Publications

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

July 2006 (Revised June 2010)
Teaching Note

Eldeco: Playing in the Big League (TN)

By: Arthur I Segel, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Griffin James

November 2013
Case

Canyon-Agassi Investing in Charter Schools

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Nicole Shomair, Vernon Beckford and Lisa Strope

After an unusual round of doubles in May 2011, real estate investor Bobby Turner, Managing Partner, Canyon-Agassi Charter School Facilities Fund (CACSFF) and Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Canyon Capital Realty Advisors, found himself at a loss for words. Turner was... View Details

Keywords: Charter Schools; Real Estate; Fund Raising; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Real Estate Industry; United States

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

2005
Book

Building Assets Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky

Keywords: Assets; Credit; Wealth; Poverty

Find at Harvard

Web

Stock Exchanges - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

image Engraving by Pierre Laurent Auvray (b. 1736), after Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse (1734–1808). [France, ca. 1785]. 24.8 x 35.5 cm AE r1 xx Plate from Nicolas Gabriel... View Details

26 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

Cisneros, Jack F. Kemp, Kent W. Colton, and Nicolas P. Retsinas Publication:Brookings Institution Press and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2007 Abstract In Our Communities, Our... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Jan 2018
Blog Post

"Luxury, Technology, Integration"

managed to integrate the two in an industry characterized by heritage and craftsmanship, luxury goods. Since their inception, YOOX and Net-A-Porter revolutionized this space selling luxury and fashion products online, a business that was... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

Profile

Larry Braithwaite

understanding of housing issues, Larry is actively auditing a research team as part of a field study seminar on affordable housing offered by Professor Retsinas who runs Harvard University's Joint Center for... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Dear Future Author…

Edited by April White Josh King(photo via LinkedIn) Josh King (photo via LinkedIn) “The first question you have to ask yourself is, ‘Do I have something original to say, something that hasn’t been said before?’ ” —Josh King (PGL 2, 1999),... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Art purchased on this year's trip

Inlet to Atlantic Ocean, Southampton, New York" by Hope Sandrow, Courtesy Gracie Mansion Gallery" Sgt Nicolas Pritsolas, 1st Platoon, Alpha Co. at bridges installation, July 2004" View Details

15 Apr 2011
News

Students Hear Wall St. Critics

did not enroll, appeared on Wednesday at the invitation of HBS students as part of the Leadership and Values Initiative. With HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas, an old friend, moderating the discussion, Angelides declared that the crisis was... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work

philanthropy moderated by HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas. More than 100 people attended the event, which highlighted the increasing synergy between the private sector and the philanthropic sector. Last... View Details

Keywords: alumni clubs; Centennial; Educational Services

01 Jun 2009
News

Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

Stannard-Friel, Alice Lin, Jessica Schmidt, Nicola Leahy, Alla Jezmir, and Tiffany Singleton; (second row) Aaron Rudenstine, Marlene Ngoyi, Rosita Najmi, and Karibu Nyaggah; (third row) Kaveesh Nath, Mark Angelo, Andrew Van Pelt, and... View Details

Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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