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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Responding to the Crisis in the Gulf of Mexico
Ahlers, Doug; Weeks, JenniferCase HBS-KS1224-EOn April 20, 2010 an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana. BP was using the Deepwater Horizon to drill an "ultra-deep" offshore well. The explosion was the result of a "blowout" of the wellhead at the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico, 5,000 beneath the drilling rig. BP was unable to cap the leaking well for nearly 3 months while oil spilled out of the wellhead at a rate of 35,00...Starting at €8.20
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"Miracle on the Hudson" (A): Landing U.S. Airways Flight 1549
Weeks, Jennifer; Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, DutchCase HBS-HKS713-ELeadership and People ManagementOn January 15, 2009, shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese. The geese were then sucked into the plane's twin engines, causing total engine failure and the loss of power. Case A of this three-part series recounts how over the following four minutes, Flight 1549's Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles grappled with a variety of extreme challenges. Not only...Starting at €8.20
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Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: Impacts on Public Health
Howitt, Arnold; Weeks, JenniferCase HBS-HKS762-EEconomicsIn 2006, with healthcare costs and the number of uninsured rising, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation that aimed to provide health insurance to everyone in the state. A product of bipartisan collaboration between a legislature dominated by Democrats and a Republican governor, the law contained several major innovations, including: mandates requiring residents to purchase health insurance and businesses to contribute toward employees' healt...Starting at €8.20
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Wellness is Everyone's Business: Public-Private Partnerships for Health in Minnesota
Howitt, Arnold M.; Weeks, JenniferCase HBS-HKS774-EEconomicsLike many other states at the time, Minnesota found itself facing several serious long-term public health challenges in the mid- and late-2000s, including rapidly rising health care costs and residents' increasing vulnerability to chronic diseases arising from unhealthy behaviors like smoking as well as higher obesity rates. Compounding these challenges, in 2008 a major economic recession took hold across the country, prompting states to target h...Starting at €8.20
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"Miracle on the Hudson" (B): Rescuing Passengers and Raising the Plane
Weeks, Jennifer; Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, DutchCase HBS-HKS714-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement for case HKS713Starting at €5.74
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"Miracle on the Hudson" (C): Epilogue
Weeks, Jennifer; Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, DutchCase HBS-HKS715-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement for case HKS713Starting at €5.74
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Performance Management for Health in Washington State
Howitt, Arnold; Weeks, JenniferCase HBS-HKS760-EEconomicsBy the mid-2000s, Washington State's Department of Health (DOH) had earned a national reputation as an innovative and effective agency. But beginning in 2005, when newly elected Governor Christine Gregoire introduced a state-level performance management system - Government Management Accountability and Performance (GMAP) - DOH and other state entities found themselves having to regularly explain and justify their work through the newly establishe...Starting at €8.20