Cases

The Toliza Museum of Art

Publication Date: April 15, 2015

Juan Antonio Jimenez is the new Executive Director of the Toliza Museum of Art located in Spain. Jimenez is concerned that the museum lost money in 2008 and wants to understand what the financial results for the current year (2009) are likely to...

On Your Bike! Using Marketing Mix to Drive Successful Bicycle Sharing Programs in Europe

Publication Date: March 04, 2015

European municipalities, eager to increase the use of environmentally friendly forms of public transportation, offered bicycle sharing programs as adjuncts to their public transportation systems. This case focuses on the bicycle sharing systems...

Reclaiming the American Dream: Thomas Perez and the Department of Labor

Publication Date: March 04, 2015

In July 2013 Tom Perez became the United States' 26th Secretary of Labor. Perez took the helm of the Department of Labor at a critical juncture. In recent years, the U.S. economy was marred by historically high rates of unemployment, fueled by...

The Vulnerability Economy: Zero-Days, Cybersecurity, and Public Policy (Epilogue)

Publication Date: February 17, 2015

This epilogue accompanies case 2029.0. In 2011, Dillon Beresford, a computer security expert, discovered a series of new vulnerabilities impacting components of widely used industrial control systems. These new previously unknown...

The Vulnerability Economy: Zero-Days, Cybersecurity, and Public Policy

Publication Date: February 17, 2015

In 2011, Dillon Beresford, a computer security expert, discovered a series of new vulnerabilities impacting components of widely used industrial control systems. These new previously unknown vulnerabilities-what are known as "zero-days"-were...

Buchanan Renewables: Bringing Power to Liberia

Publication Date: December 18, 2014

This case focuses on a proposal to build two, 17 megawatt facilities to provide power to Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The country has just come out of a bitter civil war in which almost all of its power system was destroyed. The case can be...

Measured Approach: TEGV Assesses Its Performance & Impact on Educational Enrichment Programs

Publication Date: December 18, 2014

This case traces the evolution of thinking about, and the implementation of, performance assessment at one of Turkey's largest and most respected nonprofit organizations, the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV). TEGV delivers a...

Homelessness in Harvard Square: Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration in Action

Publication Date: September 12, 2014

This case study is set in Harvard Square in 2012-2013, and explores how a diverse group of local stakeholders (e.g. the Cambridge Police Department, city agencies, churches, nonprofit service providers, Harvard Square businesses) comes together...

Wellness is Everyone's Business: Public-Private Partnerships for Health in Minnesota

Publication Date: August 29, 2014

Like many other states at the time, Minnesota found itself facing several serious long-term public health challenges in the mid- and late-2000s, including rapidly rising health care costs and residents' increasing vulnerability to chronic...

Recovery in Aurora: The Public Schools' Response to the July 2012 Movie Theater Shooting (B)

Publication Date: August 29, 2014

In July 2012, a gunman entered a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado and opened fire, killing 12 people, injuring 58 others, and traumatizing a community. This case briefly describes the shooting and emergency response but focuses primarily on the...

Recovery in Aurora: The Public Schools' Response to the July 2012 Movie Theater Shooting (A)

Publication Date: August 29, 2014

In July 2012, a gunman entered a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado and opened fire, killing 12 people, injuring 58 others, and traumatizing a community. This case briefly describes the shooting and emergency response but focuses primarily on the...

Betting Private Capital on Fixing Public Ills: Instiglio Brings Social Impact Bonds to Colombia

Publication Date: August 01, 2014

In July 2012, three freshly-minted Harvard Kennedy School graduates bought one-way tickets to Medellin, Colombia, to launch a nonprofit startup they called Instiglio. Their idea: to bring Social Impact Bonds, still experimental even in affluent...