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- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
declared bankruptcy, leaving the building 38% occupied and significantly overleveraged. In a depressed suburban Chicago office market, Marisa Sanchez, the leasing agent, has to negotiate lease proposals with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Residential Life | MBA
These apartments are open to all Harvard graduate students and are popular among those with families. Harvard University Housing offers 1-3 bedroom apartments, typically unfurnished, and pet-friendly apartments on a fixed-term lease basis... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
differing financial norms. "If you understand the religious principles underlying these restrictions, you can sometimes create contracts or other arrangements that accommodate them," he said, citing leases as one example of a familiar... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man
a 3,800-acre parcel of ranchland and hot springs near the annual site (held on leased federal land) that will make it possible to share the Burning Man experience year-round. Secret weapon: A Hello Kitty calculator. “People used to freak... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
Tenant Factor Furthermore, private-sector building developers might embrace LEED in order to woo government tenants. Indeed, in addition to taking up space in city hall and the like, government agencies often lease space in private... View Details
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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020
plans for a summer 2020 restaurant opening, Sasago was one day away from signing a lease on a space in South Boston in March when “COVID-19 hit, and everything stopped,” he explains. Despite the obvious barriers to launching a business... View Details
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
changes that have revolutionized their use in practice. He contends that both serve the US economy by helping troubled companies stay viable by giving them time to find new financing, renegotiate unfavorable leases and supply contracts,... View Details
- Profile
Folafolu Folowosele
Mesoamerica Energy, helped land owners obtain titles before the company leased property from them and gave them a fair share of the revenue generated from the wind turbines on their property. “To me, that was a strong signal on how to... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways
powerful economic incentive to lend to companies in Chapter 11. (Although American did not need such debtor-in-possession financing, United and Delta together raised almost $3.5 billion in DIP financing in their bankruptcies.) Chapter 11 also allows a company to reject... View Details
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
She and her team identify new project sites; they enter leasing agreements with landowners, many of whom are facing drought conditions and have limited alternative “crop” potential; and Diana’s team completes early-stage development,... View Details
- 27 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Buy Big, Sell Small
ApnaKlub—which leases warehouse space and trucks—sources the requested products from brand-name manufacturers and distributes them to the wholesalers, who deliver within a reliable time frame. “We leverage technology to bring our... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
what I’m doing today, but the culture at Northwest Cascade really suits me. We are a company that is focused on human waste. Among other things, we install septic systems and sewer lines, lease portable toilets, and manufacture and clean... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
into an integrated real estate financial advisory firm," he said. The 1999 sale of Boston Financial's $8 billion Real Estate Institutional Advisory Practice to the Lend Lease Corporation was extremely successful from a financial... View Details
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
airports come at a premium, however; securing space depended on financing, a credible design for Polished's stores, and leasing managers' belief in Rhyne's ability to hire people and satisfy customers—neither of which was possible, of... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- December 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Back to the Future: Redeveloping Unilever House
By: A. Eugene Kohn, Arthur I Segel and Andrew Pierson Terris
Steve Williams, General Counsel of Unilever PIc, has two key decisions to make prior to commencing construction on the redevelopment of Unilever House - the company's London corporate headquarters. The purpose of the redevelopment is to reinvigorate the corporate... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Leasing; Sales; Restructuring; Leading Change; Financing and Loans; Decisions; Business Headquarters; Design; Projects; London
Kohn, A. Eugene, Arthur I Segel, and Andrew Pierson Terris. "Back to the Future: Redeveloping Unilever House." Harvard Business School Case 211-038, December 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
government officials intent on monopoly-busting - also intervene. That's correct. In the late 1950s, just as the Electronic Century was being formed, the U.S. Justice Department settled antitrust suits with IBM and RCA, paving the way for learning in these firms to be... View Details
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Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month | Baker Library
abaca, and other tropical agricultural products. It owned or leased property in Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, Jamaica, and numerous other Central American, South American, and West Indian countries. By 1930, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
contextual issues, it's actually a case about how leasing assets enables faster growth, which is an insight that applies worldwide,” he comments. Professor Lynn S. Paine, whose global research helped develop another elective, Managing... View Details
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
countries. Construction, finance, and household credit, which is more prominent in wealthier countries. Firms that offer lending but aren’t subject to the same stringent rules as banks, including leasing or finance companies, insurers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog
evolution within a given category, Module 4 looks at evolution of the company’s offering across product categories. Cases include Topgolf as it extends from its golf range/bar/entertainment complexes into related categories, e.g. golf simulators View Details