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Before You Sign That Lease...
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleAn office lease can create financial difficulty if a tenant ignores provisions that landlords can use to gain extra income. The author points out some... -
3-D Negotiation: Playing the Whole Game
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhat stands between you and the yes you want? According to negotiation experts David Lax and James Sebenius, executives face obstacles in three common... -
How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleBy better pricing risk, it can change our behavior. -
What Is Luxury Without Variety?
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleToday's consumers crave variety. A new approach to providing luxury gives the superaffluent access to a range of big-ticket items. -
Managing Real Estate to Build Value
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleReal estate escapes the thoughtful attention of most senior managers. It often falls within the realm of their responsibilities, but many do not appreciate... -
Research: Restricting Airbnb Rentals Reduces Development
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleA new study found that in the three years after regulations were enacted, residential permit applications fell by an average of 10% in 15 U.S. cities. -
If Work Is Digital, Why Do We Still Go to the Office?
Workspaces design Digital ArticleWe like seeing people, even if it’s inefficient. -
Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictional case, Alex, a real estate developer, is at a crossroads in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. His company is a year away from completing... -
Power from the Ground Up: Japan’s Land Bubble
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleFor more than two years, Americans have heard distant rumors of unthinkable land price escalation going on in Japan. News reports indicate that in 1988, Japan’s theoretical land value surpassed by four times that of all land in the United States, a country nearly 25 times larger than Japan. Another real estate bulletin: the calculated […] -
Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future? (HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleIn this fictional case, Alex, a real estate developer, is at a crossroads in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. His company is a year away from completing... -
Growth Crisis--and How to Escape It
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleAt a time when companies are poised to seize the growth opportunities of a rebounding economy, many of them, whether they know it or not, face a growth... -
Case Study: Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future?
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleA real estate developer considers whether to push forward with an office complex in the midst of Covid-19. -
What Amazon’s HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities
Economics Digital ArticleThe attributes metros must have to thrive in the digital economy. -
Motivating Through Metrics
Leading teams Magazine ArticleGetting the right people on board—and then all enthusiastically pulling in the right direction—has bedeviled organizations since the time of wooden ships, when the most popular form of motivation left lash marks. Today’s corporate helmsmen may be more enlightened, but they still face the same challenge. How can a company transform its frontline crew into […] -
What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors
Boards Digital ArticleActivists are a source of potential value, albeit a risky one. -
Uncovering Your Hidden Occupancy Costs
Costing Magazine ArticleHow managers can cut expenses they once ignored. -
Learning to Play in the New “Share Economy”
Mergers and acquisitions Magazine ArticleCan an auto rental company fully integrate its car-sharing start-up without losing customers? -
Enterprise’s Leader on How Integrating an Acquisition Transformed His Business
Brand management Magazine ArticlePhotography: Stuart Isett The Idea: When the car rental company acquired Alamo and National, rather than execute a “takeover,” it moved slowly and sought to learn from its new brands. In 2007 Enterprise Rent-A-Car was marking its 50th anniversary. We had much to celebrate. With more than $9 billion in global revenue, […]
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THE BULLARD HOUSES - Debriefing Handout
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Debriefing Handout for PON120. -
Succession, Transition, or Exit: Greentown's Founder's Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Song Weiping, the founder, chair, and major shareholder of the high-end residential property developer Greentown China Holdings Limited (Greentown),... -
HONG KONG PROPERTY DEAL: AN INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION CASE SIMULATION - Confidential Information for Lee Wing, Importer and Entrepreneur
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two-party negotiation between a property owner and a neighboring business over the sale of two real estate parcels. The simulation is set in Hong Kong... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - General Instructions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Downtown Realty, Inc. owns the historic Bullard Houses, a set of 51 attached brownstones in the city of Gotham. The Houses, occupied for decades by the... -
Private Equity Real Estate Investors - Overcoming the challenge of Sustainability & ESG: Pro-invest Group's ESG Journey
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the ESG journey of Pro-invest Group, an asset management and investment firm specialising in private equity real estate across the... -
The Bourland Companies
