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Amenazas globales: diagnóstico y acción
Done, Adrian A.Article ART-2076Service and Operations Management, Strategy¿Cuánto tiempo dedica a pensar en las grandes cuestiones que afectarán a su vida personal y profesional en los próximos 20 años? Si está tan ocupado como la mayoría de sus colegas, no mucho. Pero las perspectivas de la economía mundial son peores hoy que cuando la crisis crediticia tocó fondo, así que de nada sirve esconder la cabeza. Es mejor atisbar las tendencias globales que acechan en el horizonte, analizar a fondo las fuerzas subyacentes y ...Starting at €8.20
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Flotel Orellana
Riverola, JosepCase P-928Service and Operations ManagementEl caso muestra las operaciones que tienen lugar durante la explotación del Flotel Orellana, un barco-hotel que opera en la selva amazónica. Permite analizar la relación entre la estructura de las operaciones y el entorno en el que se producen.Starting at €8.20
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El Seguro Social Campesino en Ecuador
Cárdenas M.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1030Service and Operations ManagementEl Seguro Campesino en Ecuador presenta un interesante ejemplo de enfoque de subsidio de demanda para mejorar la cobertura médica para los pobres y las poblaciones rurales. El caso describe el desarrollo de este esquema en Ecuador y presenta el principal problema que queda aún por resolver una vez el sistema se desarrolle: la falta de oferta. El Ministerio debe afrontarlo, y en este caso se presentan varias alternativas. Uno de los principales ro...Starting at €8.20
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Rural social security in Ecuador
Cárdenas M.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1030-EService and Operations ManagementThe Rural Social Security Plan in Ecuador is an interesting example of a demand subsidy approach to achieving better medical coverage in poor and remote rural populations. The case describes how this scheme was developed in Ecuador and the main problem that remains once that the system is in place: the lack of health care providers. The ministry needs to address this problem, and several alternatives are outlined in the case. One of the health mi...Starting at €8.20
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Taking Ideas From the Edge and Bringing Them Into Your Core
Krawchuk, FredArticle ART-2792-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAs leaders face a global business environment marked by volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) conditions, a new way to sense and respond to the environment is required. Specifically, leaders need to adopt integrative mindsets -- capable of balancing both "core" and "edge" concerns, resolving tensions among opposing ideas and using them to generate innovative outcomes. This article describes the values, attributes, actions and behavior...Starting at €8.20
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Star of the Caribbean
Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-360Decision AnalysisEl caso permite analizar una decisión de producción cuando la demanda es incierta. Puede ser utilizado como documento introductorio en un módulo de planificación de inventario y permite ilustrar de un modo muy sencillo el problema de la fractila crítica. Este caso está basado en el caso Barbados Star del mismo autor (AD-313).Starting at €8.20
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Flotel Orellana
Riverola, JosepCase P-928-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the operations involved in running the Flotel Orellana, a floating hotel operating in the Amazon jungle. It allows for analysis of the relationship between the structure of operations and the environment in which they take place.Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Purchasing in Haiti to Improve Health: Why pay for inputs when you can pay for results
Eichler R.; Savedoff B.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1043-EService and Operations ManagementHolding health institutions accountable for achieving explicitly defined results by linking payment to results can be a powerful strategy to improve health system performance. The Director of a USAID supported project that funds nongovernmental organizations in Haiti to provide basic health services used strategic purchasing to improve the effectiveness of primary health care by paying providers for results. These providers had been operating und...Starting at €8.20
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Facing Up to a Changing World
Done, Adrian A.Article ART-2076-EService and Operations Management, StrategyHow much time do you dedicate to thinking about the big issues that are likely to affect your personal and professional life in the next 20 years? If youre like many busy executives, not much. Yet with a global outlook arguably bleaker today than during the lowest point of the credit crunch, burying your head in the sand is no answer. Surely, it is better to face up to the big global trends looming on the horizon and figure out the best courses ...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo atraer ideas al núcleo del negocio
Krawchuk, FredArticle ART-2792Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl entorno de negocio actual es volátil, incierto, complejo y ambiguo. Ante semejante panorama, los líderes empresariales han de mejorar su capacidad de percepción y respuesta. En concreto, deben adoptar una postura integradora y equilibrar los intereses tanto del "núcleo" como de la "periferia" del negocio, lo que exige resolver las tensiones que se dan entre ideas opuestas y valerse de ellas para innovar. A partir de casos prácticos, investigac...Starting at €8.20