partners, LLC: Free Fallin'

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz

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

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

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

June 1991
Teaching Note

Savannah West, Teaching Note

By: William J. Poorvu and Katherine Sweetman

Teaching Note for (9-381-081). View Details

Keywords: Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Georgia (state, US)

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Student Clubs | MBA

Student Organization Latter-day Saint Student Association M Management Consulting Club Marketing Club Middle East & North Africa Club Midwest Student Association O Outdoors Club P Partners' Club Pickleball Club Polo & Equestrian Club PRIDE Public-Speaking Club R View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

3-Minute Briefing: Burunda Prince (MBA 1987)

and at any stage in the entrepreneurial journey. We’re about sustained, generational investment and wealth creation to build stronger Black communities—which is better for everyone, whether you’re Black or not. We have 54,000 square feet of space in a building where... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; leadership; Black; African American

01 Dec 2007
News

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho

Investment Banking: 10.5% Investment Management: 7.3% Hedge Funds: 5.3% Private Equity/LBO: 12.4% Sales & Trading: 2.0% Venture Capital: 2.5% Other: 4.4% Consulting 21.1% Manufacturing 17.3% Biomed/Pharma: 3.7% Consumer Products: 4.9% Technology: 6.0% Other: 2.7%... View Details

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Robert G. James Lounge | About

the Central Intelligence Agency, an oil company executive, and a real estate investor. He was married to his wife, Ardis James, for over 60 years until her passing in 2011. They made their home together in... View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

Fellow, Oakes and nine other alumni from the Class of 2002 receive a one-year subsidy from the School to supplement the lower salaries typically paid at nonprofit and government organizations. All fellows are placed with the top executives of their host organizations,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate

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Bibliography - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction 1837: The Hard Times 1873: Off the Rails 1907: The Banker's Panic 1929: The Great Crash Crisis Leadership The... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Spangler, Former UNC President, Candidate for Board of Overseers

Governor Jim Hunt named Spangler chairman of the state's Board of Education, where he served for four years. Following graduation from HBS and two years of army service, Spangler, a Charlotte native, made his mark in his family's construction and View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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John Safer Search 1983 | About

John Safer (Harvard JD’49) has had a varied career as a real estate developer, lawyer, and financier, and has served as chairman of the board of the District of Columbia National Bank. In 1965, he began... View Details

03 Jun 2022
Blog Post

HiHome Sweet HiHome

full time engineer. “SEAS and Harvard more broadly has been absolutely critical to HiHome,” Shu said. “Without SEAS and Harvard, HiHome probably wouldn’t exist right now.” Parker and Shu met by chance, but it didn’t take long for them to connect. Shu, A.B. ‘21, was a... View Details

07 Dec 2022
News

Dubai-Based Proptech Builds Up

inspiration for Silkhaus, a Dubai-based proptech startup that offers short, medium, and long-term rentals to business and leisure travelers. "When I couldn't extricate myself out of the Boston lease, I felt that residential real View Details

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

Clarence H. Shaver

Shaver led United States Gypsum through periods of prosperity and downturns in the construction business. Despite the downturns in the economy, USG consistently paid handsome dividends, and under Shaver’s leadership, USG’s revenues and earnings were increased by 50%. View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

William Blackie

Blackie took Caterpillar Tractor from a small U.S. based factory in Peoria, Illinois to a multinational corporation. Blackie was instrumental in creating new markets for Caterpillar products. He invested heavily in international expansion – setting up manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

William Levitt

Levitt was a pioneer of fast, affordable housing construction. In many ways, he created the modern suburban landscape. Among other projects, his company built two Levittowns (Long Island and Bucks County) – mass-produced building projects with family houses, community... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

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