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- December 2013 (Revised December 2014)
- Case
Reform in the Chicago Public Schools
By: Matthew Weinzierl and Katrina Flanagan
In 2012, the Chicago Teachers' Union went on strike over proposed reforms by the city's mayor, Rahm Emanuel. At the heart of the reforms, and the strike, was frustration over many decades of underperformance in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and a surge of... View Details
Keywords: Public Education; Public Goods; Samuelson Rule; Externalities And Pigouvian Corrections; Tiebout Sorting And Efficiency; Education; Labor Unions; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry; Chicago
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Katrina Flanagan. "Reform in the Chicago Public Schools." Harvard Business School Case 714-027, December 2013. (Revised December 2014.)
- November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy
Lays out the business challenges facing First Chicago Corp. in 1986: the banking industry has been deregulated, many corporations are bypassing banks in their search for capital, and foreign competition has increased. Their traditional market--corporate banking--has... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Investment Banking; Corporate Strategy; Emerging Markets; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; United States
Friedman, Raymond A. "First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 491-056, November 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- November 2017 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago (Abridged)
By: Joshua Margolis and Michael Norris
In 2016, Kurt Summers, the Chicago City Treasurer, considered his future in Chicago politics. With an unpopular governor and mayor soon up for reelection, should Summers consider running for higher office? Summers reflects on his time growing up in gang-controlled... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development; Career Journey; Career; Career Management; Leadership; Leadership Development; Government and Politics; Personal Development and Career; Public Administration Industry; United States; Chicago
Margolis, Joshua, and Michael Norris. "Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 418-034, November 2017. (Revised February 2019.)
- December 2016 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago
By: Joshua Margolis and Michael Norris
In 2016, Kurt Summers, the Chicago City Treasurer, faced a decision with potential personal and political ramifications: whether or not to ask the city’s Mayor to join a class action antitrust suit against the city’s creditors for actions they took during the Global... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development; Career Journey; Leadership Development; Career; Leadership; Government and Politics; Personal Development and Career; Public Administration Industry; United States; Chicago
Margolis, Joshua, and Michael Norris. "Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago." Harvard Business School Case 417-023, December 2016. (Revised February 2019.)
- October 2017
- Case
Chicago Chemicals, Inc.
By: Gary Pisano, Jan Hammond and Marshall Fisher
Pisano, Gary, Jan Hammond, and Marshall Fisher. "Chicago Chemicals, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 618-028, October 2017.
- 2019
- Book
Chicago Price Theory
By: Sonia Jaffe, Robert Minton, Casey B. Mulligan and Kevin M. Murphy
Jaffe, Sonia, Robert Minton, Casey B. Mulligan, and Kevin M. Murphy. Chicago Price Theory. Princeton , NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019.
- February 2008 (Revised February 2008)
- Case
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and James Weber
The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business offered a discipline-based, flexible MBA program to full time, evening, weekend, and executive MBA students. At a time when other MBA programs were introducing significant changes to their curricula, Chicago felt... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Higher Education; Training; Management Style; Problems and Challenges; Education Industry
Datar, Srikant M., David A. Garvin, and James Weber. "University of Chicago Graduate School of Business." Harvard Business School Case 308-014, February 2008. (Revised February 2008.)
- November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (A)
Presents the human resource challenges associated with First Chicago Corp.'s strategy in the corporate banking market. They want to maintain strong "relationships" with customers, while also developing strong investment banking capabilities. They face three problems:... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Corporate Strategy; Human Resources; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; United States
Friedman, Raymond A. "First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 491-058, November 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- March 2005
- Case
Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), The
By: George C. Chacko, Anders Sjoman, Daniela Beyersdorfer and George Robert Nelson
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBEO) must decide how to respond to new competition in the market for financial options. Options have typically been a very liquid asset class, despite the fact that many single-name options are listed on the CBOE, the second largest... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Financial Liquidity; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Chicago
Chacko, George C., Anders Sjoman, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and George Robert Nelson. "Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), The." Harvard Business School Case 205-073, March 2005.
- May 1988 (Revised July 1989)
- Case
Chicago Bond Sales Department
Donnellon, Anne. "Chicago Bond Sales Department." Harvard Business School Case 488-020, May 1988. (Revised July 1989.)
- 2006
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Managing the Chicago Public Schools
By: Allen Grossman, Richard Elmore and Caroline King
- January 2014 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
Rethinking Cities: Chicago on the Move
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
It is impossible to discuss national competitiveness without considering cities and the regions they anchor. Cities are transportation hubs, centers of commercial exchange, and the locus of lives. They thrive by the ways they connect to the world. Demographic changes... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Rethinking Cities: Chicago on the Move." Harvard Business School Case 314-079, January 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
- April 2005
- Case
The University of Chicago Investment Office: Investing in Timber
In 2005, the University of Chicago Investment office was deciding how much capital to allocate toward timber investing. Explores the challenges associated with optimal portfolio construction when one of the invested assets is illiquid with limited historical price... View Details
Keywords: Investment Portfolio; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry
Hecht, Peter A., and David Mace. "The University of Chicago Investment Office: Investing in Timber." Harvard Business School Case 205-101, April 2005.
- December 2014 (Revised May 2015)
- Teaching Note
Reform in the Chicago Public Schools
- October 1981 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Chicago & North Western Railway Co.
Asquith, K. Paul. "Chicago & North Western Railway Co." Harvard Business School Case 282-033, October 1981. (Revised December 1984.)
- November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
First Chicago Corp.: Superregional Bank
Friedman, Raymond A. "First Chicago Corp.: Superregional Bank." Harvard Business School Case 491-057, November 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- January 2017 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
Chicago and the Array of Things: A Fitness Tracker for the City
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
The city of Chicago has recently launched a project called the Array of Things. The program involves a series of sensor nodes placed around the city that capture a massive amount of data including pedestrian and vehicle flow, air quality, and cloud cover. The Array of... View Details
Keywords: Smart Connected Products; Smart Cities; Internet Of Things; Sensors; Govenment; Government Administration; Technological Innovation; Digital Platforms; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Public Administration Industry; Technology Industry; Chicago; United States
- 2006
- Teaching Note
Managing the Chicago Public Schools, Teaching Note
By: Allen Grossman, Richard Elmore and Caroline King
- November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Supplement
First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (B)
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Friedman, Raymond A. "First Chicago Corp.: Global Corporate Bank (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 491-059, November 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- November 1993
- Case
George Halas: Estate Planning and the Chicago Bears
By: Henry B. Reiling
Reiling, Henry B. "George Halas: Estate Planning and the Chicago Bears." Harvard Business School Case 294-053, November 1993.