What You Can Expect
Helping Firms Plan, Invest, and Grow
Develop India: Real Estate Strategies for Successful Organizations provides the analytical tools, context, and strategic frameworks to help firms plan, invest, grow, and compete amid the highly complex and increasingly global factors that are reshaping India. Your firm will gain new approaches that will give it added flexibility to:
- Compare and contrast the investment curves, operating cash flow, and relative volatility of the five major commercial real estate categories: office, retail, apartment, hospitality, and industrial
- Anticipate and invest for the future based on real estate fundamentals: supply/demand metrics, macroeconomic and demographic analysis, financial projections, and scenario planning
- Explore large-scale development issues, including site selection, sustainable design, innovative capital sources, and the impact of phasing decisions
- Enhance the long-range profitability of new projects and investments by combining financial tools and planning concepts
Enhancing Your Contribution as a Leader
Through relevant case studies, a personal action plan, and highly focused lectures, this intensive Harvard Business School program will help you address the unique challenges and opportunities that you face as you develop or invest in the built environment in India. Our groundbreaking curriculum, world-renowned faculty, and the shared insights and perspectives of an elite gathering of international peers will give you the elements you need to build a strategy for success that you can bring back and implement across your organization. You will:
- Become fluent in the financial analysis of international-class real estate, including pro-forma financial statements, discounted cash flows, and complex capital structures
- Gain a deeper understanding of marketing, business strategy, and leadership best practices in high-growth service firms
- Apply lessons learned from other large infrastructure settings and developments around the globe
"This program was an immense eye-opener. From innovative technologies to new operational models, we explored a large number of cases that were relevant to India. I found the introduction to international deal structuring models and product types to be especially helpful. This learning experience is an effective platform for senior executives to acquire new industry perspectives and lead their companies on the path to success."
Dinabandhu Patra [Founder and Managing Director], Founder and Managing Director