Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

This case covers the career of Christine Lagarde from 2005 to 2011 after she joins the French Government. After serving several grueling years as Finance Minister during the financial crises that started in 2007/2008, she is being considered as...

Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

This case covers formative events and influences in Christine Lagarde's childhood and her trajectory from studying political science and law to heading the world's largest law firm. As she prepares to transition back to practice in 2005, the new...

Christine Lagarde (Extended)

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

For a modular presentation of the same material, please see Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls (2136.0), Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant (2137.0), and Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF (2138.0). These...

Aadhaar: India’s Big Experiment with Unique Identification (B)

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

Many people take identity for granted, confident that they can prove they are who they say they are by using a driver’s license or other ID card. For many millions of people, this is not the case. They possess not only no driver’s...

Aadhaar: India’s Big Experiment with Unique Identification (A)

Publication Date: August 20, 2018

Many people take identity for granted, confident that they can prove they are who they say they are by using a driver’s license or other ID card. For many millions of people, this is not the case. They possess not only no driver’s...

Uber Comes to Boston

Publication Date: August 17, 2018

On August 5, 2016, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law Massachusetts’ first statewide regulations on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. The law was a monumental victory for the ride-sharing companies given that a few years...

Rise of China

Publication Date: July 16, 2018

There is little doubt that China will be a significant power in the 21st century. The question is what kind of global actor will it be? This two-part case (presented in a single document) takes a comprehensive look at China's extraordinary...

New Peril, Old Adversary: George W. Bush, 9/11, & Iraq (B) The Road to War, September 2002 to March 2003

Publication Date: June 30, 2018

The U.S. choice to go to war with Iraq, beginning in March 2003, was enormously consequential. This two-part case, developed for an HKS course called “Power Shifts: Understanding Global Change Through History,” goes back in time to...

New Peril, Old Adversary: George W. Bush, 9/11, & Iraq (A) The United States & Iraq, 1980 to 2002

Publication Date: June 30, 2018

The U.S. choice to go to war with Iraq, beginning in March 2003, was enormously consequential. This two-part case, developed for an HKS course called “Power Shifts: Understanding Global Change Through History,” goes back in time to...

A Cascade of Emergencies (A): Responding to Superstorm Sandy in New York City

Publication Date: June 30, 2018

On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sandy’s massive size, coupled with an unusual combination of meteorological conditions, fueled an especially powerful and destructive storm surge, which...

Mothers of Rotterdam: Scaling a Social Services Program in the Netherlands

Publication Date: June 7, 2018

Board Chair Nanne Boonstra was about to learn the details of a scaling strategy proposal for Mothers of Rotterdam, a fledgling social service program that helped the city’s disadvantaged pregnant women.Boonstra’s employer, a venture...

Transforming Desert Land & Human Potential: Egypt’s ‘SEKEM’ Initiative Reaches a Crossroads

Publication Date: May 31, 2018

The SEKEM initiative, headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, was an unusual social enterprise by any standard. It produced organic products; provided health, education and arts programs to the local community; and—more broadly, sought to create a...