Betty Lou’s Budget: Introductory Spreadsheet Training for Budgeting and Financial Management (A)

Publication Date: September 22, 2016

This is an introductory case with a simple narrative designed to teach students the basics of designing a simple financial spreadsheet. The follow-up B case may be used to teach the basic steps for creating pivot tables. The topic is based on a...

Divided We Stand: Gay Marriage Rulings and Official Disobedience

Publication Date: August 25, 2016

On June, 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection of equal liberty, effectively overturning the law. Pennsylvania, however, banned same-sex...

Lucinda Creighton and the Irish Abortion Bill Vote

Publication Date: August 18, 2016

On June 16, 2013, the Irish government sponsored the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, which proposed to allow abortions when doctors determined the procedure was necessary to save the life of the mother. The bill was introduced in...

The Mosquito Network: Collaborative Entrepreneurship in the Fight to Eliminate Malaria Deaths (B)

Publication Date: July 28, 2016

“The Mosquito Network” describes the appointment and work of Ray Chambers, a retired private equity entrepreneur, as the United Nations’ Special Envoy for Malaria. The A case covers the modern history of efforts to combat...

The Mosquito Network: Collaborative Entrepreneurship in the Fight to Eliminate Malaria Deaths (A)

Publication Date: July 28, 2016

“The Mosquito Network” describes the appointment and work of Ray Chambers, a retired private equity entrepreneur, as the United Nations’ Special Envoy for Malaria. The A case covers the modern history of efforts to combat...

6 Minutes: Community Organizing in Amman, Jordan

Publication Date: July 28, 2016

This case describes how community leaders in Amman, Jordan used a community organizing framework to launch and manage a major campaign, 6 Minutes, to encourage residents to commit time to reading for pleasure. Using Marshall Ganz’s...

The National Guard’s Response to the 2010 Pakistan Floods

Publication Date: July 27, 2016

Throughout the summer of 2010, Pakistan experienced severe flooding that overtook a large portion of the country, displacing millions of people, causing extensive physical damage, and resulting in significant economic losses. This case focuses...

Scared Straight: Freeport City Council Takes on Juvenile Delinquency

Publication Date: July 8, 2016

A newly elected city council member is facing her first vote—an appropriations measure to increase funding for the Scared Straight program. Juvenile crime is rising in the city, citizens are concerned and want the government to do...

Hero or Traitor? Edward Snowden and the NSA Spying Program (Sequel)

Publication Date: June 22, 2016

This sequel accompanies HKS Case Number 2018.0. On June 5, 2013, a London newspaper reported that the United States National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers in the U.S. The story was...

'Fixing Our Politics', One Vote at a Time: Public Policy Graduates Aim to Boost Turnout with TurboVote

Publication Date: June 20, 2016

This case, about creating a startup with a social mission, is designed to help students think through the strategic alignment of public value, legitimacy/support, and operational capacity in a simple context. Together with an in-class video...

Surviving the Surge: New York City Hospitals Respond to Superstorm Sandy

Publication Date: May 23, 2016

This case explores the experiences of three Manhattan-based hospitals during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Beginning with an overview of how the hospitals prepared in the months and days leading up to the storm, it focuses primarily on decisions...

Hubway (B): Note on the Critical Fractile

Publication Date: May 23, 2016

In the summer of 2014, Alta Bicycle Share, Inc had just won its second contract to operate the Hubway bike sharing system in the cities of Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville in Eastern Massachusetts. Emily Stapleton, Hubway’s...