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      Healthy Buildings in 2070

      By: John D. Macomber and Joseph G. Allen
      Fifty years seems a very long time in the future for most industries. Not so in buildings and real estate; built structures routinely last decades if not hundreds of years, as long as they are economically competitive. Any discussion of the 50-year future has to...  View Details
      Keywords: Health & Wellness; Real Estate; Architectural Innovation; Public Health; Health; buildings And facilities; Well-being
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      Macomber, John D., and Joseph G. Allen. "Healthy Buildings in 2070." The Bridge 50, no. S (Winter 2020): 11–14. (Special 50th Anniversary Issue edited by Ronald M. Latanision.)
      • July 2020 (Revised November 2020)
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      Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads

      By: Christina R. Wing and John Masko
      For decades, Gera Developments (Gera) was a boutique family-owned real estate development firm in Pune, India. But since 2000, managing director Rohit Gera had turned the company into a dynamic innovator in housing solutions for urban Indian families. Over the 2010s,...  View Details
      Keywords: buildings And facilities; Business Growth And Maturation; Construction; Geographic Location; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms And Management; Housing; Leadership Style; Management Succession; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Family And Family Relationships; Urban Development; Customization And Personalization; Real Estate Industry; Maharashtra; India; United States
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      Wing, Christina R., and John Masko. "Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 621-018, July 2020. (Revised November 2020.)
      • 2020
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      Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity

      By: Joseph Allen and John D. Macomber
      By the time you reach 80, you will have spent 72 years of your life indoors. Like it or not, humans have become an indoor species. This means that the people who design, build, and maintain our buildings can have a major impact on our health.
      Ever feel tired...  View Details
      Keywords: Architecture; Real Estate Development; Air Pollution; Air Quality; Public Health; Productivity Gains; buildings And facilities; Health; Pollutants; Performance Productivity; Construction Industry
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      Allen, Joseph, and John D. Macomber. Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020.
      • March 2020
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      A Tower for the People: 425 Park Avenue

      By: John Macomber, Joseph G. Allen and Emily Jones
      Healthy buildings and superior air quality are increasingly important since people now spend so much time indoors. Indoor spaces drive performance and productivity. Commercial real estate landlords and investors are responding to the demands of sophisticated tenants...  View Details
      Keywords: Health And Wellness; Real Estate; Sustainability; Health; Pollution; buildings And facilities; Performance Productivity; Finance; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, Ny)
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      Macomber, John, Joseph G. Allen, and Emily Jones. "A Tower for the People: 425 Park Avenue." Harvard Business School Case 220-065, March 2020.
      • November 2019
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      Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by...  View Details
      Keywords: Batteries; Rechargeable Batteries; Lithium-ion; Lithium-ion Batteries; Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Markets; Energy Storage; Battery; Demand Uncertainty; Demand Forecasting; Supply & Demand; Supply And Demand; Capacity Planning; Tesla; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Change; Technology Change; Technology Commercialization; Policy; Policy Change; Subsidies; Power/energy; Power Grid; Energy Policy; Developing Markets; Alevo; Samsung; Lg Chem; Catl; Northvolt; General Motors; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Policy; Demand And Consumers; Forecasting And Prediction; Supply And Industry; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; China
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?" Harvard Business School Case 720-371, November 2019.
      • October 14, 2019
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      The Truth About Open Offices: There Are Reasons Why They Don't Produce the Desired Interactions

      By: Ethan Bernstein and Ben Waber
      It’s never been easier for workers to collaborate—or so it seems. Open, flexible, activity-based spaces are displacing cubicles, making people more visible. Messaging is displacing phone calls, making people more accessible. Enterprise social media such as Slack and...  View Details
      Keywords: buildings And facilities; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Technology; Design; Human Resources; Performance Productivity; Organizational Design
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      Bernstein, Ethan, and Ben Waber. "The Truth About Open Offices: There Are Reasons Why They Don't Produce the Desired Interactions." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 6 (November–December 2019): 82–91.
      • October 2019
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      Agility Africa

      By: Juan Alcacer, Caroline M. Elkins and Esel Çekin
      This case illustrates the challenge and opportunities that firms face when developing and executing new business models in high-risk, low-infrastructure, low-trust countries. It features a global logistics group, Agility, that aimed to become the leader in supplying...  View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Business Model; Innovation And Invention; Expansion; Emerging Markets; Decision Choices And Conditions; Real Estate Industry; Distribution Industry; Africa
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      Alcacer, Juan, Caroline M. Elkins, and Esel Çekin. "Agility Africa." Harvard Business School Case 720-357, October 2019.
      • July 2019
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      Bjarke Ingels Group

