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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... -
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... -
What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors
Organizational Development Digital ArticleActivists are a source of potential value, albeit a risky one. -
Pull the Plug on a Project with an Uncertain Future? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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... -
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... -
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... -
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. -
If Work Is Digital, Why Do We Still Go to the Office?
Organizational Development 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... -
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 Amazon's HQ2 Wish List Signals About the Future of Cities
Global Business Digital ArticleThe attributes metros must have to thrive in the digital economy. -
Research: Restricting Airbnb Rentals Reduces Development
Economics 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. -
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 […] -
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? -
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 […] -
Managing Real Estate to Build Value
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleA comprehensive approach to corporate facilities can cut costs and increase productivity. -
Uncovering Your Hidden Occupancy Costs
Costing Magazine ArticleHow managers can cut expenses they once ignored. -
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 Campbell Home (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while... -
Wagholi Apartment Project: Restructuring a Private Equity Investment in Real Estate
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case is written from the perspective of a decision-maker at a private equity investment fund. The case is set in India, where a large corpus of capital... -
Ayala Corp.
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Ayala Corporation is the oldest conglomerate in the Philippines and has been controlled by the Zobel de Ayala family for seven generations. Over the past... -
Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited was a highly successful, large real estate developer based in Beijing, China. Sino-Ocean Land had three main... -
Carling Property Development: Reflections of an Entrepreneur
Management Case Study8.95View Details In February 2020, Peter Maxwell received his share from the sale of the Australian property development company he had co-founded in 2002: US$115 million.... -
Growing Integrated Services at Jones Lang LaSalle (2008) (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case describes the strategic and organizational challenges that Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) faced between 2005 and 2008. Having dismantled its long-standing... -
Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition... -
OpCo / PropCo Valuation
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This technical note describes the "OpCo/PropCo" process of valuing a real estate intensive business. The term "OpCo/PropCo" refers to a business arrangement... -
Technical Note and Discussion on Real Estate Valuation (IBET): Back of the Envelope (BOE) on Bonhomme Place, A Case within a Case, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Discusses real estate valuation. Reviews "back of the envelope" valuation; real estate appraisal methods, including the income method; market comparables... -
Gazi (C): Getting organized
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Ostensibly there are two issues to be resolved: How to organize for the future, and the future roles and responsibilities of Gazi himself as the organization... -
Savannah West
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Allison Porter, a loan officer for Chemical Bank, must decide whether to make a construction loan on a 216-unit apartment building to be built in Savannah,... -
FERROVIAL CONQUERS THE UK: FOLLOWING IN THE STEPS OF PHILIP II (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The A case, Financial Strategy at BAA PLC, discusses the structure of the target company and specifically its capital structure. BAA's asset base was... -
MAC Development Corp., Video
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study150.00View Details ... -
Mara Group
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study12.00View Details Mara Group is a rapidly growing Pan-African conglomerate run by its entrepreneurial CEO Ashish Thakkar. The case explores Thakkar's decision on which... -
The Paris Opera Hotel
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study12.00View Details Real estate investor Javier Faus invests in a luxury hotel development in central Paris, and must select a management company. -
Rosetree Mortgage Opportunity Fund
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details In December 2008, in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Rosetree Capital Management was evaluating the purchase of a... -
The Role of Real Estate in Endowment Portfolios: The Case of Christ Church College
Finance & Accounting Case Study14.00View Details The case centers on Christ Church's Treasurer, James Lawrie, who is contemplating his options for investing a portion of the College's endowment in real... -
Jones Lang LaSalle (2012): Integrated Services and the Architecture of Complexity (D)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case describes the strategic and organizational challenges that Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) faced between 2008 and 2012. In 2008, in order to strengthen... -
WeWork in 2021: The Next Chapter
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case details the journey of Sandeep Mathrani as he took over as CEO of WeWork, a flexible space provider, in the aftermath of the company's attempted...
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The Campbell Home (C)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details Campbell siblings Thomas and Sally are faced with selling their childhood home. They need to make several difficult consequential decisions, all the while... -
Wagholi Apartment Project: Restructuring a Private Equity Investment in Real Estate
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case is written from the perspective of a decision-maker at a private equity investment fund. The case is set in India, where a large corpus of capital... -
Ayala Corp.
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Ayala Corporation is the oldest conglomerate in the Philippines and has been controlled by the Zobel de Ayala family for seven generations. Over the past... -
Sino-Ocean Land: Responding to Change, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited was a highly successful, large real estate developer based in Beijing, China. Sino-Ocean Land had three main... -
Carling Property Development: Reflections of an Entrepreneur
Management Case Study8.95View Details In February 2020, Peter Maxwell received his share from the sale of the Australian property development company he had co-founded in 2002: US$115 million.... -
The WeWork Company: Internationalization of a Born Global Firm, Teaching Note
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleTeaching note to case W20169 -
Growing Integrated Services at Jones Lang LaSalle (2008) (C)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case describes the strategic and organizational challenges that Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) faced between 2005 and 2008. Having dismantled its long-standing... -
Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition... -
HiJinx, Inc., Teaching Note
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching Note to (9-204-070).