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Bioco
Calvo, Eduard; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1119Service and Operations ManagementDesde su despacho del Hospital San Gabriel, el Dr. Monteagudo, jefe del Servicio de Farmacia, se preguntaba qué más podía hacer para contener el gasto: "Primera semana de febrero y el gerente ya me ha presentado un ultimátum; no sé cómo lograremos generar los ahorros y liberar los recursos financieros para responder a los recortes de presupuesto que la Consejería de Sanidad nos ha aplicado para el ejercicio 2011". Cumplir con un presupuesto drac...Starting at €8.20
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Fashiop: A Box of Surprise
Calvo, EduardCase P-1150-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementFashiop was a start-up whose objective was to dress men who didn't like going to shops or who didn't have the time to go. Its new online personal shoppers service eliminated all the inconveniences about shopping: after a phone interview, a personalized selection of clothes would be sent to the customer's home, who after trying them, would decide which ones to keep and which to return. Delivery and styling were free and the clothes were sold at th...Starting at €8.20
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Additive Manufacturing at Etnia Barcelona
Calvo, Eduard; Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FedeCase P-1155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementEtnia Barcelona, a niche manufacturer of high-quality fashion eyewear, is considering its next move in light of the advances being made in additive manufacturing, which could require the company to rethink everything from product design to capacity footprint and logistics. The case covers the company's design-to-sale process, raw material procurement, and manufacturing operations. Etnia Barcelona has seen steady growth in revenues since its found...Starting at €8.20
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Fiore di Zucca
Serrano, Alejandro; Calvo, EduardCase P-1183-EService and Operations ManagementFiore di Zucca was one of Italy's leading producers of bags of ready-to-eat precooked vegetables. Francesco Ferrati, the chief operating officer, reviewed the results of a new policy of producing goods without waiting to receive orders from customers. He was satisfied with the improvement in customer response time. However, the inventory had expanded so much that one of the warehouses of finished products had almost come to a standstill twice due...Starting at €8.20
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Inalesa (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-112Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityUn experimentado directivo empresarial se incorpora en un a empresa en plena crisis como Director General. Pronto descubre un sin fin de irregularidades que incluyen sobornos, evasión de impuestos, extorsiones, cartel en varios productos, falsifiación de facturas, activos muy hinchados y otras. Por otra parte, el personal está muy desmotivato y la productividad es baja. Se plantea qué puede hacer ante las irregularidades y para sacar la empresa d...Starting at €8.20
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El cierre de la mina de Figols (B)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-115Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityExplica las decisiones tomadas y los acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar el año siguiente.Starting at €5.74
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Conchi Martín: Looking for a Job (A)
Melé, DomènecCase BE-181-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementConchi was 26 and had worked at an auditing firm for four years. However, she did not feel at home there and wanted to find another job. She considered herself a very capable and hardworking person and was eager to move forward in her professional career. Initially she had been given positive assessments from the company, but lately she had received poor evaluations and no promotions. But that was not her main reason for moving to a new company; ...Starting at €8.20
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Hamburgueserías frente a OCU (A)
Gimeno, A. J.; Melé, DomènecCase TD-58Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityUn informe de la Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) recoge los resultados de unos análisis de hamburguesas de tres conocidas empresas multinacionales. Su conclusión es que hay desequilibrio nutritivo, mala calidad y frecuente contaminación bacteriana. Caen las ventas en todas las hamburgueserías. Material complementario: TD-88 Hamburgueserías frente a OCU (B).Starting at €8.20
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El cierre de la mina de Figols (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-114Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilitySe plantea el cierre de una mina de carbón de lignito en una zona en fuerte regresión económica. Se plantean varias alternativas que pueden causar distinto impacto en el personal despedido. Al propio tiempo, se abordan los problemas ecológicos causados por una explotaciónde carbón a cielo abierto, que disminuye algo el impacto del desempleo, y por la contaminación de la central térmica que quema los lignitos producidos a pié de mina. El director...Starting at €8.20
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Bioco
Calvo, Eduard; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1119-EService and Operations ManagementSitting in his office in Saint Gabriel's Hospital, Dr. Monteagudo, the head of the hospital's pharmacy, was mulling over his possibilities for reducing spending: "It's the first week of February and the hospital's general manager has already given me an ultimatum. I have no clue how we are to free up resources and achieve the savings we'll need to adjust to the budget cuts that the Ministry of Health has made for 2011." Having to comply with dra...Starting at €8.20