HBSP (USA)
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Madam C.J. Walker: Entrepreneur, Leader, and Philanthropist
Dwojeski, Anne E.; Grundy, William; Helms, Erica; Miller, Katherine; Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-807145-EEntrepreneurshipMadam C. J. Walker, who has been credited as the first self-made African-American woman millionaire, created a hair-care empire after years spent as a laundress in St. Louis, Missouri. Decades before the Civil Rights movement, her company gave employment to thousands of African-American women and marketed its products around the world. Madam Walker was active in the social and political causes of her day, and used her position as a successful ent...Starting at €8.20
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The Challenge of Adapting to Climate Change: King County Brings Local Action to a Global Threat
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS107-EThis public leadership case puts students in the shoes of King County Executive Ron Sims, the top elected official in Washington State's largest and most diverse county. The year is 2005, and Sims wishes to take a high profile leadership role on the climate change issue-locally and on the national stage-by tackling the nearly uncharted realm of "adaptation," preparing at the local level for impacts of climate change considered inevitable. In addi...Starting at €8.20
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Buying Property in a Hot Market: NYC Creates a Fund to Keep Affordable Housing Developers in Play
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Goldsmith, StephenCase HBS-HKS110-EThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. This three-part case study presents the initial problem, the thinking, the politics, and the design negotiations that produced New York City's "NYC Acquisition Fund" in August 2006. The case concludes with a brief round-up of ...Starting at €8.20
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Taking a Therapeutic Approach to Juvenile Offenders: The "Missouri Model"
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Scott, Esther; Boatright Wilson, JulieCase HBS-HKS104-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. In the early 1970s, the Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) took its first steps toward radically changing the way it dealt with youthful offenders remanded to its custody. For years, like most states, it had incarcerate...Starting at €8.20
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Michelle Rhee and the Washington D.C. Public Schools
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Winig, Laura; Kelman, SteveCase HBS-HKS693-EEconomicsThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. The case opens in 2007, when theStarting at €8.20
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Negotiating from the Margins: The Santa Clara Pueblo Seeks Key Ancestral Lands
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Hong, KesselyCase HBS-HKS886-EA suite of 5 Video Shorts is an integral part of the case study. It features interviews with four leading members of the Santa Clara Pueblo, including the case protagonist, Alvin Warren. This negotiations case describes the approach, over time, of Santa Clara, a small Pueblo Indian tribe in New Mexico, to recover a piece of land tribal leaders viewed as integral to their ancestral homeland. Unlike many negotiations cases, which concern the strate...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating from the Margins: The Santa Clara Pueblo Seeks Key Ancestral Lands, Teaching Plan
Hong, Kessely; Varley, Pamela; Garcia-Rios, PatriciaTeaching Note HBS-KS1011-ETeaching plan for product HKS886.Starting at €0.00
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John Mackey and Whole Foods Market (Spanish Version)
Miller, Katherine; Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-815S13EntrepreneurshipRecorre la historia de la agricultura orgánica a partir de sus raíces pre-industrial hasta nuestros días, y examina el crecimiento de todo el mercado alimentos en el contexto del crecimiento más amplio de la industria orgánica. También investiga el papel de John Mackey como fundador y líder de la mayor minorista de alimentos naturales-en el mundo.Starting at €8.20
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John Mackey and Whole Foods Market
Miller, Katherine; Koehn, Nancy F.Case HBS-807111-EEntrepreneurshipTraces the history of organic agriculture from its pre-industrial roots to the present day, and examines the growth of Whole Foods Market in the context of the broader growth of the organic industry. Also investigates John Mackey's role as a founder and leader of the largest natural-foods retailer in the world.Starting at €8.20
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Sea Change: Rewriting the Rules for Port Security
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS692-EStrategyThis case describes the task that confronted Coast Guard Captain Suzanne Englebert, the staff point-person who led an initiative to develop new regulations intended to improve the security of the nation's ports from terrorist attacks, in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is intended for use in a strategic management class. Students are challenged to weigh an array of political, practical, legal, and technical considerations in assess...Starting at €8.20