Caught in a Storm: The World Health Organization and the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Epilogue

Publication Date: May 11, 2020

The case recounts the events of the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola Outbreak, starting with the death of patient zero, a young Guinean boy named Emile Ouamouno in December 2013 and ending in August 2014 when the World Health Organization declared...

Caught in a Storm: The World Health Organization and the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Publication Date: May 11, 2020

The case recounts the events of the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola Outbreak, starting with the death of patient zero, a young Guinean boy named Emile Ouamouno in December 2013 and ending in August 2014 when the World Health Organization declared...

The “Bilbao Effect”: The Collaborative Architecture that Powered Bilbao’s Urban Revival Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: April 30, 2020

This Practitioner Guide is designed to assist facilitators in leading a conversation about the case, "The Bilbao Effect," HKS Case 2180.0. In 2018, Bilbao was presented with the Best European City award, adding the prize to a long list the...

The “Bilbao Effect”: The Collaborative Architecture that Powered Bilbao’s Urban Revival

Publication Date: April 30, 2020

In 2018, Bilbao was presented with the Best European City award, adding the prize to a long list the Spanish city had collected since the mid-2000s. The success was often attributed to the Guggenheim museum, giving name to the"Guggenheim effect...

Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (Epilogue)

Publication Date: April 1, 2020

On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the...

Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (B)

Publication Date: April 1, 2020

On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the...

Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (A)

Publication Date: April 1, 2020

On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the...

Fighting Counterfeit Currency through Cross-Boundary Collaboration Case B

Publication Date: March 31, 2020

An innovative collaboration between the central bank, civil prosecutor’s office and the police combine to reduce counterfeit currency. Learning Objective:1.    Cross-boundary collaboration is needed to solve complex issues.2...

Fighting Counterfeit Currency through Cross-Boundary Collaboration Case A

Publication Date: March 31, 2020

An innovative collaboration between the central bank, civil prosecutor’s office and the police combine to reduce counterfeit currency. Learning Objective:1.    Cross-boundary collaboration is needed to solve complex issues.2...

The Chiapas Puzzle

Publication Date: March 23, 2020

For the twenty years following the Zapatista uprising (1994-2013), the federal government had placed a lot of resources and policy attention in an effort to reduce the large income gaps between Chiapas and the rest of Mexico. Public investment...

Ojek: Regulating Motorcycle Taxis in Jakarta

Publication Date: March 18, 2020

Motorcycles are by far the most popular form of motorized transportation in Indonesia, and are used to provide taxi-like service called ojek as well. In 2014, the two biggest providers of app-based, online booking and payment for conventional...

The Quest for Achieving Financial Inclusion: M-Pesa Versus UPI

Publication Date: February 3, 2020

In 2019, World Bank analyst Abebi Eke had a difficult assignment: decide whether to recommend that the World Bank, in line with its commitment to expanding financial inclusion to the world’s poor, lend its support to a particular digital...