Business and Government Relations

Seeking Neighborhood Revitalization in Philadelphia: Using Tax Credits to Link the Private and Nonprofit Sectors

Publication Date: December 01, 1999

In this case, the relationship between public goals of the revitalization of distressed neighborhoods in Philadelphia and nonprofit organizations is mediated by an unusual vehicle. A Pennsylvania state tax credit program is designed to channel...

Microsoft on Trial

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

In July 1999, US Federal District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson had to decide whether, as alleged by the US Department of Justice, Microsoft had illegally monopolized the supply of personal computer operating systems. The trial, originally...

Friends of the Family: Public/Private/Community Broker

Publication Date: January 01, 1999

It has become standard practice for major social service agencies to contract with non-profit organizations to deliver tax-supported services. In Maryland, however, the state Department of Human Resources went a step further. It believed in the...

Mexico's Competition Law and the Federal Competition Commission

Publication Date: November 01, 1998

In 1992, Mexico passed a law making certain anti-competitive practices illegal and creating a Federal Competition Commission (Comision Federal de Competencia) to enforce competition policies. This case describes the considerations involved in...

Reforming State-Owned Enterprises in China: Dong An Group and C&W Electronics

Publication Date: October 01, 1998

The transformation of the economy of China during the 1980s and 1990s sparked a wave of growth. At the same time, however, it left unresolved the relative roles of firms, formerly state-owned and managed, and the state itself, in providing...

SAGASCO Holdings Limited

Publication Date: August 01, 1998

In the summer of 1993, Australia's Trade Practices Commission was considering whether or not to permanently enjoin Santos Limited from acquiring SAGASCO Holdings Limited. This merger was potentially of enormous significance, since Santos was the...

Privatization of Telecommunications in Peru (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1998

When the administration of Peru president Alberto Fujimori embarks on an ambitious privatization program, it turns inevitably to the nation's creaking telephone system. With but 2.5 phone lines per 100 persons, Peru, in the mid-1990s, had the...

Privatization of Telecommunications in Peru

Publication Date: January 01, 1998

When the administration of Peru president Alberto Fujimori embarks on an ambitious privatization program, it turns inevitably to the nation's creaking telephone system. With but 2.5 phone lines per 100 persons, Peru, in the mid-1990s, had the...

Bangkok's Second Stage Expressway

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This transport privatization case describes the political complications that can accompany a privately-funded infrastructure project. The case tells the story of a Japanese construction firm and its relationship with the government of Thailand...

Fannie Mae and Its Affordable Housing Mandate: (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

The Federal National Mortgage Association is among the United States' most important government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Although a private, stockholder-help corporation, "Fannie Mae" is chartered by the federal government in ways which...

Fannie Mae and its Affordable Housing Mandate: Private Sector Rules and Public Sector Expectations

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

The Federal National Mortgage Association is among the United States' most important government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). Although a private, stockholder-help corporation, "Fannie Mae" is chartered by the federal government in ways which...

Mayor Stephen Goldsmith: Organizing Competition in Indianapolis (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

During his successful 1991 bid for the Indianapolis mayoralty, Stephen Goldsmith is clear about his preference for privatizing city services. Once in office, however, Goldsmith decides on a different, more complex approach. The inefficiency of...