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Case ID
151701
Corporate Finance
Real Estate
Published on August 21, 2014
Finance Division

Use of Capitalization Rates in Real Estate Financial Analysis

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn and Tod McGrath

What is the role of capitalization rates in real estate financial analysis?

Full Case Details about Use of Capitalization Rates in Real Estate Financial Analysis
Case ID
141704
Real Estate
Published on May 22, 2014
Finance Division

Note on the Mortgage as a Security Interest

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

How can a commercial mortgage be utilized as a security interest?

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Case ID
141702
Real Estate
Published on February 10, 2014
Finance Division

The Trianon

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

Should Madison International Reality acquire a 50% equity position in the Trianon, a 45-story, trophy-quality office building located in the central business district of Frankfurt?

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Case ID
141701
Real Estate
Published on January 7, 2014
Finance Division

Archstone From 2007 to 2013 Who Said Life was Easy?

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn and Jared Nutt '13

How might Lehman Brothers' investment in a large REIT have contributed to its bankruptcy?

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Case ID
131703
Real Estate
Published on March 29, 2013
Finance Division

Hostel, Friendly, or Both? The American Hotel

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn and Scott Shaprio
Full Case Details about Hostel, Friendly, or Both? The American Hotel
Case ID
131702
Real Estate
Published on March 21, 2013
Finance Division

Godrej Properties Limited: Public vs. Private Real Estate Investment in Emerging Markets

Author(s)
Camille Douglas and Ankur Gupta
Full Case Details about Godrej Properties Limited: Public vs. Private Real Estate Investment in Emerging Markets
Case ID
131701
Real Estate
Published on January 9, 2012
Finance Division

Fractured Condominium Investment Opportunity: Sierra Vista

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn, Troy Daniel , and Michael Gusich

Should investors move quickly on a deal to acquire a fractured condo/apartment in a rapidly growing community in the Southwest?

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Case ID
91701
Real Estate
Published on January 9, 2009
Finance Division

Capturing the Chrysler Building

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn and Rona Smith

What acquisition strategy is best to pursue when bidding for an architectural icon like New York's Chrysler Building?

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Case ID
101710
Real Estate
Published on January 9, 2012
Finance Division

Distressed Debt Investing The Hancock Tower & Garage

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn

Should a real estate investment firm acquire a tranche of mezzanine debt on the John Hancock Tower?

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Case ID
121702
Real Estate
Published on December 20, 2012
Finance Division

Battling Over a New York Workout: The W Hotel Strategy

Author(s)
Lynne Sagalyn and Fred Knapp '12

How did a mid-sized private equity firm win out over two deep-pocketed senior mezzanine lenders when a defaulted loan threatened to wipe out its investment?

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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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