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Inciting a Computer Revolution in Health Care: Implementing the Health Information Technology Act
Varley, PamelaCase HBS-HKS874-EThis case poses the question: given the ambitious goals of the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and the hurdles to its successful implementation, how should incoming National Coordinator for Health Information Technology David Blumenthal proceed? It is ideal for a class on strategic leadership. The case describes Blumenthal's resources, most notably: *$27 billion in Medicare and Medicaid incentives ...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating Toward the Paris Accords: WWF & the Role of Forests in the 2015 Climate Agreement
Varley, Pamela; Wilkinson, RobertCase HBS-KS1256-EIn the lead-up to the United Nations' 2015 climate summit in Paris, excitement ran high and so did anxiety. Negotiators hoped for a new international agreement, the first such effort since the disappointing collapse of negotiations six years earlier in Copenhagen. But the text of the agreement was still subject to debate. This case focuses on the efforts of one mid-level participant in the process, Josefina Bra a-Varela, policy director for Fore...Starting at €8.20
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Inciting a Computer Revolution in Health Care: Weighing the Merits of the Health Information Technology Act
Varley, PamelaCase HBS-HKS873-EStrategyThis case poses the question: given what was known at the time of its adoption, in February 2009, was the federal Health information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act good public policy? The HITECH Act, included in President Barack Obama's federal stimulus bill, was intended to introduce major incentives to encourage the spread of heath information technology throughout the U.S. health system. The case is ideal for a policy analysis...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking Oyster: Shashi Verma & Transport for London Confront a Tough Contract (A)
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Zeckhauser, Richard; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS743-EEconomicsThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. ""Cracking Oyster (A)" is the first part of a two part case set, "Cracking Oyster (A) and (B)," intended for a two-class sequence, but the (A) case may also be taught on its own. It is accompanied by a brief, two-part video com...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking Oyster: Shashi Verma & Transport for London Confront a Tough Contract (B)
Zeckhauser, Richard; Donahue, John D.; Varley, PamelaCase HBS-HKS744-EEconomicsThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. ""Cracking Oyster (B)" is the second part of a two-part case set, "Cracking Oyster (A) and (B)," intended for use in a two-class sequence. The (B) case may also be taught on its own, but students will need to read (or at least ...Starting at €5.74
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Buying Property in a Hot Market: NYC Creates a Fund to Keep Affordable Housing Developers in Play
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Goldsmith, StephenCase HBS-HKS110-EThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. This three-part case study presents the initial problem, the thinking, the politics, and the design negotiations that produced New York City's "NYC Acquisition Fund" in August 2006. The case concludes with a brief round-up of ...Starting at €8.20
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A Tampa "Town Hall" Forum Goes Awry: Anatomy of a Public Meeting Fiasco
Varley, Pamela; Fung, ArchonCase HBS-HKS676-EStrategyThis case describes a health care town hall meeting that was derailed by vocal protesters. The case was designed for a very specific teaching purpose: to discuss a variety of alternatives to the tried and true town hall meeting format which, the sponsoring professor believes, is not only quite vulnerable to disruption, but is not a terribly effective or democratic way to involve the public in local decision making, to begin with. Underlying the c...Starting at €8.20
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Nuclear Power & the Language of Diplomacy: Negotiating a Game-Changing Nuclear Trade Agreement with India
Varley, Pamela; Burns, R. NicholasCase HBS-HKS890-EThis decision-forcing case focuses on a diplomatic challenge faced by US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran between April and July 2005: the writing of a 400-word joint statement and framework agreement that-if they were successful--would be the first step in a very complex negotiation between the United States and India to establish a civil nuclear trade pact. The bulk of the ca...Starting at €8.20
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A Tampa "Town Hall" Forum Goes Awry: Anatomy of a Public Meeting Fiasco, Teaching Note
Varley, Pamela; Fung, ArchonTeaching Note HBS-HKS677-EStrategyThis case describes a health care town hall meeting that was derailed by vocal protesters. The case was designed for a very specific teaching purpose: to discuss a variety of alternatives to the tried and true town hall meeting format which, the sponsoring professor believes, is not only quite vulnerable to disruption, but is not a terribly effective or democratic way to involve the public in local decision-making, to begin with. Underlying the c...Starting at €0.00
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Fixing Our Politics', One Vote at a Time: Public Policy Graduates Aim to Boost Turnout with TurboVote
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-KS1183-EThis case, about creating a startup with a social mission, is designed to help students think through the strategic alignment of public value, legitimacy/support, and operational capacity in a simple context. Together with an in-class video "reveal," the case package follows the thinking of two Masters of Public Policy graduates as they create TurboVote, a nonprofit service designed to increase voter turnout by sending subscribers reminders and h...Starting at €8.20