Cases

To Understand a Growing Organization: Greater Miami Neighborhoods

Publication Date: April 22, 2010

This case study explores the factors that are important in analyzing the health and soundness of a project in a growing nonprofit housing company with multiple program areas. A new loan officer at a community development financial institution...

Ho Chi Minh City

Publication Date: March 02, 2010

In March 2008 the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, approved a revised master plan designed to guide the development of the city through the year 2025. Vietnam's economy had been growing at rates of 6 to 8 percent...

Akbank: It's a Young Country (B)

Publication Date: January 27, 2010

This case looks at the provision of financial services both when a banking system is weak and inefficient and when it is liquid, solvent, and highly competitive, seen through the lens of Akbank's adaptation to the evolution of Turkey's banking...

Akbank: A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste (A)

Publication Date: January 27, 2010

This case looks at the provision of financial services both when a banking system is weak and inefficient and when it is liquid, solvent, and highly competitive, seen through the lens of Akbank's adaptation to the evolution of Turkey's banking...

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator: A Model for Reducing Unemployment in South Africa

Publication Date: April 20, 2023

 In the fourth quarter of 2021, South Africa's unemployment rate rose to 35%, the highest since 2008. Though some of the job losses could be attributed to the Covid-19 pandemic, the country had already been experiencing high unemployment...

The "Three Strikes" Law in California: The Ballot Initiative

Publication Date: November 03, 2009

In November 1994, California voters were presented with a ballot initiative on a proposed "three strikes" measure, which would impose stiff penalties on repeat offenders. Under the terms of Proposition 184, offenders with one or two...

The "Three Strikes" Law in California: The Impact (Sequel)

Publication Date: November 03, 2009

This sequel is the second part of this three part case. The main case (case 1908.0) provides background on the California three strikes law, and then briefly describes the proponents and opponents of the ballot measure, and the arguments...

Jailing Kids for Cash in Pennsylvania (Supplement)

Publication Date: November 03, 2009

This supplement is the third part of a three part case. The main case (case 1908.0) provides background on the California three strikes law, and then briefly describes the proponents and opponents of the ballot measure, and the...

Buying Property in a Hot Market: NYC Creates a Fund to Keep Affordable Housing Developers in Play

Publication Date: November 03, 2009

This three-part case study (along with a video supplement) presents the initial problem, the thinking, the politics, and the design negotiations that produced New York City's NYC Acquisition Fund in August 2006. The case concludes with a...

Blessed are the Peacemakers: Senator Danforth as Special Envoy to the Sudan

Publication Date: October 14, 2009

After the attack on the World Trade Towers on September 11th, Senator John (Jack) C. Danforth's appointment as the president's special envoy to the Sudan took on a much deeper significance. As an ordained Episcopal priest, the senator, closely...

BlueOrchard Finance: Connecting Microfinance to Capital Markets (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 19, 2009

The case sequel is both retrospective in describing BlueOrchard's development since the original case in response to a rapidly changing environment, and prospective in raising questions about BlueOrchard's future competitiveness in a perhaps...

New Delhi Water and Power

Publication Date: June 22, 2009

The New Delhi Water and Power case compares the efforts by the government of the capital territory of New Delhi to privatize its electric distribution company and reform its municipal water company. The case introduces students to problems...