      By: Boris Groysberg and Aldo Sesia
      Danish-born Bjarke Ingels is regarded as a giant in the field of architecture. He started his firm—the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)—in 2005 in Copenhagen. Fourteen years later, the firm has additional offices in New York City, London, and Barcelona and employs over 500...  View Details
      Keywords: buildings And facilities; Design; Growth Management; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Talent And Talent Management; Urban Development; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Construction Industry; Service Industry; Real Estate Industry; Denmark; Spain; United Kingdom; United States; New York (city, Ny)
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Aldo Sesia. "Bjarke Ingels Group." Harvard Business School Case 420-026, July 2019.
      • July 2019 (Revised January 2020)
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      Backstage at Boston Ballet

      By: David G. Fubini, Begum Agca Okutgen and Julia Kelley
      At the beginning of her second year with Boston Ballet, Executive Director Meredith "Max" Hodges got some bad news—a developer had purchased one of Boston Ballet's school locations and was planning to terminate Boston Ballet's lease. Hodges had already overseen a...  View Details
      Keywords: Arts; buildings And facilities; Decision Making; Theater Entertainment; Leadership; Business Or Company Management; Mission And Purpose; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Problems And Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Marketing; Price; Fine Arts Industry; Entertainment And Recreation Industry; Education Industry; United States; North America; Massachusetts; Boston; New England; Northeastern United States
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      Fubini, David G., Begum Agca Okutgen, and Julia Kelley. "Backstage at Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Case 420-005, July 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
      • 2018
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      After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic Legacy and Prevent Olympic Sites from Becoming White Elephants

      By: Isao Okada and Stephen A. Greyser
      In recent years, the total spending on hosting the Olympic Games has snowballed. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games spent $40 billion on infrastructure development, and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics reached $50 billion. Even when the glorious but costly Olympic Games come...  View Details
      Keywords: Olympic Venue; Effective Reuse; White Elephant; Sustainability; buildings And facilities; Sports
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      Okada, Isao, and Stephen A. Greyser. "After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic Legacy and Prevent Olympic Sites from Becoming White Elephants." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-019, August 2018.
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      The Impact of the 'Open' Workspace on Human Collaboration

      By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephen Turban
      Organizations’ pursuit of increased workplace collaboration has led managers to transform traditional office spaces into “open,” transparency-enhancing architectures with fewer walls, doors, and other spatial boundaries, yet there is scant direct empirical research on...  View Details
      Keywords: Open Office; Transparency; Collaboration; Collective Intelligence; Workspace; Workspace Design; Architecture; Cubicles; Boundaries; Spatial Boundaries; Human Behavior; Propinquity; Co-location; Interaction; Sociometers; People Analytics; buildings And facilities; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Networks; Social And Collaborative Networks; Technology; United States
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      Bernstein, Ethan, and Stephen Turban. "The Impact of the 'Open' Workspace on Human Collaboration." Art. 239. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences 373, no. 1753 (August 19, 2018).
      • March 2018
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      Chewy.com (B)

      By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
      Cohen and Chewy’s other board members decided to fully insource order fulfilment and commenced building an order fulfilment center near its 3PL partner’s facility. As soon as the 3PL learned that Chewy would be managing its own order fulfillment; however, it decided to...  View Details
      Keywords: Pet Food; Pet Products; Retail; E-commerce; Growth And Development Strategy; Service Operations; Decision Choices And Conditions; Retail Industry; Service Industry
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      Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Matthew G. Preble. "Chewy.com (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 818-105, March 2018.
      • October 2016
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      24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become...  View Details
      Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; buildings And facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus And Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Age; Training; Private Equity; Financing And Loans; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Selection And Staffing; Journals And Magazines; Human Capital; Business Or Company Management; Goals And Objectives; Growth And Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing; Brands And Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Demand And Consumers; Market Entry And Exit; Media; Organizational Design; Private Ownership; Problems And Challenges; Groups And Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation Or Environment; Welfare Or Wellbeing; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Software; Web Sites; Value; Valuation; Health Industry; Media And Broadcasting Industry; United States; California; San Francisco
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      Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-423, October 2016.
      • October 2016
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      The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      In 2016, LA Fitness was the largest chain of non-franchised fitness clubs in North America, operating 676 clubs, serving 4.9 million members, and generating revenues of over $1.9 billion. Founded by Chinyol Yi, Louis Welch, and Paul Norris in 1984, the privately held...  View Details
      Keywords: La Fitness; Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; Planet Fitness; buildings And facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Model; For-profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus And Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Demographics; Age; Gender; Income; Residency; Borrowing And Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Cost; Private Equity; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Financing And Loans; Investment Return; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms And Management; Business History; Employees; Recruitment; Selection And Staffing; Human Capital; Contracts; Business Or Company Management; Goals And Objectives; Growth And Development Strategy; Market Entry And Exit; Operations; Service Operations; Leasing; Private Ownership; Problems And Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation Or Environment; Opportunities; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Technology Platform; Health Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles
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      Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 717-424, October 2016.
      • April 2016 (Revised December 2019)
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      Dan Gilbert: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?

