HBSP (USA)
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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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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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Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (A)
Leonard, DorothyCase HBS-911404-EA relatively inexperienced professor struggles with managing a case discussion in a class based on numeric analysis. The class is lethargic and time is tight; she considers both a number of possible reasons for their disinterest and different teaching strategies to stimulate discussion and learning.Starting at €8.20
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Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (B)
Leonard, DorothyCase HBS-911405-EA professor teaching a case discussion based on numeric analysis is pleased that a student finally "cracks" the case-but the numbers differ from her own. The instructor has to decide how to handle the discrepancy.Starting at €5.74
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Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (C)
Leonard, DorothyCase HBS-911406-EA professor has an awkward exchange with a student who has prepared numeric analysis, but whose numbers do not agree with her own.Starting at €5.74
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Assistant Professor Gyan Gupta and the Wet Noodle Class (A)
Leonard, Dorothy; Harmeling, Susan S.Case HBS-912405-EProfessor Gupta faces three major problems in teaching cases: 1) his students, accustomed to lectures, don't know how to conduct a case discussion; 2) the students are using the Internet to discover the outcome of managerial dilemmas posed in the case; 3) he wants to share the theory he learned as a doctoral student, but can't figure out the appropriate way to integrate theory into the case-based discussion. He seeks advice, particularly about th...Starting at €8.20
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Transferring Knowledge Between Projects at NASA JPL (B)
Leonard, Dorothy; Myers, ChristopherCase HBS-917405-ELeadership and People ManagementAt the conclusion of the (A) case, Jennifer Trosper needed to decide whether or not to throw her support behind the training and outreach represented by the ROV-E program to build small rovers like the ones used on the surface of Mars by NASA JPL. The (B) case describes her decision and provides further information on her subsequent efforts made after the initial decision.Starting at €5.74
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Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (A) (Spanish Version)
Leonard, DorothyCase HBS-920S01Knowledge and CommunicationUn profesor relativamente inexperto lucha con la gestión de una discusión del caso en una clase basada en análisis numérico. La clase es letárgico y el tiempo es escaso; se considera tanto una serie de posibles razones de su falta de interés y diferentes estrategias de enseñanza para estimular la discusión y el aprendizaje.Starting at €8.20
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Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (B) (Spanish Version)
Leonard, DorothyCase HBS-920S02Knowledge and CommunicationUn profesor de la enseñanza de una discusión caso basado en el análisis numérico está satisfecho de que un estudiante finalmente "grietas" del caso, pero los números difieren de la suya. El instructor tiene que decidir cómo manejar la discrepancia.Starting at €5.74