Cases

A Tale of Two Managers

Publication Date: September 09, 2010

The case reviews the experience of two different managers in top English soccer teams. Students must use the information provided to advise the boards of these teams about whether the two managers deserve to be sacked. Information in the first...

Electric Vehicles in Cities

Publication Date: August 26, 2010

In 2010, San Francisco was an affiliate of the Large City Climate Leadership Group, an association of major cities around the world that recognized that climate change required global action but were not waiting for others to act. Many of these...

Getting Help to Victims of 2008 Cyclone Nargis: AmeriCares Engages with Myanmar's Military Government (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 19, 2010

This case affords students of strategic management a rare inside look at the consequential political and logistical choices that international relief agencies must often make, at high speed, when responding to a humanitarian crisis. It traces...

Getting Help to Victims of 2008 Cyclone Nargis: AmeriCares Engages with Myanmar's Military Government

Publication Date: August 19, 2010

This case affords students of strategic management a rare inside look at the consequential political and logistical choices that international relief agencies must often make, at high speed, when responding to a humanitarian crisis. It traces...

An Inspired Model...or a Misguided One? Oprah Winfrey's Dream School for Impoverished South African Girls

Publication Date: July 29, 2010

In 2000, media superstar Oprah Winfrey promised the recently-retired Nelson Mandela, first president of post-Apartheid South Africa, that she would build his country a top-notch boarding school for disadvantaged girls. Her twin purpose was to...

Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (B)

Publication Date: May 28, 2025

This B case is a companion document to HKS #2299.0 "Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (A)," which also includes five short video supplements featuring Jacinda Ardern.    It...

Eradicate or Contain? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Navigates the M. Bovis Outbreak (A)

Publication Date: May 28, 2025

When Jacinda Ardern became prime minister of New Zealand in October 2017, she immediately faced a major crisis: an outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), a serious cattle disease threatening the country's dairy industry. With the dairy...

Aruna Roy and the Birth of a People's Movement in India

Publication Date: July 28, 2010

In 2005, the Parliament of India enacted the Right to Information Act, a law giving citizens of India access to central, state, and local government records. Under the law's provisions, citizens have the ability to request information...

Bringing Kids Home: The Wraparound Milwaukee Model

Publication Date: June 10, 2010

The Wraparound Milwaukee program was created in 1995 by Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and provides services and treatment to severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and youth. The program utilizes the wraparound philosophy to...

The Test of Transition: The Case of the Community Preservation and Development Corporation

Publication Date: June 09, 2010

The case study presents facts pertaining to the Community Preservation and Development Corporation (CPDC), one of the best known nonprofit housing development companies in the United States, at a time of fundamental transition--a new chief...

Creating and Managing Economic Competitiveness: The Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority

Publication Date: May 18, 2010

The Saudi Arabia General Investment Authority (SAGIA) is an agency established in 2000 to improve the business environment and encourage foreign investment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This agency was created out of the Kingdom's landmark...

PROTECTA Promoting Civil Society in Serbia

Publication Date: May 11, 2010

In 1997 three students joined a protest against the electoral victory of Slobodan Milosevic's Serbian Socialist Party. Upon the protests ultimate defeat, and Milosevic's return to power, the students vowed to continue the struggle for civic...