      By: Nori Gerardo Lietz
      Keywords: Detroit; Rock Ventures; Dan Gilbert; Real Estate; buildings And facilities; Demographics; Financial Crisis; Government And Politics; Housing; Risk And Uncertainty; Real Estate Industry; United States
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      Lietz, Nori Gerardo. "Dan Gilbert: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?" Harvard Business School Case 216-066, April 2016. (Revised December 2019.)
      • March 2016
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      Advanced Leadership Pathways: Inge Skjelfjord and the Cacao Supply Chain

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      Inge Skjelfjord, with a long career in international finance focused on agribusiness projects, had a vision to build a cacao research center that would help smallholder cacao farmers, who benefited the least from the chocolate value chain. He aimed to support the...  View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Research; Farming; Farm; Education; Policy; Change Management; Economic Growth; Innovation; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Agribusiness; Education; Economic Growth; Research; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Ecuador
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Inge Skjelfjord and the Cacao Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 316-122, March 2016.
      • March 2015 (Revised April 2015)
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      The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosytems in the Thermostat Industry

      By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman
      Beth Wozniak, President of Honeywell Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) at Honeywell International Inc., spun around in her office chair, reflecting about how the classic, mature thermostat industry was rapidly evolving. In February 2014, Google paid $3.2...  View Details
      Keywords: Honeywell; Thermostats; Internet Of Things; Smart Thermostats; Google; Nest; Apple; Homekit; Smartthings; Partnerships; Platforms And Ecosystems; Linkages; Communication Protocols; Strategy; Technology; Home Automation; Connected Home; buildings And facilities; Energy; Hardware; Software; Internet; Technology Platform; Partners And Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Energy Industry; Electronics Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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      Collis, David, and Ashley Hartman. "The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosytems in the Thermostat Industry." Harvard Business School Case 715-455, March 2015. (Revised April 2015.)
      • November 2014
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      Government Green Procurement Spillovers: Evidence from Municipal Building Policies in California

      By: Timothy Simcoe and Michael W. Toffel
      We study how government green procurement policies influence private-sector demand for similar products. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building...  View Details
      Keywords: Public Procurement; Green Building; Quality Certification; Environmental Policy; buildings And facilities; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Government And Politics; Green Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; California
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      Simcoe, Timothy, and Michael W. Toffel. "Government Green Procurement Spillovers: Evidence from Municipal Building Policies in California." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 68, no. 3 (November 2014): 411–434. (Lead article.)
      • October 2014
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      Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living

      By: Charles F. Wu and Ben Eppler
      Tom Alperin's firm National Development is an experienced multifamily and commercial developer in the Northeast. It has a strong track record for working on challenging projects, delivering high quality products and generating strong returns for his investors. The firm...  View Details
      Keywords: Housing; Age; Investment Return; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; Massachusetts
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      Wu, Charles F., and Ben Eppler. "Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 215-029, October 2014.
      • July 2014 (Revised May 2015)
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      Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living

      By: Charles F. Wu, Joseph Beyer and Arthur I. Segel
      Tom Alperin's National Development has purchased a building site in affluent Wellesley, MA, and is in the process of deciding whether to build apartments, a combination of independent living and assisted living units for seniors, or perhaps even higher acuity...  View Details
      Keywords: Senior Living; Assisted Living; Independent Living; Property; Finance; Real Estate Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States
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      Wu, Charles F., and Joseph Beyer. "Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living." Harvard Business School Case 215-003, July 2014. (Revised May 2015.)
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