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Budget Woes and Worse Ahead...
Varley, Pamela; Friedman, JohnCase HBS-HKS748-EIn 2004, Boston's preeminent homeless shelter, Pine Street Inn, faced the prospect of steadily dwindling funds for shelter services over the next few years. This stark reality-combined with persistent frustrations at finding permanent homes for homeless clients-persuaded Pine Street's director and board to regroup, gather data, and rethink Pine Street's organizational strategy. The Harvard Kennedy School has designed two cases that look at this j...Starting at €8.20
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Experiment in Public Procurement: Italy Buys in Bulk
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS125-EUnder pressure from the European Union, which had admitted Italy to the "Eurozone" hesitantly, on condition that the country control its deficit spending and reduce its high public debt, the central government in Italy initiated dozens of cost-cutting programs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. One such program aimed to economize, to the tune of billions of euros, on public procurement of goods and services. The program's first priority was to ...Starting at €8.20
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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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Choosing the Road Less Traveled: How Cycling Took Hold in Copenhagen
Varley, Pamela; Mayne, QuintonCase HBS-KS1248-EEconomicsIn the first two decades of the 21st century, Copenhagen has vaulted to international attention for its enthusiastic bicycle culture and infrastructure. While it's tempting to dismiss this accomplishment as inherently easy because it took place in a city and country known for socially liberal politics, this case-by summarizing the history of cycling politics and policy in Copenhagen since the 1970s-shows that the evolution of Copenhagen as a bike...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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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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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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Experiments in Public Procurement: Italy Buys in Bulk Sequel
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS445-EEconomicsUnder pressure from the European Union, which had admitted Italy to the "Eurozone" hesitantly, on condition that the country control its deficit spending and reduce its high public debt, the central government in Italy initiated dozens of cost-cutting programs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. One such program aimed to economize, to the tune of billions of euros, on public procurement of goods and services. The program's first priority was to ...Starting at €8.20
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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