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Case ID
190304
Business & Society
Business Economics and Public Policy
Real Estate
Social Enterprise
Published on December 18, 2018
Finance Division

Shift Capital: Transforming the Kensington Neighborhood

Author(s)
Bruce Usher

Can Shift Capital raise the $25 million additional funding it needs to keep its real estate development plans on track for a blighted Philadelphia neighborhood?

Full Case Details about Shift Capital: Transforming the Kensington Neighborhood
Case ID
180309
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Media and Technology
Real Estate
Published on May 30, 2018
Finance Division

WeWork: Tech Comes to Commercial Real Estate

Author(s)
Gur Huberman and Lisa Shaforostova

Can coworking company WeWork transition from startup to established industry player?

Full Case Details about WeWork: Tech Comes to Commercial Real Estate
Case ID
180308
Real Estate
Strategy
Published on March 16, 2018
Finance Division

The Amazon/Whole Foods Market Transaction: Implications & Impacts on REITs

Author(s)
Michelle Felman and Russell Platt

What impact will Amazon's Whole Food acquisition have on US consumer shopping habits and, as a result, should real estate investors modify their risk analyses for all retail investments?

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Case ID
171704
Corporate Finance
Real Estate
Published on March 17, 2017
Finance Division

A Short Note on Real Estate Development Financials

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

What are the financials associated with the process of developing a real estate project and the considerations that help to determine the value of the project?

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Case ID
171703
Business Economics and Public Policy
Corporate Finance
Real Estate
Published on August 29, 2016
Finance Division

Note on Forms of Real Estate Ownership

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

What is the institutional landscape of real estate ownership in the United States?

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Case ID
171702
Real Estate
Published on August 29, 2016
Finance Division

Note on Legal Concepts for Real Property

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

What are basic legal tenets of real property and rights of ownership in the United States?

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Case ID
171701
Business Economics and Public Policy
Real Estate
Published on August 15, 2016
Finance Division

Note on Zoning Regulations

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

Why are land-use regulations such important determinants of real estate value?

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Case ID
161701
Real Estate
Risk Management
Published on March 22, 2016
Finance Division

330 North Wabash

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn and David Linn Reynolds

Could distressed Prime Group Realty be saved when the debt on its primary remaining asset—Chicago's 330 Wabash Avenue—was about to default?

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Case ID
151703
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Real Estate
Published on October 8, 2015
Finance Division

Designing a Strategy for Growth: Olshan Properties and the Transition to a Second Generation Company

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

How should CEO Andrea Olshan transition the well-established real estate firm her father had founded to a more institutional platform?

Full Case Details about Designing a Strategy for Growth: Olshan Properties and the Transition to a Second Generation Company
Case ID
151702
Real Estate
Risk Management
Published on February 2, 2015
Finance Division

Aligning Incentives: JV Opportunity for a Private Equity Real Estate Fund

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

How do you evaluate the structure of incentives for a real estate opportunity fund?

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Case ID
260305
Climate, Sustainability and Energy Transformation
Published on December 5, 2025
Finance Division

The Nature Conservancy: Financing Biodiversity Protection and Climate Adaptation

Author(s)
Bruce Usher

How should The Nature Conservancy (TNC) prioritize and select future Nature Bonds projects, given limited conservation funding, variable environmental and financial returns, and high execution complexity?

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Case ID
260202
Media and Technology
Published on December 3, 2025
Decision Risk and Operations Division

“Designed to be Deleted”: Hinge as a Digital Dating Marketplace

Author(s)
Yash Kanoria and Daniel Merlau

How should an online dating like Hinge platform design its product, algorithm, and strategy to effectively facilitate meaningful, high-quality connections in a competitive and complex digital market place?

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Case ID
260607
Healthcare
Published on October 21, 2025
Marketing Division

CRISPR Therapeutics: Gene Editing the Future of Humanity

Author(s)
Rajeev Kohli

How should Samarth Kulkarni, CEO of CRISPR Therapeutics, guide the company at a time when its path-breaking gene-editing treatment for two rare diseases struggles commercially?

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Case ID
260405
Leadership
Organizations
Strategy
Published on September 25, 2025
Management Division

Ticketech: Rolling with the Punches

Author(s)
Clayton E. Sachs, Thomas Jackson, and Amadeus Orleans

Can Diego Cuenca and his team navigate legal and operational hurdles amid a global pandemic, to transform recently-acquired garage software developer Ticketech into a success story?

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Case ID
260304
Climate, Sustainability and Energy Transformation
Published on September 25, 2025
Economics Division

Marvel Fusion

Author(s)
Gernot Wagner

How should Marvel Fusion navigate the technological challenges of commercializing laser-based fusion energy while managing investor expectations and competing against both established nuclear fission technologies and magnet-based fusion alternatives?

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