Regulatory Policy

Congressional Oversight and Presidential Prerogative: The 1991 Intelligence Authorization Act

Publication Date: January 01, 2001

The history of the Central Intelligence Agency, from the time of its origins in the immediate post-World War II period, includes a crucial, ongoing tension. How should clandestine operations, whose effectiveness is based in secrecy, be treated...

Cancún, Mexico: Water and Wastewater Privatization (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 01, 2000

The sequel describes the ensuing changes to the concession contract and regulatory oversight structure, and the return of operational control to the private concession company, Aguakán. It briefly discusses the financial and political...

Cancún, Mexico: Water System Privatization

Publication Date: August 01, 2000

This case focuses on the privatization of water and sanitation services in the city of Cancún, Mexico. Cancún's growth from a small fishing village in the 1970s to a major international tourist destination by the 1990s overwhelmed...

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...

The Privatization of Light-Serviços de Eletricidade, SA: Preparing the Terms of Sale

Publication Date: June 01, 1999

In 1996, the government of Brazil attempted to sell the large, federally-owned power distribution company in Rio de Janeiro to private investors. The competitive auction for Rio Light was being heralded as a test of the entire Brazilian...

Privatizing the Argentine Mail (Sequel)

Publication Date: December 01, 1998

In this case, Argentina's Minister of Economy, Domingo Cavallo, must decide how to deal with a problem of corruption that will be exacerbated if privatization of the Argentine Mail goes forward. Cavallo and his team approach this issue as if it...

Privatizing the Argentine Mail

Publication Date: December 01, 1998

In this case, Argentina's Minister of Economy, Domingo Cavallo, must decide how to deal with a problem of corruption that will be exacerbated if privatization of the Argentine Mail goes forward. Cavallo and his team approach this issue as if it...

Cleaning up the "Big Dirties": The Problem of Acid Rain

Publication Date: November 01, 1998

Shortly after his 1989 inauguration, President George Bush confronts a seemingly intractable dispute which had simmered through the 1980s: how to legislate the clean-up of the so-called "big dirties", large coal-burning Midwest power plants...

Zoning Restrictions on Social Services for the Poor: The Case of Hartford, Connecticut

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case about the regulation of nonprofit social service organizations focuses on the unusual decision of the Hartford (Connecticut) City Council: to impose a moratorium on the establishment of new social service nonprofit organizations--such...

Zoning Restrictions on Social Services for the Poor: The Case of Hartford, Connecticut (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case about the regulation of nonprofit social service organizations focuses on the unusual decision of the Hartford (Connecticut) City Council: to impose a moratorium on the establishment of new social service nonprofit organizations--such...

ANDA: Transforming El Salvador's Water Company

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1998, most officials in El Salvador recognize that the water infrastructure and the institutions responsible for managing that infrastructure are in disrepair. Without reforms, the country would be unable to provide water and sewerage...

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...