The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq

Publication Date: April 10, 2006

This case (1834.0 and related epilogue 1834.1 and abridged case 1834.3) tells the story of Major General David Petraeus and the US Army's 101st Airborne Division in the months following the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the fall of Baghdad, and...

Agricultural Biotechnology Meets International Trade: The US-EU GMO Dispute (B)

Publication Date: April 07, 2006

This case traces the development of genetically-modified (GM) foods in the United States and in Europe. The US had from the start a commanding lead in GM food development and a correspondingly large stake in global acceptance of GM seeds and...

Agricultural Biotechnology Meets International Trade: The US-EU GMO Dispute (A)

Publication Date: April 07, 2006

This case traces the development of genetically-modified (GM) foods in the United States and in Europe. The US had from the start a commanding lead in GM food development and a correspondingly large stake in global acceptance of GM seeds and...

Confronting HIV/AIDS in Pingxiang, China (B)

Publication Date: March 21, 2006

In 1997, when Dr. Li became head of the health department in Pingxiang, he began aggressively to provide information to officials about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and the ways in which this disease constituted a serious problem that went far beyond...

Confronting HIV/AIDS in Pingxiang, China (A)

Publication Date: March 21, 2006

When the first local cases of HIV were detected in 1996 among injection drug users in Pingxiang, a major transportation hub in southern Guangxi province on China's border with Vietnam, officials decided to keep the finding secret, fearful of...

Revising Electricity Tariffs in Brazil (Sequel)

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case examines the dilemma confronting the Brazilian electricity regulator in the period following power rationing. Brazil privatized about 65 percent of the distribution companies (DISCOs) in the 1990s, but the companies were hit hard...

Financing the Theun-Hinboun Hydroelectric Project

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

How does a public-private venture emerge in one of the world's poorest countries (Laos) and how does it obtain $280 million in financing for a 215 MW hydroelectric facility to supply power--not to the host country, but its neighbor? At the time...

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case discusses the efforts by the state of Andhra Pradesh and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to provide water services to its poorest inhabitants--approximately 1.7 million people. Undermining this challenge is...

Revising Electricity Tariffs in Brazil

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case examines the dilemma confronting the Brazilian electricity regulator in the period following power rationing. Brazil privatized about 65 percent of the distribution companies (DISCOs) in the 1990s, but the companies were hit hard...

Pakistani Textile Exports, Fast Track, and the US War on Terror: A Collision of Foreign and Trade Policy Goals

Publication Date: January 31, 2006

In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, the relationship between the United States and Pakistan suddenly became a top foreign policy concern for the administration of President George W. Bush. In the...

City Renovation: New Images for Athens

Publication Date: January 27, 2006

In preparation for hosting the 2004 Olympics, the city of Athens, Greece embarked on an extensive renovation project, New Images for Athens, to beautify the city. In total, over 1,600 buildings received attention at a cost of over 4.5 million...

The Mexican Government's Retail Chain: Politics, Social Welfare, and the Bottom Line (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

As of 2000, Mexico's Social Security System for Public Sector Workers provided a pension system for government employees, while running the fifth largest retail chain in the nation, comprised of nearly 400 supermarkets, convenience stores, and...