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- December 2016 (Revised November 2017)
- Module Note
Responsibilities to Investors
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Joseph L. Badaracco
- Article
How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions
The toughest calls managers have to make come in situations when they have worked hard to gather the facts and have done the best analysis they can, but they still don’t know what to do. Then judgment—a fusion of thinking, feelings, experience, imagination, and... View Details
- 2016
- Book
Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work
Part of a manager's job is making tough calls, and the hardest challenge can be resolving "gray area” problems—situations in which analysis of the numbers, facts, and data fails to provide a clear answer. Gray areas test not only managers’ skills but also their... View Details
- January 2016
- Teaching Note
The Affordable Care Act Case Series
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (A): Legislative Strategy in the House of Representatives
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In early 2009, the Obama administration and the Democratically-led Congress began working on what would eventually become the Affordable Care Act. The (A) case in this series discusses the legislative strategy in the House of Representatives, where three different... View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (C): Legislative Strategy in the Senate
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In 2009, the Senate begins drafting its health care bills. Jurisdiction in the Senate is shared between two committees, but the more important is the Senate Finance Committee. View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (D): Making a Decision on the Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Tax Exclusion
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In the summer of 2009, a meeting is called in the White House to discuss the impact of changing the rules on the employer-sponsored health insurance tax exclusion. View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (E): The August 2009 Recess
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
During the Congress's August recess in 2009, the Tea Party makes a big push to stop the health reform bill moving through Congress. View Details
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (F): Regaining Momentum
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In the fall of 2009, President Obama makes a speech to a joint session of Congress in an attempt to regain lost momentum on health reform and get a bill through Congress. View Details
- 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
- December 2014 (Revised December 2020)
- Course Overview Note
The Basic LCA Framework
By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Rebecca Henderson
- April 2014
- Teaching Note
iMatari
By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble
- March 2014
- Case
LGBT Issues at Exxon Mobil Corporation
By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble
In late September 2013, Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that it would begin offering benefits to the spouses of its employees in same-sex marriages. This short supplement touches upon what led Exxon Mobil to this decision, some insights into its previous relationship... View Details
- 2013
- Book
The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
The question of how to lead successfully and responsibly is crucially important in our uncertain, high-pressure, turbulent world. In this book, Joseph Badaracco answers this question in practical and, at times, provocative ways. View Details
- September 2013 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
PepsiCo, Profits, and Food: The Belt Tightens
By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble
The case describes the issues facing Indra Nooyi after five years of PepsiCo's new and controversial nutrition strategy. View Details