Cases

Sri Lanka Transport: The Bus Industry (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In 1996, Sri Lanka had a mixed public and private bus system, with about one-third of passengers carried by public companies and two-thirds by private. The private buses were not earning enough from passenger fees to replace their buses and as a...

Dealing with a Changing Environment (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

At a time, in the early 1980s, when Peru is wracked by leftist terrorism and hampered by weak central government, the Foundation for the Protection of the Environment (FPCN), founded by a group of Peru's leading biologists, becomes a vehicle...

Dealing with a Changing Environment (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

At a time, in the early 1980s, when Peru is wracked by leftist terrorism and hampered by weak central government, the Foundation for the Protection of the Environment (FPCN), founded by a group of Peru's leading biologists, becomes a vehicle...

Role of NGOs in Civil Society: South Africa & the Draft Bill Tempest

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The end of the apartheid government in South Africa signals myriad changes in that society -- including a basic examination of how government should regulate philanthropic and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations. Such groups fell into two...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Issues in Assessing the Impact of Social Investment: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In the early 1980s, The Ford Foundation, among other funders, help create a new type of organization designed to finance the renewal of older, inner city neighborhoods, both through housing renovation and other investments. The Local Initiatives...

Issues in Assessing the Impact of Social Investment: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In the early 1980s, The Ford Foundation, among other funders, help create a new type of organization designed to finance the renewal of older, inner city neighborhoods, both through housing renovation and other investments. The Local Initiatives...

Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

Faced with the need to dispose of an offshore oil storage installation, the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation develops what it believes is a straightforward and sensible plan: to dump the oil platform deep in the ocean, 150 miles off the northwest...

Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

Faced with the need to dispose of an offshore oil storage installation, the Royal Dutch Shell Corporation develops what it believes is a straightforward and sensible plan: to dump the oil platform deep in the ocean, 150 miles off the northwest...

The Oslo Channel: Getting to the Negotiating Table

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

This is a detailed account, based in part on interviews with key participants of the secret negotiations in Oslo, which led to Israeli recognition of the Palestine Liberation Organization and to the creation of an autonomous Palestinian...