Cases

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...

A Public Service or Gravy Train? The Federal Guaranteed Student Loan Program

Publication Date: February 01, 2005

Beginning with the so-called GI Bill in 1944, the US federal government began to intervene in the higher education marketplace to provide subsidized loans, as well as grants, directly to students. After the 1965 Higher Education Act, such...

Congestion Charging in London: The Economics of Congestion Tolls (B)

Publication Date: February 01, 2005

In July 2004, Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of Greater London, had to decide whether or not to expand the system of congestion charging he had implemented 17 months earlier. Skeptics had predicted fierce popular opposition or chaos from the...

Congestion Charging in London: The Western Extension (A)

Publication Date: February 01, 2005

In July 2004, Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of Greater London, had to decide whether or not to expand the system of congestion charging he had implemented 17 months earlier. Skeptics had predicted fierce popular opposition or chaos from the...

A Mega-Church Takes on Urban Problems: Fellowship Bible Comes to South Midtown

Publication Date: January 01, 2005

Twenty five years after its founding in members' homes, the non-denominational, evangelical Fellowship Bible Church of Little Rock, Arkansas had become a "mega-church", holding worship services on a 25-acre campus in one of the best locations in...