Cases

Negotiating Toward the Paris Accords: WWF & the Role of Forests in the 2015 Climate Agreement

Publication Date: March 8, 2018

In the lead-up to the United Nations’ 2015 climate summit in Paris, excitement ran high and so did anxiety. Negotiators hoped for a new international agreement, the first such effort since...

Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia Epilogue

Publication Date: February 1, 2018

In summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly...

Mission in Flux: Michigan National Guard in Liberia

Publication Date: February 1, 2018

In summer and fall of 2014, thousands of individuals in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea contracted the Ebola virus. This outbreak of the deadly disease, which until then had been highly...

Cashing Out: The Future of Cash in Israel

Publication Date: January 29, 2018

It is impossible to predict the future, but this is a task policymakers are effectively expected to do when deciding how to deploy scarce resources to the benefit of future constituents...

Cuna Más: Peru’s Early Childhood Program Struggles to Maintain Quality as It Scales Up

Publication Date: January 29, 2018

In 2012, amid much fanfare, Peru’s President Ollanta Humala launched an ambitious program on early childhood development called Cuna Más. The program, based on a successful home visiting...

Money & Morals: The Minimum Wage and the American South

Publication Date: December 27, 2017

In 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10. To the surprise of no one, Congressional Republicans blocked the...

Detroit’s Troubled Waters: Race, Politics, Bankruptcy & Regionalism

Publication Date: December 22, 2017

Regional governance, by contrast to municipal or state control, is the best level of government to tackle certain public functions—or at least, so it seems to most urban planners. Yet in...

Choosing the Road Less Traveled: How Cycling Took Hold in Copenhagen

Publication Date: December 18, 2017

In the first two decades of the 21st century, Copenhagen has vaulted to international attention for its enthusiastic bicycle culture and infrastructure. While it’s tempting to dismiss this...

First Respond: The Challenges of Marketing Social Mission in China (Chinese Version)

Publication Date: October 24, 2017

First Respond is a for-profit Chinese social enterprise focused on developing emergency services with the mission of making China a safer place. In China, there is a severe lack of first aid...

Christine Lagarde

Publication Date: Sept 20, 2017

The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde, across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the Government of France, and as the head of the International...

First Respond: The Challenges of Marketing Social Mission in China

Publication Date: August 28, 2017

First Respond is a for-profit Chinese social enterprise focused on developing emergency services with the mission of making China a safer place. In China, there is a severe lack of first aid...

Improving the Flow of People: The Victoria Station Redesign

Publication Date: August 27, 2017

Transport for London is in charge of an extensive network of Underground (metro) stations, some of which are more congested than others. This case looks at capacity planning, with the...