Cases

Reckoning with History: Confederate Monuments in American Cities

Publication Date: March 3, 2023

When the Reverend Clementa Pinckney and eight worshipers were massacred during bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015, a widely...

Integrating Systems at Scale: Coordinating Health Care in Houston

Publication Date: November 8, 2023

 This case concerns the Patient Care Intervention Center (PCIC) a values-based health technology social enterprise in Houston, Texas. This organization was founded to tackle fundamental...

Implementing the Inflation Reduction Act: Can the Tax Code Transform American Energy?

Publication Date: October 17, 2023

 On August 16, 2022, President Joseph Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). The wide-ranging law included provisions for lowering prescription drug costs,...

Nothing Can Prepare You for This Job: Germany’s Health Minister Faces Tough Decisions during COVID-19

Publication Date: September 24, 2023

This case and video supplement recount three high-profile public health decisions that German Minister of Health, Jens Spahn, made during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: how to...

Police-Mental Health Collaborations: Lessons on Scaling and Leadership

Publication Date: August 17, 2023

Scaling public programs is a challenging task that requires thoughtful planning and purposeful leadership. Pilot programs often result in astounding outcomes that leave stakeholders excited...

Israel's Quest to Combat Racism Against Israelis of Ethiopian Descent

Publication Date: August 16, 2023

This case focuses on the Israeli government’s efforts to address complaints of institutional racism and discrimination against Israelis of Ethiopian descent. The case describes a series of...

Valerie Jarrett and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response

Publication Date: August 9, 2023

 On April 20, 2010, Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, was sitting in her office in the West Wing. The split...

Shoring Up Child Protection in Massachusetts: Commissioner Spears & the Push to Go Fast

Publication Date: July 13, 2023

 In January 2015, when incoming Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker chose Linda Spears as his new Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, he was looking for a reformer...

Evelyn Diop

Publication Date: May 30, 2023

 Evelyn is a seasoned nonprofit fundraising professional with roots in the corporate world, who thrives when faced with a strategic challenge. While she had been successfully leading change...

Confronting the Unequal Toll of Highway Expansion: Oni Blair, LINK Houston, & the Texas I-45 Debate (A)

Publication Date: April 6, 2023

 In this political strategy case, Oni K. Blair, newly appointed executive director of a Houston nonprofit advocating for more equitable transportation resources, faces a challenge: how to...

Making Place for Migrants: Housing Asylum Seekers in the Netherlands

Publication Date: November 7, 2022

 Mid-2015, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the Near East sought asylum in the European Union. At the spike of the influx, over 4,000 asylum seekers, most from war-torn Syria, were...

Conflict Minerals: Influencing the Supply Chain for Public Purpose (Postscript)

Publication Date: November 2, 2022

This postscript accompanies HKS Case Number 2248.0. Gold, tungsten, tantalum, and tin are essential to a wide array of today's products. Industries ranging from electronics to health care to...