Cases

The Oregon Benchmarks Program: The Challenge of Restoring Political Support

Publication Date: January 10, 2000

The concept of "benchmarking" as applied to the public sector, seeks to use quantitative measures and comparison over time to encourage progress toward social and efficiency goals. This case describes the origin and implementation of one of the...

"No Prison in East L.A.!": Birth of a Grassroots Movement (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 03, 2000

This advocacy strategy case describes the special challenges faced and techniques employed by a poor, minority (Mexican-American) neighborhood group seeking to draw public attention to its concern about the proposed siting of a state prison...

"No Prison in East L.A.!": Birth of a Grassroots Movement

Publication Date: January 03, 2000

This advocacy strategy case describes the special challenges faced and techniques employed by a poor, minority (Mexican-American) neighborhood group seeking to draw public attention to its concern about the proposed siting of a state prison...

The Hattie M. Strong Foundation: Change Within Tradition

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

 This nonprofit management case describes the evolution of a small, Washington DC-based family foundation from its origins in the 1920s, when it served mainly as the vehicle for the personal giving of its founder and namesake, to its...

The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This abridgement is based on the case "Assertive Policing, Plummeting Crime: The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City" (1530.0). The abridgement of the case divides the story of the change in the New York Police Department into three, roughly...

The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This abridgement is based on the case "Assertive Policing, Plummeting Crime: The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City" (1530.0). The abridgement of the case divides the story of the change in the New York Police Department into three, roughly...

The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This abridgement is based on the case "Assertive Policing, Plummeting Crime: The NYPD Takes on Crime in New York City" (1530.0). The abridgement of the case divides the story of the change in the New York Police Department into three, roughly...

Women in Philanthropy: Madam C.J. Walker

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This collection of cases written for the Hauser Center on Nonprofit Management provide essential histories of the lives and philanthropic motivations and choices of some of the most significant women philanthropists in American history. They...

Women in Philanthropy: Elisabeth "Betty" Bottomley Noyce

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This collection of cases written for the Hauser Center on Nonprofit Management provide essential histories of the lives and philanthropic motivations and choices of some of the most significant women philanthropists in American history. They...

Women in Philanthropy: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This collection of cases written for the Hauser Center on Nonprofit Management provide essential histories of the lives and philanthropic motivations and choices of some of the most significant women philanthropists in American history. They...

Women in Philanthropy: Mrs. Russell Sage (Margaret Olivia Slocum)

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

This collection of cases written for the Hauser Center on Nonprofit Management provide essential histories of the lives and philanthropic motivations and choices of some of the most significant women philanthropists in American history. They...

Mother Tongue Education in Hong Kong: Convincing the Public

Publication Date: January 01, 2000

When the government of Hong Kong moves to change the language of secondary school instruction from English to Chinese, it confronts the fact that the overwhelming majority of parents, although themselves Chinese-speaking, believe that an...