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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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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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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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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
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Measured Approach: TEGV Assesses its Performance & Impact, Teaching Plan
Laidler-Kylander, Nathalie; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1043-ETeaching plan for KS1042.Starting at €0.00
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Cracking Oyster: Shashi Verma & Transport for London Confront a Tough Contract (A) Teaching Plan
Donahue, John D.; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1008-EEconomicsTeaching plan for product HKS743.Starting at €0.00
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Betting Private Capital on Fixing Public Ills: Instiglio Brings Social Impact Bonds to Colombia, Teaching Plan
Levy, Dan; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1004-EEconomicsTeaching plan for case KS1003.Starting at €0.00
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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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Aung San Suu Kyi, Seizing the Moment: Soaring Hopes & Tough Constraints in Myanmar's Unfolding Democracy Teaching Note
Bowles, Hannah Riley; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-HKS747-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS746Starting at €0.00
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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