Building Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal: "Restoring Community through Christian Love"

Publication Date: July 15, 2005

When the Rev. Mack McCarter returned to his home town of Shreveport, Louisiana in the early 1990s, he was struck by the extent to which it remained the racially divided city he remembered from his youth, despite superficial changes wrought by...

Peace Games: A Nonprofit's Journey from Birth to National Expansion (B)

Publication Date: July 01, 2005

As a Harvard University freshman in 1992, Eric Dawson began working on a social service project known as Peace Games, a one-day festival to teach school-age children about peace and cooperation. Dawson, however, had bigger ideas for the program...

Peace Games: A Nonprofit's Journey from Birth to National Expansion (Epilogue)

Publication Date: July 01, 2005

As a Harvard University freshman in 1992, Eric Dawson began working on a social service project known as Peace Games, a one-day festival to teach school-age children about peace and cooperation. Dawson, however, had bigger ideas for the program...

Peace Games: A Nonprofit's Journey from Birth to National Expansion (A)

Publication Date: July 01, 2005

As a Harvard University freshman in 1992, Eric Dawson began working on a social service project known as Peace Games, a one-day festival to teach school-age children about peace and cooperation. Dawson, however, had bigger ideas for the program...

Emergency Response System Under Duress: The Public Health Fight to Contain SARS in Toronto (Epilogue)

Publication Date: May 17, 2005

This two-part case examines the response of the Toronto and Ontario public health and hospital systems to the outbreak of SARS in the spring of 2003. It describes both the public health system in place at the time SARS came to Toronto and the...

Emergency Response System Under Duress: The Public Health Fight to Contain SARS in Toronto (B)

Publication Date: May 17, 2005

This two-part case examines the response of the Toronto and Ontario public health and hospital systems to the outbreak of SARS in the spring of 2003. It describes both the public health system in place at the time SARS came to Toronto and the...

Emergency Response System Under Duress: The Public Health Fight to Contain SARS in Toronto (A)

Publication Date: May 17, 2005

This two-part case examines the response of the Toronto and Ontario public health and hospital systems to the outbreak of SARS in the spring of 2003. It describes both the public health system in place at the time SARS came to Toronto and the...

The Struggle over Smart Growth in New Jersey (Epilogue)

Publication Date: April 01, 2005

This epilogue accompanies the case 1791.0. The idea of "smart growth", broadly defined as concentrated, urban-style new development that limits "sprawl" and thus preserves woodlands and other open space, has long appealed to city planners and...

The Struggle over Smart Growth in New Jersey

Publication Date: April 01, 2005

The idea of "smart growth," broadly defined as concentrated, urban-style new development that limits "sprawl" and thus preserves woodlands and other open space, has long appealed to city planners and environmentalists. In practice, however, it...

"The Story After the Story": The Los Angeles Times's Coverage of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Publication Date: April 01, 2005

On October 2, 2003, on the eve of a special election to choose a new Governor of California, the Los Angeles Times published a lengthy investigative article about allegations of sexual misconduct on the part of the leading candidate: movie star...

Aiding or Abetting? World Bank and the 1997 Judicial Reform Project (Epilogue)

Publication Date: March 31, 2005

When the World Bank signed an agreement with the government of Peru in December, 1997 to provide a $22.5 million loan to help reform the country's antiquated and corrupt judicial system, the Bank knew it faced risks. Peru's President Alberto...

AirTran Airways' West Coast Service

Publication Date: March 01, 2005

On March 4, 2003, AirTran Airways announced new non-stop service from Atlanta to Los Angeles. The routes were a major commitment for AirTran, and came at a time when the airline industry was in turmoil. The major airlines had lost a record $12...