HBSP (USA)
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The Test of Transition: The Case of the Community Preservation and Development Corporation
Von Hoffman, AlexanderCase HBS-HKS123-EThe case study presents facts pertaining to the Community Preservation and Development Corporation (CPDC), one of the best-known nonprofit housing development companies in the United States, at a time of fundamental transition--a new chief executive officer has been installed after several months of the board of directors running the company. Working with the founder, Eugene Ford, the first chief executive had made a specialty of using a variety ...Starting at €8.20
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Pacesetter, Riverdale, and the Illinois Campaign for Affordable Housing, Epilogue
Von Hoffman, Alexander; Apgar, WilliamCase HBS-HKS459-EZenovia Evans, mayor of the small Chicago suburb of Riverdale, was determined to save the subdivision of Pacesetter which had once been her home. As part of her efforts to save the deteriorating neighborhood, Mayor Evans joined a wide-ranging and innovative campaign to bring affordable housing to the entire Chicago metropolitan area, a region with a troubled history of race and class relations. Several influential business and civic leaders, lear...Starting at €8.20
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Protecting the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, Teaching Note
Leonard, Herman B.; Giles, DavidTeaching Note HBS-HKS566-EStrategyTeaching Note for HKS456 and HKS455.Starting at €0.00
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Tennessee Responds to the 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic
Giles, David; Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-HKS680-EStrategyThe 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic posed enormous challenges for state health departments across the U.S. This case focuses on the experience of Tennessee - which endured an intense resurgence of the disease in late summer and early fall 2009 - and explores, in particular, how state health officials, working with their partners from local government and the private sector, mobilized in advance of this second wave of the disease. An array of prepare...Starting at €8.20
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Moving People out of Danger (B): Special Needs Evacuations from Gulf Coast Hurricanes
Giles, David; Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-HKS700-EStrategyIn late summer 2005, Hurricane Katrina - the worst natural disaster in U.S. history - wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast, causing massive loss of life and property damage. (Just a few weeks later, Hurricane Rita would inflict even more suffering across much of the same area.) The evacuation of special needs individuals (e.g., the institutionalized, those with medical conditions, people without access to cars, etc.) from New Orleans was especially...Starting at €5.74
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To Understand a Growing Organization: Greater Miami Neighborhoods
Von Hoffman, AlexanderCase HBS-HKS122-EThis case study explores the factors that are important in analyzing the health and soundness of a project in a growing nonprofit housing company with multiple program areas. A new loan officer at a community development financial institution must decide whether to recommend approval of an application by Greater Miami Neighborhoods (GMN) for financing the construction of a mixed-income condo building in downtown Miami. GMN recently has become the...Starting at €8.20
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On the Frontlines of a Pandemic: Texas Responds to 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza A
Giles, David; Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-HKS678-EStrategyIn the spring of 2009, cases of a previously unidentified strain of influenza began appearing in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. Within just a few months, outbreaks of 2009 Novel H1N1 (commonly referred to as Swine Flu) were so widespread that the World Health Organization declared its first influenza pandemic in over forty years. This case focuses on how state health officials in Texas, which experienced some of the first cases of H1N1, organiz...Starting at €8.20
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On the Frontlines of a Pandemic: Texas Responds to 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza A & Tennessee Responds to the 2009 Novel H1N1 Influenza A Pandemic, Teaching Note
Giles, David; Howitt, ArnoldTeaching Note HBS-HKS679-EStrategyIn the spring of 2009, cases of a previously unidentified strain of influenza began appearing in Mexico and the southwestern U.S. Within just a few months, outbreaks of 2009 Novel H1N1 (commonly referred to as Swine Flu) were so widespread that the World Health Organization declared its first influenza pandemic in over forty years. This case focuses on how state health officials in Texas, which experienced some of the first cases of H1N1, organiz...Starting at €0.00
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To Build a Different Model: The Case for Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.
Von Hoffman, AlexanderCase HBS-HKS685-EEconomicsThis case study examines the business model of the Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc., (POAH) and its applicability to nonprofit housing providers. POAH is one of the premier socially conscious low-income housing developers and owners in the United States. Its primary mission is to purchase large, multi-family properties and refinance them for long-term affordability. As of 2010, POAH has rescued and refinanced more than 4,900 units of affo...Starting at €8.20
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To Build a Different Model: The Case for Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc., Teaching Note
Von Hoffman, AlexanderTeaching Note HBS-HKS686-EEconomicsThis case study examines the business model of the Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc., (POAH) and its applicability to nonprofit housing providers. POAH is one of the premier socially conscious low-income housing developers and owners in the United States. Its primary mission is to purchase large, multi-family properties and refinance them for long-term affordability. As of 2010, POAH has rescued and refinanced more than 4,900 units of affo...Starting at €0.00