Publications

September 2017
Case

From 80 Thoreau to Mooncusser Fish House & Moon Bar (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Sandra Bahous

After extensive planning, Ian Calhoun, (MBA 2010) who was also a chef trained in Paris at Le Cordon Bleu, and two co-founders launched 80 Thoreau, a “progressive fine dining” restaurant in Concord, Massachusetts, that became a local favorite as well as a special... View Details

Keywords: Small Business; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Boston; Cambridge

July 2013 (Revised June 2015)
Case

Lighting the Way at the Manor House Hotel

By: Samuel G. Hanson, Joel Heilprin and Charles Andersen

June 2014 (Revised November 2015)
Case

Via Verde

By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas, Philip Berkman, Sean Liu, Jared Katseff and Shawn Tuli

Developers Jonathan Rose and Adam Weinstein were trying to determine which of three proposals to submit to the city of New York in response to a RFP to create an affordable housing project in the South Bronx. The site, referred to as Via Verde, was a 1.5-acre... View Details

Keywords: Jonathan Rose Companies; Affordable Housing; Property; Real Estate Industry; United States

03 Dec 2008
What Do You Think?

Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?

Summing Up The current global recession has, judging from responses to this month's column, many origins, among them housing and credit. All, of course, are traceable to human responses to both perceived opportunities and calamities,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Article

Strategies and Tactics in NGO-Government Relations: Insights from Slum Housing in Mumbai

By: Ramya Ramanath and Alnoor Ebrahim

Relationships between nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government agencies have been variously described in the nonprofit literature as cooperative, complementary, adversarial, confrontational, or even co-optive. But how do NGO-government relationships emerge... View Details

Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; Housing; Corporate Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Change Management; Business Strategy; Growth and Development; Non-Governmental Organizations; Accommodations Industry; Mumbai

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February 2010 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board

By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari

A real estate developer decides whether to enter into a public private partnership with the government of West Bengal to develop a township on farmland. The decisions include whether to expand operations from the company's base in Kolkata to Bardhaman, 100 km away;... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Decisions; Private Equity; Design; Housing; Infrastructure; Projects; Real Estate Industry; West Bengal

October 2024 (Revised June 2025)
Case

ADU It Yourself: Unlocking Housing Potential in San Diego

By: Boris Vallee, Alex Riolo and James Blume

September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
Teaching Note

House of Tata, 1995: The Next Generation (A) TN

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Catherine M. Conneely

Teaching Note for (9-798-037). View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products Industry; Service Industry

June 1986 (Revised July 1986)
Case

Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (B) (Abridged)

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August 2020
Case

This Old House of Worship: St. Anthony Shrine (A)

By: Ryan Raffaelli

This multimedia case asks students to consider how leaders of non-profit organizations manage difficult financial, operational, and cultural turnarounds. Since its founding in 1947, St. Anthony Shrine had been a central partner in serving the Downtown Boston community.... View Details

Keywords: Leadership And Change Management; Turnarounds; Non-profit Management; Leadership; Change Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Religion; Mission and Purpose; Transformation; Organizational Culture; United States

July 2025
Teaching Note

ADU It Yourself: Unlocking Housing Potential in San Diego

By: Boris Vallee and James Blume

August 2020
Case

This Old House of Worship: St. Anthony Shrine (B)

By: Ryan Raffaelli

2004
Book

Opportunity and Progress: A Bipartisan Platform for National Housing Policy

By: Henry G. Cisneros, Jack F. Kemp, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Kent W. Colton

Keywords: Housing; Policy

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1990
Chapter

Resolving Local Regulatory Disputes and Building Consensus for Affordable Housing

By: M. A. Wheeler

Keywords: Housing; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Local Range; Conflict and Resolution; Negotiation; Construction Industry

March 2002 (Revised June 2002)
Teaching Note

Saudi Arabia: Getting the House in Order/World Oil Markets, TN

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for (9-702-031) and (9-702-030). View Details

Keywords: Saudi Arabia

September 1982
Teaching Note

Boise Cascade: Manufactured Housing Division, Lafayette Region (B), Teaching Note

By: Kim B. Clark

Keywords: Construction Industry