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Money & Morals: The Minimum Wage and the American South
Varley, Pamela; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1233-EEconomicsIn 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10. To the surprise of no one, Congressional Republicans blocked the move, as they had a similar proposal the year before. Seeing little hope of federal action, wage activists turned their sights on state and local governments. Riding a tide of popular support, dozens of jurisdictions voted in hikes in their own state and city mini...Starting at €8.20
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Hard-Won Accord: British Columbia & EDS Canada Tackle a Complex Contract Negotiation Abridged
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS707-EEconomicsSupplement for case HKS147Starting at €8.20
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Nuclear Power & the Language of Diplomacy: Negotiating a Game-Changing Nuclear Trade Agreement with India Sequel
Burns, R. Nicholas; Varley, PamelaCase HBS-HKS891-ESupplement for HKS890Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating from the Margins: The Santa Clara Pueblo Seeks Key Ancestral Lands, Teaching Plan
Hong, Kessely; Varley, Pamela; Garcia-Rios, PatriciaTeaching Note HBS-KS1011-ETeaching plan for product HKS886.Starting at €0.00
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A Tricky Mandate: Craig Coy and the Problem of Patronage Hiring at Massport
Varley, Pamela; Porter, RogerCase HBS-HKS451-EStrategyStarting at €8.20
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Detroit's Troubled Waters: Race, Politics, Bankruptcy & Regionalism
Varley, Pamela; Mayne, QuintonCase HBS-KS1250-EEconomicsRegional governance, by contrast to municipal or state control, is the best level of government to tackle certain public functions-or at least, so it seems to most urban planners. Yet in many parts of the United States, it is all but impossible to build the political will to shift from local to regional governance. This decision-forcing case (which includes a video supplement, HKS Case 2093.0) places students in Detroit during the city's financia...Starting at €8.20
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The Quest for Sustainable Public Transit Funding: SEPTA's 2013 Capital Budget Crisis, Teaching Plan
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Rosengard, Jay K.; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1147-EFinanceTeaching plan for cases KS1145 and KS1146.Starting at €0.00
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Sea Change: Rewriting the Rules for Port Security
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS692-EStrategyThis case describes the task that confronted Coast Guard Captain Suzanne Englebert, the staff point-person who led an initiative to develop new regulations intended to improve the security of the nation's ports from terrorist attacks, in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is intended for use in a strategic management class. Students are challenged to weigh an array of political, practical, legal, and technical considerations in assess...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating from the Margins: The Santa Clara Pueblo Seeks Key Ancestral Lands Sequel
Hong, Kessely; Varley, PamelaCase HBS-HKS802-EThis negotiations case describes the approach, over time, of Santa Clara, a small Pueblo Indian tribe in New Mexico, to recover a piece of land tribal leaders viewed as integral to their ancestral homeland. Unlike many negotiations cases, which concern the strategizing of two or more powerful players, this case describes the evolving strategy of a small, marginal player, striving mightily for a seat at a negotiating table dominated by several pow...Starting at €8.20
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Devil in the Details: Designing a Social Impact Bond Agreement in Medellin Teaching Plan
Levy, Dan; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1168-EEconomicsThis teaching plan accompanies Case Number 2043.0. In July 2012, three freshly-minted Harvard Kennedy School graduates bought one-way tickets to Medellin, Co-lombia, to launch a nonprofit startup they called Instiglio. Their idea: to bring Social Impact Bonds, still experimental even in affluent nations, to Colombia and other low to middle income countries. This statistics case-one of two nearly identical HKS cases about Instiglio-provides backgr...Starting at €0.00