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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? -
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... -
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, […] -
The Growth Crisis—and How to Escape It
Financial analysis Magazine ArticleA combination of forces is making it harder than ever for companies to increase their revenues. But there is a way out of the trap—and it’s closer at hand than you might think. -
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... -
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.... -
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 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 […] -
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 […] -
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... -
If Work Is Digital, Why Do We Still Go to the Office?
Workspaces design Digital ArticleWe like seeing people, even if it’s inefficient. -
Managing Real Estate to Build Value
Finance and investing Magazine ArticleA comprehensive approach to corporate facilities can cut costs and increase productivity. -
How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleBy better pricing risk, it can change our behavior. -
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... -
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...
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SOHO China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Describes the success and rapid growth of a real estate entrepreneurial firm, SOHO China. As the firm enters into a new stage, its founders, Xin Zhang... -
Technical Note and Discussion on Real Estate Valuation (IBET): Back of the Envelope (BOE) on Bonhomme Place, A Case within a Case
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... -
Phu My Hung
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Privately held city development promoters decide whether to partner on next phase or go it alone in 20 year, 4000 acre project. Set outside of Ho Chi... -
City of Calgary: Financing Infrastructure
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2007, the former Calgary mayor was preparing to make the case for a Community Revitalization Levy to secure financing to develop Calgary's East Village,... -
Walden Woods
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman and Ed Linde, through their firm, Boston Properties (BP), acquired land in Concord, MA to build a 147,000-square-foot, first-class... -
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. -
Redfin: Redefine Real Estate
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2004, Redfin envisioned a light-touch model in which clients self-served using the digitized platform in exchange for a significantly lower... -
The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?
Technology & Operations Case Study14.00View Details Senior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work,... -
Jones Lang LaSalle: Reorganizing around the Customer (2005)
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Peter Roberts, CEO of Jones, Lang, LaSalle (JLL) Americas division, has been charged with expanding the company's presence in its core geographic markets... -
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... -
A Note on Real Estate Research
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This note provides a comprehensive research guide for real estate students, professionals, and executives. It includes lists of real estate industry trade... -
Cerro Redondo: From Cement Quarry to New Urban Center
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Cemgua is a large, family-owned, Guatemalan based company considering options for a 150-hectacre quarry in Guatemala's historic central district. In 2009,... -
Filene's Basement
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Filene's Basement is in the process of deciding where, and if, to locate two new stores in its new Chicago area of operations. The existing Chicago area... -
Ayala Corporation: One Family's Contribution to Nation Building
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details MAY 21, 2014, MANILA. For the first time, the World Economic Forum (WEF) had come to the Philippines. Ayala Corporation, one of the nation's oldest and... -
Land Assembly and Negotiation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Two cases of urban land assembly--one in midtown New York, the other in Atlantic City--are presented with a covering note on negotiation strategy. The... -
The Edificio Espana: A Global Investor Meets Local Politics
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The Dalian Wanda Group Co. Ltd. (Wanda) was a fast-growing real estate imperium in China, built by Jianlin Wang, the wealthiest man in China. In 2010,... -
A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details MaryAnne Gilmartin, President and CEO of Forest City Ratner ("Forest City") was planning for yet another protracted discussion over the merits of a green... -
Keller Williams Realty (B)
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow up to HR-29A, and explains the actions taken by Keller Williams in response to the residential real estate market downturn in 2008... -
WeWork: Oil Money and the Challenge of Achieving Carbon Neutrality
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details WeWork, a successful company that provides shared workspaces, has grown rapidly since its founding in 2010 and was valued at $45 billion in 2018. WeWork... -
Arthur Hill & Company Realty Services
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details The chief leasing officer (CLO) of Arthur Hill & Company was preparing Sunrise Atrium (a commercial property currently in the company's portfolio) for...
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SOHO China
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Describes the success and rapid growth of a real estate entrepreneurial firm, SOHO China. As the firm enters into a new stage, its founders, Xin Zhang... -
Financial and Environmental Impact Analysis of Sustainable Retrofitting, Teaching Note
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching Note for [KEL430]. -
Technical Note and Discussion on Real Estate Valuation (IBET): Back of the Envelope (BOE) on Bonhomme Place, A Case within a Case
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... -
Financial and Environmental Impact Analysis of Sustainable Retrofitting Spreadsheet Solution Model, Spreadsheet Supplement
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThe case puts students in the position of a young analyst working for a Chicago-based student housing developer. The premise is that the analyst, Tricia,... -
Phu My Hung
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Privately held city development promoters decide whether to partner on next phase or go it alone in 20 year, 4000 acre project. Set outside of Ho Chi... -
City of Calgary: Financing Infrastructure
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2007, the former Calgary mayor was preparing to make the case for a Community Revitalization Levy to secure financing to develop Calgary's East Village,... -
The Edificio Espana: A Global Investor Meets Local Politics, Teaching Note
Global Business Digital ArticleTeaching note for case W17465. -
Walden Woods
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman and Ed Linde, through their firm, Boston Properties (BP), acquired land in Concord, MA to build a 147,000-square-foot, first-class... -
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. -
Redfin: Redefine Real Estate
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Founded in 2004, Redfin envisioned a light-touch model in which clients self-served using the digitized platform in exchange for a significantly lower...