Cases

Giving Peace a Chance: The 2006-2008 Negotiations to End the Conflict in Northern Uganda

Publication Date: December 19, 2019

The case covers the two-year, on-again off-again negotiation between the Government of Uganda and the fearsome rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony. The negotiations marked a historic moment for many reasons. After...

Solar Panels and Safeguards: Rising Tensions in the Global Trading System

Publication Date: June 30, 2020

In January 2018, President Donald Trump announced steep tariffs on solar imports, at once plunging the US solar industry into uncertainty and deeply angering vital trade partners such as China, South Korea, and the European Union.The tariffs...

Caught in a Storm: The World Health Organization and the 2014 Ebola Outbreak Epilogue

Publication Date: May 11, 2020

The case recounts the events of the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola Outbreak, starting with the death of patient zero, a young Guinean boy named Emile Ouamouno in December 2013 and ending in August 2014 when the World Health Organization declared...

Caught in a Storm: The World Health Organization and the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Publication Date: May 11, 2020

The case recounts the events of the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola Outbreak, starting with the death of patient zero, a young Guinean boy named Emile Ouamouno in December 2013 and ending in August 2014 when the World Health Organization declared...

The “Bilbao Effect”: The Collaborative Architecture that Powered Bilbao’s Urban Revival Practitioner Guide

Publication Date: April 30, 2020

This Practitioner Guide is designed to assist facilitators in leading a conversation about the case, "The Bilbao Effect," HKS Case 2180.0. In 2018, Bilbao was presented with the Best European City award, adding the prize to a long list the...

The “Bilbao Effect”: The Collaborative Architecture that Powered Bilbao’s Urban Revival

Publication Date: April 30, 2020

In 2018, Bilbao was presented with the Best European City award, adding the prize to a long list the Spanish city had collected since the mid-2000s. The success was often attributed to the Guggenheim museum, giving name to the"Guggenheim effect...

Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (Epilogue)

Publication Date: April 1, 2020

On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the...

Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (B)

Publication Date: April 1, 2020

On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the...

Managing a Security Response to the Ebola Epidemic in Liberia (A)

Publication Date: April 1, 2020

On August 19, 2014, Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was faced with an agonizing decision: should she quarantine a densely populated township of Monrovia to halt the spread of the Ebola virus disease? The disease had been ravaging the...

Fighting Counterfeit Currency through Cross-Boundary Collaboration Case B

Publication Date: March 31, 2020

An innovative collaboration between the central bank, civil prosecutor’s office and the police combine to reduce counterfeit currency. Learning Objective:1.    Cross-boundary collaboration is needed to solve complex issues.2...

Fighting Counterfeit Currency through Cross-Boundary Collaboration Case A

Publication Date: March 31, 2020

An innovative collaboration between the central bank, civil prosecutor’s office and the police combine to reduce counterfeit currency. Learning Objective:1.    Cross-boundary collaboration is needed to solve complex issues.2...

The Chiapas Puzzle

Publication Date: March 23, 2020

For the twenty years following the Zapatista uprising (1994-2013), the federal government had placed a lot of resources and policy attention in an effort to reduce the large income gaps between Chiapas and the rest of Mexico. Public investment...