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Protecting the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, Epilogue
Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, Herman B.; Tannenwald, DavidCase HBS-HKS455-EStrategyOn one side, a loose network of protesters made arrangements for dramatizing their opposition to the WTO and international trade practices. At the same time, public safety officials from local, state, and federal agencies developed security plans for the public areas near the locus of the ministerial meetings. Their aim was to ensure that the talks proceeded smoothly while preserving the activists' rights to peaceful protest. Throughout the plann...Starting at €8.20
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Ready in Advance: The City of Tuscaloosa's Response to the 4/27/11 Tornado
Leonard, Herman B.; Tannenwald, DavidCase HBS-KS1157-EIn a matter of minutes on the afternoon of April 27, 2011, a massive and powerful tornado leveled 1/8 of the area of Tuscaloosa, AL, a city of approximately 90,000 people and home to the University of Alabama. Doctrine called for the County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) to take the lead in organizing the response to the disaster - but one of the first buildings destroyed during the event housed the County EMA offices, leaving the agency compl...Starting at €8.20
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A Destination-for-a-Day Spa (Spanish version)
Beer, Michael; St. Clair, LyndaCase HBS-913S07Leadership and People Managementtips are lower than expected, reducing expected compensation; scheduling issues create bottlenecks; and the level of commitment varies among PWCs. The result is a high employee turnover rate, and departing employees take an average of 35% of their client base with them when they go. Now, with financials for the spa's second year completed, the VP of spa operations, the VP of business operations, and the CEO must evaluate what is and what isn't w...Starting at €8.20
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Robin Ash and Printzhof Press (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; St. Clair, LyndaCase HBS-917S06Leadership and People Managementtransform Printzhof into an aggressively competitive 21st century educational publisher while maintaining its close-knit and collaborative culture. Because of new technologies changing how information is delivered and used in higher education, the need for the company to evolve along with the publishing industry is obvious to Ash and other company leaders. However, Printzhof's history of success has resulted in resistance to organizational chang...Starting at €8.20
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Oregon's Experiment with Coordinated Care Organizations
Tannenwald, David; Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-KS1133-EEconomicsWhen Dr. John Kitzhaber became Oregon's Governor in January 2011, the state faced a reported $2 billion deficit in the state's Medicaid budget. Consequently, Kitzhaber, working in partnership with his top health policy advisors and an array of stakeholders, undertook a multi-year effort to transform the state's Medicaid delivery system. At the time, that system consisted of separate managed care organizations for different kinds of providers; but...Starting at €8.20
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Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (A)
Howitt, Arnold; Tannenwald, DavidCase HBS-KS1135-EEconomicsIn spring 2009, North Dakota experienced some of the worst flooding in state history. This case describes how the state's National Guard responded by mobilizing thousands of its troops and working in concert with personnel and equipment from six other states as well as an array of federal, state, and local stakeholders. Specifically, after providing background on the North Dakota National Guard and the state's susceptibility to flooding, the case...Starting at €8.20
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Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (Epilogue to B)
Howitt, Arnold; Tannenwald, DavidCase HBS-KS1137-EEconomicsIn spring 2009, North Dakota experienced some of the worst flooding in state history. This case describes how the state's National Guard responded by mobilizing thousands of its troops and working in concert with personnel and equipment from six other states as well as an array of federal, state, and local stakeholders. Specifically, after providing background on the North Dakota National Guard and the state's susceptibility to flooding, the case...Starting at €8.20
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ARISE: A Destination-for-a-Day Spa, Teaching Note
Beer, Michael; St. Clair, LyndaTeaching Note HBS-913522-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for Product #913521Starting at €0.00
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Robin Ash and Printzhof Press
Cespedes, Frank V.; St. Clair, LyndaCase HBS-913554-ELeadership and People ManagementRobin Ash has just been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Printzhof Press and Vice President of its parent company, Education and Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Her first objective is to create an action plan that will achieve two seemingly contradictory corporate objectives: transform Printzhof into an aggressively competitive 21st century educational publisher while maintaining its close-knit and collaborative culture. Because of new technol...Starting at €8.20
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Protecting the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999
Leonard, Herman B.; Tannenwald, David; Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-HKS456-EStrategyOn one side, a loose network of protesters made arrangements for dramatizing their opposition to the WTO and international trade practices. At the same time, public safety officials from local, state, and federal agencies developed security plans for the public areas near the locus of the ministerial meetings. Their aim was to ensure that the talks proceeded smoothly while preserving the activists' rights to peaceful protest. Throughout the plann...Starting at €8.20