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...

Preventing Another Madoff: Reengineering the SEC’s Investigation Process

Publication Date: July 22, 2015

Bernard Madoff perpetrated a $60 billion fraud that lasted for more than a decade. The fallout ruined the lives of many of his investors and significantly damaged the reputation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). How did the...

Oregon's Wind Energy Health Impact Assessment

Publication Date: July 22, 2015

From 2010 through 2013, the Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division conducted its first health impact assessment (HIA), a process in which a public health organization draws on an array of analytical techniques to gauge the likely...

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...

Marketing - A Tool to Create Public Value

Publication Date: April 2, 2015

This note provides an overview of the elements of marketing strategy, and explains how they can be applied in the public and not-for-profit sectors. Elements necessary for a successful marketing strategy (segmentation, pricing (including price...

On Your Bike! Using Marketing Mix to Drive Successful Bicycle Sharing Programs in Europe

Publication Date: March 04, 2015

European municipalities, eager to increase the use of environmentally friendly forms of public transportation, offered bicycle sharing programs as adjuncts to their public transportation systems. This case focuses on the bicycle sharing systems...

Reclaiming the American Dream: Thomas Perez and the Department of Labor

Publication Date: March 04, 2015

In July 2013 Tom Perez became the United States' 26th Secretary of Labor. Perez took the helm of the Department of Labor at a critical juncture. In recent years, the U.S. economy was marred by historically high rates of unemployment, fueled by...