Leadership

Capitalization: The Politics of Privatization in Bolivia

Publication Date: January 01, 1998

In this case, the president of Bolivia and a team of officials grapple with questions of how to set up a model for privatizing a number of state-owned enterprises. In the 1980s, Bolivia, like most other Latin American countries, embraced a more...

McCaffrey Takes Command (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

In late 1995, General Barry McCaffrey--a hero of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars and head of the US Army's Southern Command--was approached by the Clinton Administration to "consider" the job of "drug czar"--officially known as the head of the...

A Czar Among Bureaucrats: General Barry McCaffrey Considers a Role in the War on Drugs

Publication Date: September 01, 1997

In late 1995, General Barry McCaffrey--a hero of the Persian Gulf and Vietnam Wars and head of the US Army's Southern Command--was approached by the Clinton Administration to "consider" the job of "drug czar"--officially known as the head of the...

Mano Dura Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US) prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the...

Mano Dura: Mobilizing the National Guard to Battle Crime in Puerto Rico

Publication Date: January 02, 1997

Chaos and disorder in the public housing system of San Juan, Puerto Rico (second largest in the US) prompt the newly-elected governor Pedro Rosello to consider an unprecedented new approach: using the island's national guard troops to patrol the...

Case of Missing Shoe-Import Option: 1977 Footwear Import Decision

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This description by Washington Post columnist David Broder, chosen to be paired with The 1976 Footwear Import Decision case, describes the decision-making process of the Carter Administration as related to the same issue described in the...

1976 Footwear Import Decision

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case about decision-making at the Presidential level focuses on a question before the Ford Administration in early 1976: whether to provide some sort of relief for the beleaguered U.S. footwear (shoe) industry, then buffeted by increasingly...

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...

Nelson Mandela: The Man Behind the Symbol

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

This is another in the series of "great leader" cases. (See also George Washington (Case # 479.0), Martin Luther King (Case # 365.0), and George Marshall (Case # 480.0). In its focus on the man who, against all odds, helped lead South Africa...

The Reagan Revolution

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

This case describes the first budget cycle of the Reagan Administration, with a particular focus on the strategy for passage devised by the Republican White House of its "program for economic recovery"--a combination of tax and spending cuts...

Swine Flu Decision: An Analytic Summary

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

This case invites students to use public policy tools to consider what to do when the government faces a possible, but not certain, outbreak of "swine flu."Learning Objective:The case invites students to use benefit-cost analysis and decision...