HBSP (USA)
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Zeal: Launching Personalized and Social Learning
Kim, John Jong-Hyun; An, ChristineCase HBS-315052-EEntrepreneurship"Set in 2014, this case follows John Danner and his team at Zeal as they consider their product development strategy. In February 2013, serial entrepreneurs John Danner and Sanjay Noronha co-found Zeal, an education technology start up providing a web-based, mobile learning platform that helps students from Kindergarten to 8th grade build math and literacy skills based on Common Core State Standards through personalized learning plans. Having b...Starting at €8.20
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BYJU'S The Learning App
Kim, John Jong-Hyun; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-317048-EStrategyBYJU'S The Learning App (BYJU's) is India's largest K-12 education app with about 300,000 annual paid subscribers. The mobile app uses a mix of video lessons and interactive tools to personalize learning for every student. Although there is room to grow exponentially in India, BYJU's decides to enter the U.S. and other English speaking international markets. It believes that United States has a large demand for "better learning", a strong digital...Starting at €8.20
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Fixing Our Politics', One Vote at a Time: Public Policy Graduates Aim to Boost Turnout with TurboVote
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-KS1183-EThis case, about creating a startup with a social mission, is designed to help students think through the strategic alignment of public value, legitimacy/support, and operational capacity in a simple context. Together with an in-class video "reveal," the case package follows the thinking of two Masters of Public Policy graduates as they create TurboVote, a nonprofit service designed to increase voter turnout by sending subscribers reminders and h...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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Negotiating Toward the Paris Accords: WWF & the Role of Forests in the 2015 Climate Agreement
Varley, Pamela; Wilkinson, RobertCase HBS-KS1256-EIn the lead-up to the United Nations' 2015 climate summit in Paris, excitement ran high and so did anxiety. Negotiators hoped for a new international agreement, the first such effort since the disappointing collapse of negotiations six years earlier in Copenhagen. But the text of the agreement was still subject to debate. This case focuses on the efforts of one mid-level participant in the process, Josefina Bra a-Varela, policy director for Fore...Starting at €8.20
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New Peril, Old Adversary: George W. Bush, 9/11, & Iraq (A): The United States & Iraq, 1980 to 2002
Varley, Pamela; Westad, ArneCase HBS-KS1267-EEconomicsThe U.S. choice to go to war with Iraq, beginning in March 2003, was enormously consequential. This two-part case, developed for an HKS course called "Power Shifts: Understanding Global Change Through History," goes back in time to trace the evolution of American policy toward Iraq prior to 9/11, and the shift in thinking that led to war with Iraq during the administration of George W. Bush. The two parts of the case cover different parts of the ...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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The Challenge of Adapting to Climate Change: King County Brings Local Action to a Global Threat: Sequel
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-HKS108-EThis sequel reveals which actions the County took, and describes the outcome of each in brief. It also includes two exhibits: a summary of the "goals and actions" outlined in the adaptation section of the 2007 King County Climate Plan and a list of executive orders intended to reduce the county's contribution to global warming. In addition to addressing certain generic leadership challenges-how to navigate the difficult intersection of politics a...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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A Tampa "Town Hall" Forum Goes Awry: Anatomy of a Public Meeting Fiasco, Teaching Note
Varley, Pamela; Fung, ArchonTeaching Note HBS-HKS677-EStrategyThis case describes a health care town hall meeting that was derailed by vocal protesters. The case was designed for a very specific teaching purpose: to discuss a variety of alternatives to the tried and true town hall meeting format which, the sponsoring professor believes, is not only quite vulnerable to disruption, but is not a terribly effective or democratic way to involve the public in local decision-making, to begin with. Underlying the c...Starting at €0.00