Cases

When Imperatives Collide: The 2003 San Diego Firestorm

Publication Date: October 31, 2005

In October 2003, a confluence in southern California of low humidity, dead vegetation, and Santa Ana winds created the conditions for a firestorm--multiple fires that burned for some two weeks, scorched hundreds of thousands of acres, destroyed...

Mr. Nam's Dilemma

Publication Date: September 30, 2005

In 2000, Vietnam passed the Enterprise Law to spur private sector development and facilitate its transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy. The Enterprise Law changed the paradigm for private business in Vietnam by making business...

EDM (Energie du Mali)

Publication Date: September 29, 2005

In the spring of 2005, the government of Mali was negotiating major changes in the concession of Energie du Mali (EDM), the private firm that operated Mali's electricity and water services. The negotiations were being watched anxiously by the...

The British Water Industry: Glas Cymru and the Debate over Nonprofits (B)

Publication Date: September 29, 2005

This case, designed to be used either together with The British Water Industry (A): The Evolution of Price-Cap Regulation (1809.0) or separately, describes the controversies in the British water industry in 2002, 13 years after it was...

The British Water Industry: The Evolution of Price-Cap Regulation (A)

Publication Date: September 29, 2005

This case, designed to be used either together with The British Water Industry (B): Glas Cymru and the Debate over Nonprofits (1810.0) or separately, describes the controversies in the British water industry in 2002, 13 years after it was...

The KIDSNET Story (Sequel)

Publication Date: September 27, 2005

This sequel accompanies the case 1800.0. In January, 1997, the Rhode Island Department of Public Health inaugurated KIDSNET, an effort to harness the power of information technology to ensure that all children in the state received proper...

The KIDSNET Story: Can a Medical-Information System Improve Public Health?

Publication Date: September 27, 2005

In January 1997, the Rhode Island Department of Public Health inaugurated KIDSNET, an effort to harness the power of information technology to ensure that all children in the state received proper preventive care. The medical informatics system...

Beyond Cooperation: Gender, Activism, and Self-Help in Maharashtra (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 19, 2005

In February, 2004, the general manager of the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank failed to show up for work several days in a row. His absence followed a meeting of the full staff of the bank with the chair of the board, Chetna Sinha, in which...

Beyond Cooperation: Gender, Activism, and Self-Help in Maharashtra

Publication Date: September 19, 2005

In February 2004, the general manager of the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank failed to show up for work several days in a row. His absence followed a meeting of the full staff of the bank with the chair of the board, Chetna Sinha, in which...

The Social Construction of Gender: Microfinance and Fa'afafines in Samoa

Publication Date: September 19, 2005

In 2003, Minh Lai, manager of the South Pacific Business Development Foundation (SPBD), a nonprofit microfinance institution providing financial services to women in Samoa, made a decision to lend to fa'afafines after several asked whether SPBD...

Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship: South Pacific Business Development Foundation

Publication Date: September 19, 2005

American businessman, Greg Casagrande, founder and president of the South Pacific Business Development Foundation (SPBD) in Samoa has a decision to make: who should he hire to be the next general manager of SPBD, when the contract of his current...

Upwardly Global: Building a Model for Assisting Immigrant Professionals

Publication Date: September 19, 2005

This social entrepreneurship case focuses on the start-up and first four years of Upwardly Global, a San Francisco-based nonprofit founded to help place immigrant professionals in jobs commensurate with their levels of skill and education...