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Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Scherf, RobertCase HBS-719002-EEconomicsSome technology transitions are exceedingly difficult for incumbent firms to execute. The bankruptcy filing by the Eastman Kodak Company highlighted the difficulty companies faced when their core business transitioned from an analog to a digital world. Kodak's business was built on the sale of a complex manufactured product - color photographic film that was exceedingly difficult to manufacture - with correspondingly high barriers to entry. Over ...Starting at €8.20
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National Economic Accounting
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Scherf, RobertCase HBS-719028-EEconomicsBy 2013, Google, while not a traditional manufacturer of automobiles, had invested millions of dollars in its self-driving cars which had logged over 500,000 miles of testing. The Google management team faced several questions. Should Google continue to invest in the technology behind self-driving cars? How could Google's core software-based and search business benefit from self-driving car technology? As large auto manufacturers began to invest ...Starting at €8.20
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Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (B), Teaching Note
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Kuipers, JacobTeaching Note HBS-712013-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 712-012.Starting at €0.00
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Hungary: Economic Crisis and a Shift to the Right, Teaching Note
Weinzierl, Matthew C.Teaching Note HBS-712019-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 711051.Starting at €0.00
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Immigration Policy in Germany (A)
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Flanagan, Katrina; Su, AlastairCase HBS-715029-EEconomicsGermany's Chancellor Angela Merkel faced economic and moral pressure to encourage greater immigration from struggling European, and especially Eurozone, countries after the economic downturn that began in 2008. In fact, it was possible that both the Euro currency union and the European political union depended on increasing migration across member countries, including into Germany. But German domestic politics made Merkel's decision a difficult o...Starting at €8.20
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1996 Welfare Reform in the United States
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Flanagan, Katrina; Su, AlastairCase HBS-715030-EEconomicsOn August 22, 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)-a dramatic reform of the American system of economic assistance for the poor that, as its title suggested, attempted to encourage labor force participation rather than reliance on federal support. Clinton's decision to support a proposal that substantially cut spending on economic assistance was controversia...Starting at €8.20
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California's Budget Crises, Tax Reform, and Domestic and International Tax Competition
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Kuipers, JacobCase HBS-710038-EEconomicsHow do (and how should) governments design fiscal policies to compete in a globalized economy while meeting internal policy priorities including redistribution? In 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger repeatedly declared fiscal emergencies as California's state budget deficit reached all-time highs. The Governor and legislative leaders established the Commission on the Twenty-first Century Economy to recommend tax reforms that would improve the s...Starting at €8.20
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A Sharper Look at Zero Tolerance: Reports of Sexual Assault Rock the United States Air Force Academy (Sequel)
Born, Dana; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1232-EEconomicsSupplement to case KS1231. This case traces the sexual assault scandal that rocked the United States Air Force Academy in 2003. Over a period of several months, dozens of current and former female students came forward to the media and government representatives about being sexually assaulted by their male peers on campus. Several victims also implicated the Academy's leadership for not doing enough to address the problem. When the scandal broke...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Monolith: California's Child Welfare Services Disrupts Technology Procurement (A)
Datla, Anjani; Eaves, DavidCase HBS-KS1235-EEconomicsIn October 2015, two senior California officials: Marybel Batjer, Secretary for Government Operations, and Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency seized on an idea that had the potential to turn the state's long dysfunctional technology procurement process on its head. After years of planning, California was about to request bids for a new child welfare management system to replace a twenty-year-old technology...Starting at €8.20
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Seeking Skills, Finding Barriers: Vocational Training in Punjab (Sequel)
Khwaja, Asim; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1262-EEconomicsSupplement to case KS1261. In March 2012, a flagship vocational program in Punjab, Pakistan-the Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF)-hit a roadblock. After months of planning, a pilot phase of training courses was launched in four of Punjab's poorest districts. The classes filled up, but the researchers in charge of evaluating PSDF's programs were worried. Earlier research indicated that a large portion of the target population-including a large...Starting at €8.20