Regulatory Policy

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case discusses the efforts by the state of Andhra Pradesh and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to provide water services to its poorest inhabitants--approximately 1.7 million people. Undermining this challenge is...

Revising Electricity Tariffs in Brazil

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case examines the dilemma confronting the Brazilian electricity regulator in the period following power rationing. Brazil privatized about 65 percent of the distribution companies (DISCOs) in the 1990s, but the companies were hit hard...

Brazil Electricity Crisis

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

In May of 2001, the Brazilian government ordered all consumers to reduce their power use by 20 percent. This case traces the events and decisions that led to one of the most severe electricity crises in Latin American history. How does a country...

Mr. Nam's Dilemma

Publication Date: September 30, 2005

In 2000, Vietnam passed the Enterprise Law to spur private sector development and facilitate its transition from a centrally-planned to a market economy. The Enterprise Law changed the paradigm for private business in Vietnam by making business...

The British Water Industry: Glas Cymru and the Debate over Nonprofits (B)

Publication Date: September 29, 2005

This case, designed to be used either together with The British Water Industry (A): The Evolution of Price-Cap Regulation (1809.0) or separately, describes the controversies in the British water industry in 2002, 13 years after it was...

The British Water Industry: The Evolution of Price-Cap Regulation (A)

Publication Date: September 29, 2005

This case, designed to be used either together with The British Water Industry (B): Glas Cymru and the Debate over Nonprofits (1810.0) or separately, describes the controversies in the British water industry in 2002, 13 years after it was...

The Struggle over Smart Growth in New Jersey (Epilogue)

Publication Date: April 01, 2005

This epilogue accompanies the case 1791.0. The idea of "smart growth", broadly defined as concentrated, urban-style new development that limits "sprawl" and thus preserves woodlands and other open space, has long appealed to city planners and...

The Struggle over Smart Growth in New Jersey

Publication Date: April 01, 2005

The idea of "smart growth," broadly defined as concentrated, urban-style new development that limits "sprawl" and thus preserves woodlands and other open space, has long appealed to city planners and environmentalists. In practice, however, it...

AirTran Airways' West Coast Service

Publication Date: March 01, 2005

On March 4, 2003, AirTran Airways announced new non-stop service from Atlanta to Los Angeles. The routes were a major commitment for AirTran, and came at a time when the airline industry was in turmoil. The major airlines had lost a record $12...

Bringing Smart Growth to Massachusetts: Douglas Foy and the Office for Commonwealth Development (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 2005

This sequel accompanies case 1799.0. In December 2002, Massachusetts Governor-Elect Mitt Romney raised eyebrows when he appointed Douglas Foy to the newly created cabinet-level position of secretary of commonwealth development. Many assumed that...

Bringing Smart Growth to Massachusetts: Douglas Foy and the Office for Commonwealth Development

Publication Date: January 01, 2005

In December 2002, Massachusetts Governor-Elect Mitt Romney raised eyebrows when he appointed Douglas Foy to the newly created cabinet-level position of secretary of commonwealth development. Many assumed that Romney, a "pro-business" Republican,...

Arsenic in Drinking Water

Publication Date: January 22, 2003

In January 2001, on the last day of the term of President William Clinton, the US Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) had reduced the maximum permissible level of arsenic in drinking water from 50 to 10 parts per billion (ppb)...