Airlines and Antitrust: Scrutinizing the American Airlines-US Airways Merger

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

In August 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) shocked many in the airline industry by filing a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways on the grounds that the merger would reduce competition...

Airlines and Antitrust: Scrutinizing the American Airlines-US Airways Merger (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

This sequel accompanies case number 2044.0. In August 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) shocked many in the airline industry by filing a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways on the grounds...

Devil in the Details: Designing a Social Impact Bond Agreement in Medellin

Publication Date: July 22, 2015

In July 2012, three freshly-minted Harvard Kennedy School graduates bought one-way tickets to Medellin, Colombia, to launch a nonprofit startup they called Instiglio. Their idea: to bring Social Impact Bonds, still experimental even in affluent...

Man on a Wire: Bart Stupak Walks a Tight Line between Obamacare & Abortion

Publication Date: June 17, 2015

Set in 2009-2010, during the fractious U.S. Congressional debate over enacting the Obamacare health reform bill, this ethics case focuses on the choices and constraints facing Bart Stupak, a Democratic Congressman from Michigan's Upper...

Megaprojects & the Role of the Public: Germany's Embattled 'Stuttgart 21' Rail Project

Publication Date: June 11, 2015

In February 2010, Germany's national railway broke ground on a project that had been under negotiation for more than 20 years, the Stuttgart segment of the European Magistrale, a 930-mile cross-Europe high-speed rail line that would one day...

Kalamazoo Zoo

Publication Date: April 15, 2015

Variance analysis is widely used in budgeting and managerial accounting, and is a required skill to be taught in any introductory budget course. The Kalamazoo Zoo is a short, amusing case for use in teaching variance analysis. The case is best...

The Toliza Museum of Art

Publication Date: April 15, 2015

Juan Antonio Jimenez is the new Executive Director of the Toliza Museum of Art located in Spain. Jimenez is concerned that the museum lost money in 2008 and wants to understand what the financial results for the current year (2009) are likely to...

The Vulnerability Economy: Zero-Days, Cybersecurity, and Public Policy (Epilogue)

Publication Date: February 17, 2015

This epilogue accompanies case 2029.0. In 2011, Dillon Beresford, a computer security expert, discovered a series of new vulnerabilities impacting components of widely used industrial control systems. These new previously unknown...

The Vulnerability Economy: Zero-Days, Cybersecurity, and Public Policy

Publication Date: February 17, 2015

In 2011, Dillon Beresford, a computer security expert, discovered a series of new vulnerabilities impacting components of widely used industrial control systems. These new previously unknown vulnerabilities-what are known as "zero-days"-were...

Buchanan Renewables: Bringing Power to Liberia

Publication Date: December 18, 2014

This case focuses on a proposal to build two, 17 megawatt facilities to provide power to Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The country has just come out of a bitter civil war in which almost all of its power system was destroyed. The case can be...

Measured Approach: TEGV Assesses Its Performance & Impact on Educational Enrichment Programs

Publication Date: December 18, 2014

This case traces the evolution of thinking about, and the implementation of, performance assessment at one of Turkey's largest and most respected nonprofit organizations, the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV). TEGV delivers a...

Homelessness in Harvard Square: Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Action

Publication Date: September 12, 2014

This case study is set in Harvard Square in 2012-2013, and explores how a diverse group of local stakeholders (e.g. the Cambridge Police Department, city agencies, churches, nonprofit service providers, Harvard Square businesses) comes together...