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Understanding the Credit Crisis of 2007 to 2008
Authors: Segel, Arthur I.; Creo, Ben
Product Type: Notes
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2008
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This note examines the background of the credit crisis of 2007-2008, discusses potential causes of it, and considers its ramifications. The exhibits contain a variety of pertinent data regarding the rise of securitization, debt levels, and typical aspects of financial crises. A new matrix is introduced for thinking about a country's potential economic performance at any point in time.
Overcoming Political Opposition: CNG Mandates in Delhi (A, B, C)
Author: Jha, Saumitra
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2012
By the early 1990s, New Delhi was the fourth-most polluted city in the world. This case follows India's Supreme Court ruling in 1998 that all buses, taxis, and auto-rickshaws in Delhi be switched to clean fuels by March 31, 2001.
Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings
Authors: Simcoe, Timothy; Toffel, Michael W.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Government purchasing programs often have policy objectives that go beyond getting a good deal for the taxpayer. This paper examines the impact of environmentally friendly government procurement policies on private-sector adoption of the targeted products. The authors find that municipal government green building procurement policies that apply only to municipal buildings also accelerate the use of green building practices in the private sector, both in the cities with these policies as well as in neighboring cities.
Boston Innovation District Turns Two
Author: Isenberg, Daniel J.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Babson College
Publication Year: 2012
As Boston's Mayor Thomas Menino had repeated many times before many audiences, between his widely noted 2010 address and May 2012, "There has never been a better time for innovation in urban settings than now and there should be no better place than in Boston."
Infant HIV Diagnostics: Supply Chain in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Deo, Sarang; Ben-Har, Avidan; Shields, Bill; Naware, Mihir
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2012
Roger Osayende, a former management consultant, must advise the Ministry of Health of Ektu, a fictional country in Central Africa, on how to implement a new point-of-care diagnostic test for infants with HIV. A new point-of-care device was about to be introduced, which would obviate the need for this centralized processing and the resulting diagnostic delay. The key decision under consideration is where to place the devices to maximize their effectiveness...
Ronald Reagan's Speech on Project Economic Justice
Author: Reagan, Ronald
Product Type: Multimedia; Video Collections
Source: Center for Economic and Social Justice -- cesj.org
Publication Year: 1987
The Presidential Task Force on Project Economic Justice--In 1985, Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ) members initiated and mobilized bipartisan support for Congressional legislation which established the Presidential Task Force on Project Economic Justice under President Ronald Reagan. Project Economic Justice, which was first conceived in a strategy paper authored by CESJ, offered a revolutionary economic alternative to military solutions to regional conflicts in Central America and the Caribbean. Enacted as part of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, this legislation created the first presidential task force to be totally funded with private donations and supported by both the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO. Former Ambassador to the Organization of American States and the European Community, The Hon. J. William Middendorf II, served as Chairman. CESJ's president, Norman G. Kurland, served as deputy chairman.
GlaxoSmithKline in Brazil: Public-Private Vaccine Partnerships
Authors: Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Cornell, Ian McKown
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Three years into a major public-private partnership between GlaxoSmithKline and Fiocuz, Brazil's principal health institute, the company assesses technology transfer and joint research under the agreement. GSK's management must consider whether the PPP provides strategic advantage to its consumer healthcare businesses in Brazil and to access other emerging markets as well as the risks...
India 2012: The Challenges of Governance
Authors: Iyer, Lakshmi; Vietor, Richard H.K
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
In January 2012, the government of India faced significant challenges... Policy reforms were hampered by several recent corruption scandals, widespread citizen protests against corruption, and disagreements with coalition partners. Could India make the right decisions needed to lift hundreds of millions of citizens out of poverty?
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Authors: Narayanan, V.G.; Chaturvedi, Saloni
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
In 2009, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, the organization tasked with building a Mass Transit System for India's capital city Delhi, witnessed the biggest crisis in its history. A bridge under construction collapsed killing six people and injuring 15 more. The case focuses on the challenges that the Managing Director Dr. E. Sreedharan faced as the crisis unfolded...
A City's Desert: No Apples in the Big Apple? (A, B)
Authors: Jones, Jamie; Rowland, Jennifer
Product Type: Cases
Source: Kellogg School of Management
Publication Year: 2011
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Physical Activity and Nutrition Program needed to come up with an innovative solution to the many health problems, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease that plagued residents of poorer areas in the city, while increasing economic opportunity for neighborhood residents.
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