HBSP (USA)
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Finding the Money: An Overview of Infrastructure Finance Challenges and Opportunities
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Fox, DanielCase HBS-314094-EFinanceThis overview describes how the United States funds and finances infrastructure investment to maintain its economic competitiveness. It considers the roles of taxpayers, users, government allocators and lenders, and private investors in the infrastructure funding system and shows that there are creative tools that can be used. It focuses on five major areas: the problematic state of fuel taxes; the increasing promise of user fees; innovations in ...Starting at €8.20
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Transforming Verizon 2015: Going Above the Network, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Fox, DanielTeaching Note HBS-315115-ETeaching note for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Daniel Fox, "Transforming Verizon 2015: Going Above the Network," HBS No. 315-068, Feb. 2015.Starting at €0.00
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Uber and Stakeholders: Managing a New Way of Riding, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Fox, DanielTeaching Note HBS-316004-EThis case provides a vehicle to analyze stakeholder relations as a company grows, particularly in the context of new business models that challenge established industries. It introduces the dilemmas posed by rapid growth, new technologies, regulatory uncertainty, and the resistance of ecosystems that have developed around older industries. By following Uber's evolving relationships with various stakeholder groups, the case introduces questions ab...Starting at €0.00
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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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La transformación de Verizon en 2015: más allá de la red
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Fox, DanielCase HBS-317S17Knowledge and CommunicationEn 2015, el Presidente y CEO de Verizon Communications refleja en sus cuatro años al frente de la empresa y considera reposicionamiento estratégico para el futuro. Mientras tanto, un líder ascendente dentro de la organización, Marni Walden, conduce el cambio con una nueva organización de desarrollo de productos en toda la empresa. El grupo de Walden es una promesa, sino que debe superar las barreras culturales, estructurales y técnicos para innov...Starting at €8.20
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Role Responsibility, Official Disobedience, and the Supreme Court's Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act, Teaching Plan
Robichaud, Christopher; Winig, LauraTeaching Note HBS-KS1177-EEconomicsTeaching plan for case HKS793. In June, 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 offici...Starting at €0.00
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Transforming Verizon 2015: Going Above the Network
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Fox, DanielCase HBS-315068-EIn 2015, the Chairman and CEO of Verizon Communications reflects on his four years leading the company and considers strategic repositioning for the future. Meanwhile, a rising leader within the organization, Marni Walden, leads change with a new, company-wide product development organization. Walden's group holds promise but must overcome cultural, structural, and technical barriers to innovating in a giant telecom. In the midst of change, execu...Starting at €8.20
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Role Responsibility, Official Disobedience, and the Supreme Court's Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act
Winig, Laura; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-HKS793-EEconomicsIn June, 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 immediatel...Starting at €8.20