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A Brief History of the U.S. Tobacco Industry Controversy
Sucher, Sandra J.; McGee, Henry W.Case HBS-613044-EThis history of the U.S. tobacco controversy is a reading for a class on "The Insider," a film about whistleblowing in the U.S. tobacco industry, taught in the course, The Moral Leader.Starting at €8.20
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The Black List, Teaching Plan
McGee, Henry W.; McAra, SarahTeaching Note HBS-317087-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching plan supplement to 317027.Starting at €0.00
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Hacking Bureaucracy: Reimagining California's Food Stamp Program in the Digital Age, Teaching Plan
Eaves, David; Winig, LauraTeaching Note HBS-KS1216-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for case KS1215.Starting at €0.00
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Cracking the Monolith: California's Child Welfare Services Disrupts Technology Procurement (A)
Datla, Anjani; Eaves, DavidCase HBS-KS1235-EEconomicsIn October 2015, two senior California officials: Marybel Batjer, Secretary for Government Operations, and Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency seized on an idea that had the potential to turn the state's long dysfunctional technology procurement process on its head. After years of planning, California was about to request bids for a new child welfare management system to replace a twenty-year-old technology...Starting at €8.20
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Shonda Rhimes' ShondaLand
Elberse, Anita; McGee, Henry W.Case HBS-516026-EMarketingIn January 2015, superstar television creator Shonda Rhimes, whose production company ShondaLand dominates American television's most competitive and lucrative night with three shows in primetime on network ABC's Thursday night, is plotting the future. One challenge she faces is to, as she put it, "solve the problem of writing and producing serialized dramas for broadcast network television." What changes could she propose to ABC to make the crea...Starting at €8.20
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The Black List
McGee, Henry W.; McAra, SarahCase HBS-317027-EEntrepreneurshipFranklin Leonard founded The Black List in 2005 as an innovative approach to identifying potential hit movie scripts via crowdsourcing. As the annual Black List proved to hold the scripts of some of Hollywood's most successful films, from "Slumdog Millionaire" to "Spotlight," it became widely respected and highly anticipated throughout the industry. In 2012, Leonard uses the momentum to bring The Black List online as a database where unproduced s...Starting at €8.20
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Wanda Studios Qingdao
McGee, Henry W.; Shih, WillyCase HBS-616005-EStrategyWang Jianlin, founder and Chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group (Wanda) kept close tabs on one of his flagship projects going up on the shores of the Yellow Sea. There construction was underway on Wanda Studios Qingdao, the largest film and production facility in the world. The studio was a key initiative of Wang, a central player in the country's rapidly growing movie business. Wanda was already the largest theatrical exhibitor in the world, but th...Starting at €8.20
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Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B)
McGee, Henry W.; Hsieh, Nien-he; Schwalb, NathanielCase HBS-318079-EThis case supplements "Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A), covering select events in 2017, including 1) a mass shooting in which U.S. law enforcement was not able to access the shooter's encrypted iPhone and 2) Apple's compliance with the Chinese government's request to make it more difficult for iPhone users to download "Virtual Private Network" apps.Starting at €5.74
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Hacking Bureaucracy: Reimagining California's Food Stamp Program in the Digital Age
Winig, Laura; Eaves, DavidCase HBS-KS1215-EInformation TechnologiesIn 2014, three former Code for America fellows embarked on a one-year skunk works journey to use technology to improve the enrollment process for California's SNAP (food stamp) program, CalFresh, to increase the number of residents receiving benefits in San Francisco. The case describes a user-centered approach to identifying bottlenecks within the CalFresh enrollment process and the low cost, fast solution proposed-and built-by the group. The ca...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Monolith: California's Child Welfare Services Disrupts Technology Procurement (B)
Eaves, David; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1236-EEconomicsSupplement to case KS1235. In October 2015, two senior California officials: Marybel Batjer, Secretary for Government Operations, and Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency seized on an idea that had the potential to turn the state's long dysfunctional technology procurement process on its head. After years of planning, California was about to request bids for a new child welfare management system to replace a...Starting at €5.74