HBSP (USA)
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Making Lemonade in Chicago's Troubled Neighborhoods
Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Lamas, Jazzmin; Strope, LisaCase HBS-212042-EFinanceThis case focuses on the complexities of building a real estate portfolio in two low-income neighborhoods of Chicago, Roseland and Englewood, during the foreclosure crises in 2011.Starting at €8.20
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Pioneers in Colombia
Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Strope, LisaCase HBS-212050-EFinanceIn 2011, Equity International made a $75 million equity investment in Bogota-based real estate company, Terranum Development and became the first institutional real estate investor in Colombia.Starting at €8.20
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Generator Hostels: The Way Out
Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Strope, LisaCase HBS-213069-EEntrepreneurshipJosh Wyatt, Director of Patron Capital Partners, needs to make an exit decision for a successful investment in Generator Hostels. After five years of explosive growth and in the middle of a financial crisis, Wyatt needs to evaluation Patron's alternatives: IPO the platform, seek a strategic investor or sell the platform outright.Starting at €8.20
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Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Vice President of Store Operations Supplement
Moreno, Antonio; Gallino, Santiago; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-621105-EService and Operations ManagementIn April 2019, Sylvia VP of Store Operations Axley Vega must review an analysis of her department's sales data to determine the impact of the company's Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program. BOPS implementation created significant problems for the stStarting at €8.20
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Pinckney Street
Poorvu, William J.; Segel, Arthur I; Vogel, John H., Jr.; Strope, Lisa; Dylus, ErichCase HBS-813182-EFinanceAlthough inexperienced in real estate, Edward Alexander hopes in June 2013 that youthful enthusiasm and an $240,000 in savings and inheritance will help him enter the real estate business. His experience chronicles the process of finding, evaluating, and acquiring a four-unit brownstone in need of renovation in the Beacon Hill area of Boston. The case also identifies the various players in the process. A rewritten version of an earlier caseStarting at €8.20
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Hardina Smythe and the Healthcare Investment Conundrum
Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew; Leamon, Ann; Strope, LisaCase HBS-811073-EFinanceHardina Smythe, a recent MBA graduate, has just joined a top-tier venture capital firm in the difficult environment of late 2010. Her first assignment is to evaluate three different deals and make recommendations to the partners. Each potential investment has strengths and drawbacks for both the firm and Hardina.Starting at €8.20
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Getting Back to Your Roots: Rose Carpenter's Story
Davis, John A.; Kraus, Janet; Strope, LisaCase HBS-813077-EEntrepreneurshipRose Carpenter is a successful entrepreneur who is considering the personal implications of leaving the business she created to pursue her own interests.Starting at €8.20
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Bonnie Road
Segel, Arthur I; Vogel, John H., Jr.; Strope, LisaCase HBS-813186-EFinanceVictor Alexander was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Garden State Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Bonnie Road Distribution Center in Somerset, New Jersey, for $9.7 million. It was April 2013 and the New Jersey real estate market was recovering and the capital markets were in disarray. Alexander had convinced 10 friends to put up $200,000 each in addition to his own $2...Starting at €8.20
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Girls Who Code
Trelstad, Brian; Klopfenstein, Amy; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-320055-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeach this case online with new suggestions added to the Teaching Note. In 2012, Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code (GWC) with the mission of closing the technology (tech) industry's gender gap. While GWC offered coding education programs to middle- aStarting at €8.20
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OpCo / PropCo Valuation
Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Strope, Lisa; Hettinger, John CCase HBS-213070-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note describes the "OpCo/PropCo" process of valuing a real estate intensive business. The term "OpCo/PropCo" refers to a business arrangement in which a consolidated, real estate-intensive enterprise is split into two separate businesses: (1) A property company and (2) the underlying operating business.Starting at €8.20