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Michael Bourland, the president of the Bourland Companies, needs to refinance two properties, an office building in southern New Hampshire and a retail... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - Confidential Instructions for the Buyer's Representative
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Downtown Realty, Inc. owns the historic Bullard Houses, a set of 51 attached brownstones in the city of Gotham. The Houses, occupied for decades by the... -
Anderson Street
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A recent college graduate decides to buy a small multiple-unit building in Boston as a residence and an investment. He learns about finding and valuing... -
American Dream
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Explores the process of purchasing a single family house through the eyes of a young couple. The couple is trying to determine what type of home to buy... -
Silic (B): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Dilemma of an Accountant
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Daniel Potter receives a boost in his young career as a CPA by being specially placed on a particularly important assignment. He and his boss, who is... -
Diamond Developers: Replicating the Sustainable City
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In April 2019, the chief executive officer of Dubai-based Diamond Developers, reflected on his company's progress in developing a business model based... -
Waltz on the Danube
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Describes the intricate parts of an early real estate deal from the standpoint of the developer including feasibility analysis, market choice, acquisition... -
Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity
Finance & Accounting Case Study15.05View Details Roberto Charvel is a young MBA graduate making his first personal real estate investment in his native Mexico City. Charvel is planning to purchase and... -
Should I Rent My Condo? Assessing Risks of a Property Investment
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In early 2018, Diana Mulhall was undertaking a career change that would eliminate the need for frequent business trips to Toronto. As a result, she wondered... -
Longfor: A Non-Traditional Company in China - When in Rome, Do Not Do What the Romans Do
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Longfor, a real estate company in China, treats every customer as an individual with distinctive tastes, preferences and needs; the homes it designs emphasize... -
Matthew A. Hunter
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Matthew Hunter, CEO of a second-generation family business, must manage the performance of a key manager in his company. Looks at the impact of family... -
Framing and Negotiation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details How can framing--alternative description of an object, event, or situation--can be used effectively in negotiation? A real estate dialog is used to illustrate... -
Salt Harbor: Confidential Information for Easterly
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two-party negotiation involving a bed and breakfast and an incoming coffee chain.
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THE BULLARD HOUSES - Debriefing Handout
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Debriefing Handout for PON120. -
Succession, Transition, or Exit: Greentown's Founder's Decision
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2014, Song Weiping, the founder, chair, and major shareholder of the high-end residential property developer Greentown China Holdings Limited (Greentown),... -
HONG KONG PROPERTY DEAL: AN INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION CASE SIMULATION - Confidential Information for Lee Wing, Importer and Entrepreneur
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two-party negotiation between a property owner and a neighboring business over the sale of two real estate parcels. The simulation is set in Hong Kong... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - General Instructions
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Downtown Realty, Inc. owns the historic Bullard Houses, a set of 51 attached brownstones in the city of Gotham. The Houses, occupied for decades by the... -
Private Equity Real Estate Investors - Overcoming the challenge of Sustainability & ESG: Pro-invest Group's ESG Journey
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the ESG journey of Pro-invest Group, an asset management and investment firm specialising in private equity real estate across the... -
Centre Corporate Abbott, Building A - Teaching Note
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching note for case W13449. -
The Bourland Companies
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Michael Bourland, the president of the Bourland Companies, needs to refinance two properties, an office building in southern New Hampshire and a retail... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - Confidential Instructions for the Buyer's Representative
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Downtown Realty, Inc. owns the historic Bullard Houses, a set of 51 attached brownstones in the city of Gotham. The Houses, occupied for decades by the... -
Cambridge Franchise Partners, Teaching Note
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching Note for HBS No. 217-082. Cambridge Franchise Partners (CFP) was established by Matt Perelman and Alex Sloane (both HBS '15) to pursue a roll-up... -
Anderson Street
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details A recent college graduate decides to buy a small multiple-unit building in Boston as a residence and an investment. He learns about finding and valuing...