Fighting Bonded Labor in Rural India: Village Activist Gyarsi Bai Tackles an Entrenched System of Coercion

Publication Date: October 13, 2015

A multimedia case is an integral part of the case study. It features short interviews with Gyarsi Bai, the case protagonist, as well as three former bonded laborers. In October 2010, the beating of a young bonded laborer--his punishment for...

The Quest for Sustainable Public Transit Funding: SEPTA’s 2013 Capital Budget Crisis (Sequel)

Publication Date: October 7, 2015

Designed for a course in public finance or in transportation, this case describes the financial crisis that, in 2013, loomed over the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the transit system serving Philadelphia and four...

The Quest for Sustainable Public Transit Funding: SEPTA’s 2013 Capital Budget Crisis

Publication Date: October 7, 2015

Designed for a course in public finance or in transportation, this case describes the financial crisis that, in 2013, loomed over the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the transit system serving Philadelphia and four...

Queuing Theory to the Rescue: Managing Security Screening Lines at Logan Airport

Publication Date: September 17, 2015

Lines at airports, at the ticket counter, security screening or at the gate, make air travel a stressful experience. Queues are especially problematic during peak travel periods when space and processing capacity are constrained. These are the...

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: Vice Admiral John Mateczun and JTF CapMed (A) (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 17, 2015

This case is part of a four part series that examines the merger of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Military Center at Bethesda--the most expensive, controversial and largest hospital merger in US history. The series...

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: Integrating Army and Navy Cultures at the New Walter Reed (B)

Publication Date: September 17, 2015

This case is part of a four part series that examines the merger of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Military Center at Bethesda--the most expensive, controversial and largest hospital merger in US history. The series...

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center: Vice Admiral John Mateczun and JTF CapMed (A)

Publication Date: September 17, 2015

This case is part of a four part series that examines the merger of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Military Center at Bethesda--the most expensive, controversial and largest hospital merger in US history. The series...

Oregon’s Experiment with Coordinated Care Organizations

Publication Date: August 20, 2015

When Dr. John Kitzhaber became Oregon's Governor in January 2011, the state faced a reported $2 billion deficit in the state's Medicaid budget. Consequently, Kitzhaber, working in partnership with his top health policy advisors and an array of...

Setting the Standard in Free Trade: The Making of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Publication Date: August 20, 2015

In July 2013, more than 150 negotiators from the European Union and the United States converged in Washington, D.C. to begin crafting what could become the world's largest free trade agreement--the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership...

Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (B)(Epilogue)

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

In spring 2009, North Dakota experienced some of the worst flooding in state history. This case describes how the state's National Guard responded by mobilizing thousands of its troops and working in concert with personnel and equipment from six...

Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (B)

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

In spring 2009, North Dakota experienced some of the worst flooding in state history. This case describes how the state's National Guard responded by mobilizing thousands of its troops and working in concert with personnel and equipment from six...

Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (A)

Publication Date: August 13, 2015

In spring 2009, North Dakota experienced some of the worst flooding in state history. This case describes how the state's National Guard responded by mobilizing thousands of its troops and working in concert with personnel and equipment from six...