Business and Government Relations

Pam Hyde and Ohio Mental Health: Shifting Control of Inpatient Care

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

When Pam Hyde was appointed director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health in 1983, she inherited a two-tiered state mental health system, consisting of 17 state hospitals and 53 community...

Jerusalem Steel Corporation

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This hypothetical case is set in the spring of 1988, in the midst of the downturn of the Reagan administration's once-booming economy. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Roger Auchincloss is...

AIDS and the Insurance Industry

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In December 1986, Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Peter Hiam ordered life and health insurance companies operating in the state to stop testing insurance applicants' blood for...

Revving Up for Relief: Harley-Davidson at the ITC (B: Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In September 1982, Harley-Davidson, the only remaining US-based motorcycle manufacturer, petitioned the International Trade Commission for temporary relief, in the form of steep tariffs,...

Revving Up for Relief: Harley-Davidson at the ITC (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In September 1982, Harley-Davidson, the only remaining US-based motorcycle manufacturer, petitioned the International Trade Commission for temporary relief, in the form of steep tariffs,...

Revving Up for Relief: Harley-Davidson at the ITC (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In September 1982, Harley-Davidson, the only remaining US-based motorcycle manufacturer, petitioned the International Trade Commission for temporary relief, in the form of steep tariffs,...

The Urban League and the Youth Subminimum Wage

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In the spring of 1984, despite the economy's spectacular recovery from a severe recession, teenage unemployment remained a major problem: 19.4 percent of all teenagers and 44.8 percent of...

Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In March 1985, Ford and General Motors asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to reduce federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards from 27.5 miles per gallon...

General Motors and the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

In 1984, General Motors Corporation was headed for a potentially expensive collision with federal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards. GM had exceeded the steadily increasing...

Cable Wars (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

Set just before congressional deregulation of cable television in 1984, this economics and policy case offers students a chance to grapple with the question of whether local regulation of...

Cable Wars

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

Set just before congressional deregulation of cable television in 1984, this economics and policy case offers students a chance to grapple with the question of whether local regulation of...

NHTSA and the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards

Publication Date: January 01, 1986

On March 1, 1985, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received separate petitions from GM and Ford, asking the agency to reduce corporate average fuel economy (CAFE)...