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Vaccination in Bogotá before the decentralisation and reform of the Health System in Colombia (A)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1028-EService and Operations ManagementDecentralization as part of the reform of the health system has had a significant impact on the effectiveness of the public health system. The case shows the difficulties encountered in regional management and the decisions that have been made to achieve the goals that have been set. The case provides a general description of certain government initiatives in the context of the reform of the health system in Colombia, subsequently focusing on the...Starting at €8.20
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Large-Scale Government Contracting of NGOs to Extend Basic Health Services to Poor Populations in Guatemala
Nieves I.; La Forgia G. M.; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1006-EService and Operations ManagementThe case discusses the situation of the Basic Services Coverage Extension Program (PECSB) in Guatemala at the beginning of 2000. During its three years of existence, the program has proven to be successful in persuading a large number of NGOs to work with the government in extending health services coverage to poor native populations living in rural areas. The new government is wondering whether the existing "agreements" should be upgraded to con...Starting at €8.20
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El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social hacia la desconcentración de sus proveedores de servicios de salud
Jané E.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1044Service and Operations ManagementEl Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), una organización altamente centralizada y jerárquica, comenzó hace tres años un proceso de devolución de sus unidades de servicio, agrupadas en Areas Médicas de Gestión Desconcentrada (AMGD). El proceso era lento hasta que se diseñó un proyecto para crear las herramientas necesarias para administrarlo bajo las nuevas condiciones de autonomía. El Dr. Martín es el jefe de una de estas AMGD. El y sus ...Starting at €8.20
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Improving Health Care Access for the Poor: A Case Study of the Washington DC Public Health Care System Reforms (A)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1046-EService and Operations ManagementThe Major of Washington must decide how to restructure the health care of the District of Columbia, which has suffered from severe financial crisis. The availability of resources contrasts with its poor health outcomes. The main provider of health care to the uninsured, the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation is forecasted to exhaust its FY2001 subsidy by the middle of March. A commission has submitted its recommendations, which inclu...Starting at €8.20
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Improving Health Care Access for the Poor: A case Study of the Washington DC Public Health Care Systems Reforms (B)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1047-EService and Operations ManagementThe Major of Washington must decide how to restructure the health care of the District of Columbia, which has suffered from severe financial crisis. The availability of resources contrasts with its poor health outcomes. The main provider of health care to the uninsured, the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation is forecasted to exhaust its FY2001 subsidy by the middle of March. A commission has submitted its recommendations, which inclu...Starting at €5.74
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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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Hero or Traitor Edward Snowden and the NSA Spying Program
Winig, Laura; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-HKS798-EEconomicsOn June 5, 2013, a London newspaper reported that the United States National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting the telephone records of millions of Verizon customers in the U.S. The story was the first of many top secret revelations about the NSA's spying programs, leaked by Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor. The case examines Snowden's actions and motivations and asks students to consider the repercussions of whistleblowing/leaking on t...Starting at €8.20
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Divided We Stand: Gay Marriage Rulings and Official Disobedience
Winig, Laura; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1199-EOn June, 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violated the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment protection of equal liberty, effectively overturning the law. Pennsylvania, however, banned same-sex marriage. Despite the state law, D. Bruce Hanes, a register of wills in Pennsylvania, agreed to honor a request from two women seeking a same-sex marriage license-an act of official disobedience that immedi...Starting at €8.20
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Martian Rocket Products
Serrano, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase OIT-36-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the situation faced by MRP, a manufacturer of parts for the aerospace industry. Mamagers have to decide how many parts of each component should be ordered from the suppliers.Starting at €8.20
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Contratación gubernamental de ONGs a gran escala para extender los servicios básicos de salud a las poblaciones pobres de Guatemala
Nieves I.; La Forgia G. M.; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1006Service and Operations ManagementEl caso presenta la situación del Programa de Extensión de Cobertura de Servicios Básicos - PECSB en Guatemala a principios del 2000. En sus tres años de existencia el programa ha demostrado su éxito al atraer un gran número de ONGs para colaborar con el Gobierno en la extensión de la cobertura de servicios de salud a poblaciones pobres e indígenas que habitan en áreas rurales. El nuevo gobierno se cuestiona la necesidad de transformar los «conve...Starting at €8.20