BUSINESS CHALLENGE In September 2005, Starwood Capital reached an important phase in its acquisition of Société du Louvre, Europe’s second-largest hotel network. As per normal procedure, the investment firm needed to perform due diligence on the properties involved in the transaction. This time, however, the process presented a new challenge: the company had one month to assess 290 hotels in 10 European countries. To facilitate this effort, S

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