In this fictional case, Alex, a real estate developer, is at a crossroads in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. His company is a year away from completing a 700,000-square-foot commercial office complex in downtown Moscow, but construction has paused, and the economic future is uncertain. One of his partners, who’s with a Russian company, proposes that they cut their losses and sell to a company in Kazakhstan. The other, a managing director with a large investment portfolio, thinks they can ride out the crisis. Alex has put six years into this project; now he must decide how to proceed.
Provide a two-page response detailing what you see as the most important considerations and answer Should Alex push the project forward or take the deal?
pd: I will provide you with the link in order to have access to the article. It’s a Harvard Business Article.