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This book provides detailed accounts of a range of public health emergencies. Topics range from natural disasters, to infectious diseases, to pandemics, and more. With chapters on Superstorm Sandy, H1N1, the Ebola virus, and bioterrorism, these cases cover major areas... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Natural Disasters; Safety; Public Sector; Policy; Management

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2021
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Two Case Studies on the Financing of Forest Conservation

By: Andrew Baxter, Connor Cash, Josh Lerner and Ratnika Prasad

A variety of factors is leading to fresh approaches to the ownership and management of forestland, with an emphasis on the combination of conservation goals and private investments. But the barriers to successfully achieving attractive financial returns and desirable... View Details

Keywords: Financing; Forestry; Environmental Management; Natural Resources; Financing and Loans

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July 1985 (Revised July 1986)
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Case Study in Successful Department Store Strategies

By: Walter J. Salmon

Keywords: Business Strategy; Retail Industry

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01 Nov 2022
Cold Call Podcast

Marie Curie: A Case Study in Breaking Barriers

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

April 2004
Class Lecture

Participant-Centered Learning and the Case Method: A Case Study Teacher in Action

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Cases; Learning

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1974
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Organizational Change: An Exploratory Study and Case History

By: Michael Tushman

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Cases

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21 Aug 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

What is it really like to be the subject of a case study? According to top executives of four Latin American enterprises that have been held under the magnifying glass, the case View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

1989
Book

Going to Market: Case Studies in Industrial Distribution

By: E. Raymond Corey, Frank V. Cespedes and V. K. Rangan

Keywords: Distribution; Industrial Products Industry

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01 Dec 1975
Conference Presentation

Appropriate and Applicable Technology: The Indonesian Case Study

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Technology; Indonesia

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2010
Book

Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups

By: Stuart C. Gilson

A collection of case studies illustrates real-world techniques, implementation, and strategies on corporate restructuring. Over the period 1981-1998, public companies with combined assets of over half a trillion dollars filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Over the same... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Public Ownership; Value Creation

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2024
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Case Studies of the Emulation of Chinese Entrepreneurial Business Models

By: Josh Lerner, Junxi Liu, Jacob Moscona and David Yang

This working paper presents four short case studies of emerging market businesses whose founders emulated Chinese firms. These examples are part of a more systematic pattern, documented extensively in Lerner et al. (2024), in which businesses developed in China were... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Business Ventures

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