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- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (G): The Final Votes
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In the fall of 2009, the House and Senate each voted to pass health reform bills. These bills then had to be combined into the Affordable Care Act and the ACA had to be passed by both houses. Reconciliation had to be used because of Republican Scott Brown's Senate... View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (H): Implementation Begins
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In the spring of 2010, after the ACA is signed into law, the government begins implementation. View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (I): The Supreme Court
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In the spring of 2012, the Supreme Court hears arguments and releases its decision on the constitutionality of the ACA. View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (J): Healthcare.gov
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In the fall of 2013, Healthcare.gov launches as an insurance exchange for consumers to buy health insurance. The launch is filled with glitches, and some worry if it will imperil the fate of the entire ACA. View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (B): Industry Negotiations
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In 2009, the Obama administration and Senator Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee enter into talks with industry groups that will be affected by the health reform that the Congress is working on. View Details
- February 2015
- Background Note
A Note on the Affordable Care Act and the U.S. Health Care System
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
This note provides an overview of the U.S. health care system as it stood in 2014, including an overview of hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, and other health care providers. It also discusses the major political actions on health care in the 20th century,... View Details
- 2013
- Chapter
The Most Successful CEOs Come from Within
By: Joseph L. Bower
The financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession caused a crisis of public confidence in business and American-style capitalism, with its focus on maximizing shareholder value. Corporate leaders understood that reform was needed and that they needed to commit... View Details
- May 2013
- Teaching Plan
Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
- March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In 2010, Tom Linebarger, president and COO of Cummins, Inc., the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer of diesel engines, has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour,... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- Panel Discussion
Capitalism at Risk
By: Lynn S. Paine and Joseph L. Bower
- February 2012 (Revised June 2012)
- Background Note
The Market for Consumer Finance
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
This note describes the market for consumer finance products in the United States. The note focuses on the changes in supply and demand that have occurred since the mid-20th century, and highlights recent approaches to finance for low-credit rated borrowers. View Details
Keywords: Financial Markets
- 9 Feb 2012
- Keynote Speech
Capitalism at Risk
- February 2012
- Supplement
The Market for Energy: Scale, Cost, Security, and the Environment (B)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
- January 2012
- Background Note
The Market for Energy: Scale, Cost, Security and the Environment (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
- November 2011 (Revised May 2012)
- Background Note
Global Economic Prospect: A précis
- October 2011
- Case
CNBM: Rolling Up China's Cement Industry
By: Joseph L. Bower and G.A. Donovan
The Chinese government has charged Song Zhiping with the job of rationalizing China's cement industry. He has acquired 200 plus companies, but the industry is still fractured. Can he succeed? View Details