Shaping the Future of Solar Power: Climate Change, Industrial Policy and Free Trade

Publication Date: May 16, 2013

When Solyndra, a California-based solar panel maker, filed for bankruptcy in 2011, the US government was left with more than half a million dollars in unpaid debt. The bankruptcy was a major embarrassment for the Obama administration which had...

United States and Thailand: Diplomatic Wrangles in the War on Human Trafficking

Publication Date: May 16, 2013

In early 2010, Robert Griffiths, Counselor for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, braced himself for the possibility of serious diplomatic fallout with Thailand's government. Griffiths was in charge of providing the analysis on...

United States and Thailand: Diplomatic Wrangles in the War on Human Trafficking (Sequel)

Publication Date: May 16, 2013

This sequel accompanies case number 1991.0. In early 2010, Robert Griffiths, Counselor for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, braced himself for the possibility of serious diplomatic fallout with Thailand’'s government. Griffiths...

Budget Woes and Worse Ahead... Pine Street Inn, Boston's Iconic Homeless Shelter, Re-Thinks its Strategy

Publication Date: May 14, 2013

In 2004, Boston's preeminent homeless shelter, Pine Street Inn, faced the prospect of steadily dwindling funds for shelter services over the next few years. This stark reality--combined with persistent frustrations at finding permanent homes for...

Budget Woes and Worse Ahead... Boston's Pine Street Inn Examines Patterns of Homeless Shelter Use

Publication Date: May 14, 2013

In 2004, Boston's preeminent homeless shelter, Pine Street Inn, faced the prospect of steadily dwindling funds for shelter services over the next few years. This stark reality--combined with persistent frustrations at finding permanent homes for...

Aung San Suu Kyi, Seizing the Moment: Soaring Hopes & Tough Constraints in Myanmar's Unfolding Democracy

Publication Date: May 09, 2013

Set in the fall of 2012, this leadership case gives students the chance to grapple with the difficult challenges confronting Myanmar's opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, after a rapid turn of fortune that took her, over a period of 14 months,...

Ambitious but Achievable: Using Land Use and Transportation Plans to Reduce GHG Emissions in California (Sequel)

Publication Date: March 25, 2013

In the summer of 2010, leaders of California's Air Quality Board (CARB) had to make key decisions on their state's landmark efforts to use regional land use and transportation plans to reduce vehicle miles travelled (VMT) and thereby limit...

Ambitious but Achievable: Using Land Use and Transportation Plans to Reduce GHG Emissions in California

Publication Date: March 25, 2013

In the summer of 2010, leaders of California's Air Quality Board (CARB) had to make key decisions on their state's landmark efforts to use regional land use and transportation plans to reduce vehicle miles travelled (VMT) and thereby limit...

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Politics of Crisis Response (B)

Publication Date: March 14, 2013

Following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in late April 2010, the Obama administration organized a massive response operation to contain the enormous amount of oil spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. Attracting intense public...

The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: The Politics of Crisis Response (A)

Publication Date: February 25, 2013

Following the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in late April 2010, the Obama administration organized a massive response operation to contain the enormous amount of oil spreading across the Gulf of Mexico. Attracting intense public...

Shelley Metzenbaum and Improving Federal Government Performance

Publication Date: February 06, 2013

In late September 2009, nine months after he took office, President Barack Obama appointed Shelley Metzenbaum to the position of associate director for performance and personnel management at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget...

Yogyakarta Bus Terminal: The Private Provision of Municipal Infrastructure

Publication Date: January 10, 2013

In January 2009, Herry Zudianto, the Mayor of Yogyakarta, was reflecting on the apparent failure of his first effort to involve the private sector in the financing and provision of municipal infrastructure. Seven years earlier the City had...