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A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese
Wu, Charles FCase HBS-218010-EFinanceMaryAnne Gilmartin, President and CEO of Forest City Ratner ("Forest City") was planning for yet another protracted discussion over the merits of a green roof for part of her $5 billion dollar new development in Brooklyn. While the low seven-figure cost overrun was to be "value-engineered" and in the scheme of things, this budgeted item was not going to impact the financial success of the project, it had become a heated source of contention. Was ...Starting at €8.20
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SOHO China: Transformation in Progress
Wu, Charles FCase HBS-217023-EFinanceIn 2016 against the backdrop of a challenging Chinese macroeconomic environment, SOHO China, the largest owner and developer of Class-A real estate in Beijing and Shanghai, was struggling to convince analysts of the merits of their new "build-to-hold" strategy. Founded as a merchant builder, the company went public in 2007 raising a record USD 1.9 billion, but the firm, led by Zhang Xin, refocused in 2012 towards a "build-to-hold" strategy in an ...Starting at €8.20
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Opium and Entrepreneurship in the Nineteenth Century, Teaching Plan
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Giacomin, ValeriaTeaching Note HBS-818063-EEconomicsTeaching plan for case 805010.Starting at €0.00
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Real Estate in China: A Technical Note for SOHO China
Wu, Charles FCase HBS-217029-EFinanceA technical note on the state of Chinese commercial real estate and the effects of China's slowing growth. This note was written in conjunction with the case study "SOHO China: Transformation in Progress."Starting at €8.20
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A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese, Teaching Note
Wu, Charles FTeaching Note HBS-219011-EFinanceTeaching note for case 218010.Starting at €0.00
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Olivia Lum: Wanting to Save the World
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Alamsyah, EssieCase HBS-316178-EThis case considers the entrepreneurial career of Olivia Lum, who founded the Singaporean water company Hyflux in 1989. An orphan born in Malaysia, Lum provides a rare case of an entrepreneurial success in a country whose economic success has primarily rested on state-owned and foreign firms. The case describes the formidable challenges she initially faced, her subsequent breakthrough in China, and the subsequent growth as a global water treatmen...Starting at €8.20
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Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Yang, AmandaCase HBS-317045-EThis case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by real estate wife and husband moguls Zhang Zin and Pan Shiyi. After exploring how they became billionaires through investing in the booming China real estate market in the 1990s, the case discusses their decision to found the Foundation in the context of the belated emergence of philanthropy in China, and the contin...Starting at €8.20
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Experiencya Cuba: Two Entrepreneurs in Havana
Wu, Charles F; Cal, Mariana; Miguel, FernandaCase HBS-220024-EEconomicsIn 2019, two Cuban entrepreneurs discussed their growth strategy, given the regulatory framework instability, for private companies, in Cuba. Experiencya Cuba offered car and apartment rentals, airport pick-up, and tours around the island, all conducted in perfectly restored American cars from the 1950s.Starting at €8.20
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Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Spadafora, AndrewCase HBS-314087-EConsiders the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit to Pola's head office in Tokyo, heard news of critical comments about the company and animal testing in a Facebook post from a group in South Australia, where the brand had been fo...Starting at €8.20
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SOHO China: Transformation in Progress, Teaching Note
Wu, Charles F; Schultz, Alexander W.Teaching Note HBS-217034-EStrategyTeaching note for case 217023.Starting at €0.00