Values-Based Leadership Across Difference: The Life and Legacy of Nelson Mandela

Publication Date: September 19, 2017

On December 10, 2013 more than 90,000 South Africans gathered at the FNB Stadium in Soweto outside of Johannesburg to mourn the death of the country’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. At the stadium, several dignitaries addressed the...

Building a Community Organizing Organization: Serbia on the Move

Publication Date: August 23, 2017

In Serbia, citizens are reluctant to become politically active but young leaders Babović and Stojicic, the case protagonists, are determined to prod their peers into taking a stronger role in the country’s government. Using community...

In the Cold Light of Day: A Case Study of Argentina’s 2001-2002 Economic Crisis

Publication Date: August 21, 2017

Argentina's macroeconomic crisis of 2001-02 is a classic case of the interaction between exchange rate policy, fiscal policy, banking and external finance. It makes for a highly engaging teaching case because of its many layers. It was at one...

Cracking the Monolith: California’s Child Welfare Services Disrupts Technology Procurement (B)

Publication Date: July 10, 2017

In October 2015, two senior California officials: Marybel Batjer, Secretary for Government Operations, and Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency, seized on an idea that had the potential to turn the...

Cracking the Monolith: California’s Child Welfare Services Disrupts Technology Procurement (A)

Publication Date: July 10, 2017

In October 2015, two senior California officials: Marybel Batjer, Secretary for Government Operations, and Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency, seized on an idea that had the potential to turn the...

Fighting Pollution with Data: Environmental Audits and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board Sequel

Publication Date: June 29, 2017

In 2010, the overwhelmed Pollution Control Board in the Indian state of Gujarat faced a difficult path ahead. The agency charged with monitoring and enforcing pollution regulations in the heavily industrialized state had a problematic...

Implementation of a New Country-Wide Social Safety-Net Program: The Jamaica PATH Program (Part A )

Publication Date: April 3, 2017

In 2002, the Jamaican government redesigned its social safety net programs for children and the elderly. Their goal was to simplify and better target support to those individuals most in need. This case examines the new design for the PATH...

Examining the Role of Child Welfare in Addressing the Needs of the CSEC Population in Kentucky

Publication Date: March 30, 2017

In 2013 the Kentucky legislature passed legislation that made the child welfare agency (DCBS) responsible for investigating reported cases of Commercially Sexually Exploited Children and responding to their needs, but gave them no additional...

Innovation at GSA: Zero Environmental Footprint and the Extreme Challenge (A)

Publication Date: March 28, 2017

In 2010, Martha Johnson, new Administrator of the General Services Agency (GSA), advanced the Zero Environmental Footprint (ZEF) initiative—a sustainability initiative to render GSA’s activities environmentally neutral, agency-wide...

Miami-Dade County and Sea Rise (Sequel)

Publication Date: February 15, 2017

This sequel accompanies case number 2084.0. This case focuses on the politics and economics of local adaptation to the threat of climate change impacts. Specifically it focuses on whether a jurisdiction--Miami-Dade County--should amend a draft...

Miami-Dade County and Sea Rise

Publication Date: February 13, 2017

This case focuses on the politics and economics of local adaptation to the threat of climate change impacts. Specifically it focuses on whether a jurisdiction--Miami-Dade County--should amend a draft consent decree to fix and...

Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil

Publication Date: January 25, 2017

Vox Capital was the first certified impact investing fund in Brazil. Founded in 2009, it provides early-stage capital for companies offering innovative and scalable solutions to enhance the lives of low-income Brazilians, while aiming to...