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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. -
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. -
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. -
What Is Luxury Without Variety?
Marketing Magazine ArticleSummer homes are more desirable than snack cakes in all but one respect: Many people could, if they chose, buy 100 different kinds of snack cake, while only the superaffluent can afford more than one summer home. In an age when consumers crave variety, luxury items pose a bit of a problem. How do you […] -
Case Study: Are the Right People in the Right Seats?
Change management Magazine ArticleA new CEO considers changes to her top team. -
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... -
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, […] -
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 […] -
If Work Is Digital, Why Do We Still Go to the Office?
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleWe like seeing people, even if it's inefficient. -
U.S. Commercial Real Estate Is Headed Toward a Crisis
Corporate finance Digital ArticleMore than $1 trillion in loans will come due over the next two years. Here’s how companies can protect themselves. -
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. -
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? -
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... -
What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors
Organizational Development Digital ArticleActivists are a source of potential value, albeit a risky one. -
Uncovering Your Hidden Occupancy Costs
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleSenior managers at large companies may think that occupancy costs are too insignificant to worry about, too technical to analyze, and too fixed to control.... -
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 […] -
Managing Real Estate to Build Value
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleA comprehensive approach to corporate facilities can cut costs and increase productivity.
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GRID: Disrupting the Real Estate Industry with Blockchain
Management Case Study11.95View Details In February 2023, Irene Cameron was preparing to launch her property technology (proptech) start-up Geo-Registry Integrated Datachain Inc. (GRID) in eastern... -
APPLETON V. BAKER - Confidential Information for Appleton's Agent
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Appletons and Bakers own homes on adjacent parcels of land. Larry Appleton has been transferred by his company and is selling his home. The Appletons... -
The Redevelopment of Palazzo Tornabuoni (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details On December 16, 2010, Byrne Murphy received a call from his Italian partner at Fingen Group. The recently-renovated Palazzo Tornabuoni, an iconic 15th... -
The Campbell Home (B)
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... -
Shanty Real Estate: Confidential Information for iBuyer 2
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Shanty is a simulation in which students inhabit the role of either a traditional home buyer or an iBuyer, both bidding on the same condo. The traditional... -
New Songdo City
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The government of South Korea has chosen John Hynes and Gale International to construct New Songdo City. This is an entirely new city, about the size... -
Excalibur Construction or the Dilemma of the Young Go-Getter
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A young engineer at a major Quebec construction company realizes that, over time, he has placed himself in a tricky legal and ethical position: at the... -
Matthew A. Hunter
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View 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... -
Water Shortage and Property Investing In Mexico City
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A commercial property company evaluates water risks including the government's ability to remedy, the company's operating exposure and mitigation, and... -
Smith Commercial Developments
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The president of a commercial development company needed to secure investor financing to develop a retail plaza. He must analyze the development's costs... -
APPLETON V. BAKER - Confidential Information for Baker's Agent
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Appletons and Bakers own homes on adjacent parcels of land. Larry Appleton has been transferred by his company and is selling his home. The Appletons... -
THE BULLARD HOUSES - Confidential Instructions for the Seller'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... -
Knightsbridge Custom Homebuilders Ltd.: Commitment to Core Values
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details It was 2014, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Knightsbridge Custom Homes Limited (Knightsbridge) had just purchased a site for his next project... -
Creating a Luxury Experience at Value Retail
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details Value Retail PLC owned and managed a number of premium shopping destinations (Villages) across Europe. Soon the company would be moving into an entirely... -
Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details This case follows Rodrigo Nino, founder and CEO of commercial real estate development company Prodigy Network, as he develops an equity-based crowdfunding... -
Simon's Hostile Tender for Taubman (C)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Concord Center
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A major shopping center developer and an insurance company form a joint venture to develop a 900,000 square foot super-regional shopping center. Describes... -
Stedman Place: Buy or Rent?
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A couple has to decide whether to continue renting a townhouse or buy the one next door. Allows for a discussion of net present value, internal rate of... -
This is Not What I Saw on HGTV...
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details An angry customer with a laundry list of complaints has just stormed into a local home staging company. The owner is unavailable, so her assistant must... -
The Ciputra Group: Shaping the City in Asia
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The Ciputra Group was set up by Mr. Ciputra in the 1980s, after a long entrepreneurial career with a vision to provide a business for his children. The...
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GRID: Disrupting the Real Estate Industry with Blockchain
Management Case Study11.95View Details In February 2023, Irene Cameron was preparing to launch her property technology (proptech) start-up Geo-Registry Integrated Datachain Inc. (GRID) in eastern... -
APPLETON V. BAKER - Confidential Information for Appleton's Agent
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Appletons and Bakers own homes on adjacent parcels of land. Larry Appleton has been transferred by his company and is selling his home. The Appletons... -
The Redevelopment of Palazzo Tornabuoni (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details On December 16, 2010, Byrne Murphy received a call from his Italian partner at Fingen Group. The recently-renovated Palazzo Tornabuoni, an iconic 15th... -
The Campbell Home (B)
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... -
Shanty Real Estate: Confidential Information for iBuyer 2
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Shanty is a simulation in which students inhabit the role of either a traditional home buyer or an iBuyer, both bidding on the same condo. The traditional... -
New Songdo City
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The government of South Korea has chosen John Hynes and Gale International to construct New Songdo City. This is an entirely new city, about the size... -
Excalibur Construction or the Dilemma of the Young Go-Getter
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A young engineer at a major Quebec construction company realizes that, over time, he has placed himself in a tricky legal and ethical position: at the... -
Matthew A. Hunter
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View 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... -
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. -
Water Shortage and Property Investing In Mexico City
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details A commercial property company evaluates water risks including the government's ability to remedy, the company's operating exposure and mitigation, and...