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Associacao Saude Crianca: Trying to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Illness at Scale
Battilana, Julie; Kimsey, Marissa; Zogbi, Priscilla; Mair, JohannaCase HBS-419048-EDr. Vera Cordeiro founded the NGO Associa o Sa de Crian a in 1991 to try to help poor families break the cycle of poverty and illness in Brazil. She and her team of employees and volunteers developed a holistic methodology to address the multidimensional sources of poverty based on the pillars of health, housing, citizenship, income, and education. After introducing the seeds of this approach, the case examines the evolution of the organizat...Starting at €8.20
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Megaprojects & the Role of the Public: Germany's Embattled 'Stuttgart 21' Rail Project
Varley, Pamela; Mayne, QuintonCase HBS-KS1130-EEconomicsIn February 2010, Germany's national railway broke ground on a project that had been under negotiation for more than 20 years-the Stuttgart segment of the European Magistrale, a 930-mile cross-Europe high-speed rail line that would one day extend from Paris through Munich and Vienna to Budapest and Bratislava. At long last, the German national railway, the state of Baden-W rttemberg, and the city of Stuttgart had come to agreement on the routing...Starting at €8.20