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Hurricane Sandy: Supply, Demand and Appropriate Responses to the Gas Shortage
Olsen, Morten; McBride, EmilyCase ECON-420-EEconomicsThe Hurricane Sandy case focuses on understanding how markets work, supply and demand, market equilibrium and the role of prices as a coordination mechanism. To this end, we use the aftermath of the hurricane that hit New York and New Jersey in 2012, and in particular the gas shortages that caused long lines and frayed tempers. Hurricane Sandy interrupted gas supplies, resulting in many stations around the city shutting down when their supply ran...Starting at €8.20
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Sakhizwe Con Roux Construction: Building the Nation (1965-2004)
Black, T.; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-72-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter thirty-nine years in business Con Roux Construction (CRC) finally collapsed in 2004. Over a period of a dozen years this company had been tracked through a series of IESE case studies. The period covered was the first decade of the transition from the white rule apartheid years to the black rule ANC government. For a medium sized family owned business the decade proved to be particularly difficult. This particular case deals with the final ...Starting at €8.20