Cases

Gainesville Regional Utilities' Feed-in Tariff

Publication Date: August 01, 2012

Inspired by the experiences in Germany and Spain, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) developed a pilot feed-in tariff to stimulate investment into solar photovoltaic systems. This case explores the factors behind the decision to promulgate a...

Moving People out of Danger: Special Needs Evacuations from Gulf Coast Hurricanes (B)

Publication Date: June 22, 2012

This case examines the steps political leaders, emergency management professionals, and public health officials in Louisiana and Texas took to improve their capacity to evacuate, shelter, and repatriate individuals with special needs following...

Google.org: For-Profit Philanthropy

Publication Date: April 16, 2012

The Google.org: For-Profit Philanthropy case introduces a distinct social enterprise structure, a combination of a philanthropic division of a for-profit corporation and a nonprofit foundation. The case provides an up-to-date, in-depth...

Michelle Rhee and the Washington D.C. Public Schools

Publication Date: April 05, 2012

The case opens in 2007, when the Washington, D.C. public school system was failing. Parents, politicians, labor unions, and activists all agreed that reform was necessary due to abysmal student test scores, attendance records, and safety...

The Privatization of OSSH

Publication Date: March 05, 2012

On May 29, 2009 the Czech electricity company, CEZ, paid 102 million euro for 76 percent of the stock of Albania's electricity distribution system operator OSSH. The transaction was the culmination of almost two decades of efforts to improve an...

Regulating Broadband in Chile: The Debate Over Open Access

Publication Date: January 09, 2012

In 2011, Chile's Undersecretary of Telecommunications, Jorge Atton, was considering adopting a different policy toward regulating competition in Internet services than previously applied to voice telephony. Atton headed Chile's...

Sapientis and the Launch of CECE

Publication Date: August 23, 2011

This case invites students to grapple with the dilemmas faced by Laura Lopez, the new Executive Director of a Puerto Rican educational advocacy NGO called Sapientis. Six months ago, Sapientis gained national visibility when its national...

Achieving Mental Health Parity

Publication Date: July 28, 2011

In October 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law a requirement that certain private health insurance plans provide coverage for mental illness equal to coverage provided for medical-surgical illness as part of an economic stimulus...

To Build a Different Model: The Case for Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.

Publication Date: July 26, 2011

This case study examines the business model of the Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc., (POAH) and its applicability to nonprofit housing providers. POAH is one of the premier socially conscious low-income housing developers and owners in...

The California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32)

Publication Date: June 15, 2011

In November of 2010, the California voters had to decide whether to support a ballot proposition that would effectively end the state's pioneering effort to reduce global warming. In 2006, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 32,...

Moving People out of Danger: Special Needs Evacuations from Gulf Coast Hurricanes (A)

Publication Date: May 19, 2011

In late summer 2005, Hurricane Katrina--the worst natural disaster in U.S. history--wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast, causing massive loss of life and property damage. (Just a few weeks later, Hurricane Rita would inflict even more suffering...

TransMilenio: The Battle Over Avenida Séptima

Publication Date: May 10, 2011

In August of 2007, the mayor of Bogotá, Luis Eduardo Garzón, had to decide whether to proceed with plans to build a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line in Avenida Séptima, one of the most important transportation corridors in the...