Ready in Advance: The City of Tuscaloosa’s Response to the 4/27/11 Tornado

Publication Date: February 3, 2016

In a matter of minutes on the afternoon of April 27, 2011, a massive and powerful tornado leveled 1/8 of the area of Tuscaloosa, AL, a city of approximately 90,000 people and home to the University of Alabama. Doctrine called for the County...

Innovating by the Book: The Introduction of Innovation Teams in Memphis and New Orleans

Publication Date: January 29, 2016

Can an innovation model be used to solve seemingly intractable problems consistently, reliably and effectively? In 2011, Bloomberg Philanthropies founder and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a $24 million initiative to fund...

Fighting Pollution with Data: Environmental Audits and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board

Publication Date: January 11, 2016

In 2010, the overwhelmed Pollution Control Board in the Indian state of Gujarat faced a difficult path ahead. The agency charged with monitoring and enforcing pollution regulations in the heavily industrialized state had a problematic...

Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (LAMATA)

Publication Date: November 19, 2015

In 2011 the World Bank and others were concerned that cities all over the developing world were losing their battle with increasing traffic congestion in part because they lacked institutions that had the authority and the capacity to promote...

Female Genital Cutting: Confronting the Power of Tradition in Senegal

Publication Date: October 15, 2015

What does it take to change age-old social norms that are harmful or unjust? Can societies reflect upon their own social practices, recognize that it is in the best interests of their members to change them, and do so voluntarily? In the 1990s,...

A Delicate Balance: The International Criminal Court’s Process for Identifying New Cases

Publication Date: October 13, 2015

Ever since it was created, in 2002, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been the subject of high expectations and frequent controversy over its selection of cases. This 5-page multimedia website challenges students to put themselves in...

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...