Cases

Capitalization: The Politics of Privatization in Bolivia

Publication Date: January 01, 1998

In this case, the president of Bolivia and a team of officials grapple with questions of how to set up a model for privatizing a number of state-owned enterprises. In the 1980s, Bolivia, like most other Latin American countries, embraced a more...

Privatization of Telecommunications in Peru (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1998

When the administration of Peru president Alberto Fujimori embarks on an ambitious privatization program, it turns inevitably to the nation's creaking telephone system. With but 2.5 phone lines per 100 persons, Peru, in the mid-1990s, had the...

Privatization of Telecommunications in Peru

Publication Date: January 01, 1998

When the administration of Peru president Alberto Fujimori embarks on an ambitious privatization program, it turns inevitably to the nation's creaking telephone system. With but 2.5 phone lines per 100 persons, Peru, in the mid-1990s, had the...

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the One Neighborhood for Everyone Collaborative

Publication Date: December 01, 1997

In the early 1990s, crime begins to spiral out of control in the rapidly growing Penwood/Arville neighborhood of Las Vegas, the fastest-growing city in the U.S. Police, however, face a series of obstacles in their efforts to control it. The...

Norfolk's Police Assisted Community Enforcement (PACE): The Bay View and East Norview Neighborhoods

Publication Date: December 01, 1997

In the early 1990s, two quite different neighborhoods in Norfolk, Virginia are both struggling against crime. In Bay View, crime is an exceptional problem in select areas, marring a generally safe neighborhood. In East Norview, drugs and violent...

Vaccines for the Developing World: The Challenge to Justify Tiered Pricing (Sequel)

Publication Date: November 01, 1997

This microeconomics case examines the pricing issues related to the sale of inexpensive vaccines for use in developing countries. The case describe the historic success of the United Nations' so-called "tiered pricing" policy. This policy had...

Vaccines for the Developing World: The Challenge to Justify Tiered Pricing

Publication Date: November 01, 1997

This microeconomics case examines the pricing issues related to the sale of inexpensive vaccines for use in developing countries. The case describe the historic success of the United Nations' so-called "tiered pricing" policy. This policy had...

San Francisco's Juvenile Justice System: Trying to Do Right by Kids Who Do Wrong (Sequel)

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

This juvenile justice policy case describes the strategic challenge faced by a San Francisco consultant, asked by the city's Mayor Willie Brown, to resolve a bitter and long-standing dispute as to how to structure the city's approach to youthful...

McCaffrey Takes Command (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

In late 1995, General Barry McCaffrey--a hero of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars and head of the US Army's Southern Command--was approached by the Clinton Administration to "consider" the job of "drug czar"--officially known as the head of the...

A Czar Among Bureaucrats: General Barry McCaffrey Considers a Role in the War on Drugs

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

In late 1995, General Barry McCaffrey--a hero of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars and head of the US Army's Southern Command--was approached by the Clinton Administration to "consider" the job of "drug czar"--officially known as the head of the...

Mano Dura Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US) prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the...

Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US) prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the...