Hurricane Katrina: The Looming Storm (Abridged) (B)

Publication Date: April 10, 2008

On Tuesday, August 23, 2005, meteorologists in the US National Weather Service spotted a tropical depression in the southeastern Bahamas. As it strengthened into a tropical storm, weather officials gave it a name, Katrina, and closely tracked it...

Hurricane Katrina: Preparing for “The Big One” in New Orleans (Abridged) (A)

Publication Date: April 10, 2008

On Tuesday, August 23, 2005, meteorologists in the US National Weather Service spotted a tropical depression in the southeastern Bahamas. As it strengthened into a tropical storm, weather officials gave it a name, Katrina, and closely tracked it...

NGO Microfinance in the Tibet Autonomous Region (Epilogue)

Publication Date: March 14, 2008

In 1998, the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF), a small, US-based non-governmental organization, launched an initiative to bring the benefits of microfinance to the impoverished people of rural Tibet. Based on the lending model pioneered by...

NGO Microfinance in the Tibet Autonomous Region

Publication Date: March 14, 2008

In 1998, the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF), a small, US-based non-governmental organization, launched an initiative to bring the benefits of microfinance to the impoverished people of rural Tibet. Based on the lending model pioneered by...

TRIPS Part II: International Trade meets Public Health: TRIPS and Access to Medicines (Abridged)

Publication Date: March 07, 2008

This is an abridged version of case NR15-04-1736.0. The Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property (TRIPS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) was the most comprehensive and far-reaching international agreement on intellectual property...

The Eagle and the Dragon: The November 1999 US-China Bilateral Agreement and the Battle over PNTR (Abridged)

Publication Date: March 07, 2008

This is an abridged version of note NR14-04-1771.0. On December 11, 2001, China became a member of the World Trade Organization. Many say the 1999 US-China bilateral trade agreement and the vote in Congress to permanently establish normal trade...

Pacesetter, Riverdale, and the Illinois Campaign for Affordable Housing (Epilogue)

Publication Date: February 28, 2008

Zenovia Evans, mayor of the small Chicago suburb of Riverdale, was determined to save the subdivision of Pacesetter which had once been her home. As part of her efforts to save the deteriorating neighborhood, Mayor Evans joined a wide-ranging...

Pacesetter, Riverdale, and the Illinois Campaign for Affordable Housing

Publication Date: February 28, 2008

Zenovia Evans, mayor of the small Chicago suburb of Riverdale, was determined to save the subdivision of Pacesetter which had once been her home. As part of her efforts to save the deteriorating neighborhood, Mayor Evans joined a wide-ranging...

International Trade Meets Intellectual Property: The Making of the TRIPS Agreement (Abridged)

Publication Date: February 28, 2008

The focus of international trade negotiations was once quotas and tariffs - how much of a particular product could be imported and the duty levied at the border.  As the world economy has experienced deeper integration, attention has...

Keeping an Open Mind in an Emergency: CDC experiments with 'Team B' (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 2008

This case describes the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) efforts, in the early 2000s, to develop protocols addressing the growing complexity of public health emergencies. The CDC's chief response to public health emergencies...

The Good Commissioner (B)

Publication Date: December 14, 2007

A high-ranking district administrator in India, upon taking office, is informed that his predecessor agreed to acquire a plot of land for a local jail. When he learns that the landowner is the wife of an influential local politician, he becomes...

The Good Commissioner (A)

Publication Date: December 14, 2007

A high-ranking district administrator in India, upon taking office, is informed that his predecessor agreed to acquire a plot of land for a local jail. When he learns that the landowner is the wife of an influential local politician, he becomes...