Default Category
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Altair (A): The Start of a Management Consulting Firm
Martínez, Juan Carlos; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-147-EEntrepreneurshipOn December 15, 2009, following a long discussion, Juan Carlos Martínez accompanied one of his Advisory Board members to the door. While returning to the office to tidy his desk, he thought about the last words said to him: "Remember what we ended up invoicing in 2008, in the middle of the crisis. You and I both know how hard it was to get there... Of course we can make it happen again." Juan Carlos was definitely thinking along the same lines, b...Starting at €8.20
-
Altair (A): los inicios de una firma de consultoría de dirección
Martínez, Juan Carlos; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-147EntrepreneurshipEl 15 de diciembre de 2009, Juan Carlos Martínez acompañó a un miembro de su consejo asesor a la puerta y, mientras volvía al despacho para recoger los papeles de la mesa, reflexionó sobre las últimas palabras que, después de un largo rato de debate, le había dicho: "Acuérdate de lo que llegamos a facturar en el 2008, en plena crisis, y tú y yo sabemos que no fue fácil llegar hasta ahí Seguro que esta vez conseguimos darle la vuelta también ". C...Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
Fabricación aditiva en Etnia Barcelona
Calvo, Eduard; Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1155Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementEtnia Barcelona -empresa especializada en la fabricación de gafas de gran calidad, con un diseño basado en las últimas tendencias- se está planteando cómo actuar teniendo en cuenta los avances que se están produciendo en el terreno de la fabricación aditiva, lo que implicaría redefinir todos los aspectos de la producción, desde el diseño de producto a la capacidad de producción, así como los relativos a la logística. Este caso describe el proceso...Starting at €8.20
-
Artificial Intelligence at Arriaga Asociados: Paralegal or partner
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Calvo, Eduard; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase OIT-23-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2023, Jesús María Ruíz de Arriaga, founder and CEO of Arriaga Asociados, was debating with Alejandro López Berraquero, the general manager, and Pedro López, the director of Transformation, about the digital transformation process that the law firm was undergoing. Specifically, Arriaga had just successfully tested an AI model that could read the text of the thousands of judicial notifications that arrived at the firm weekly, and it was time to ...Starting at €8.20
-
Additive Manufacturing at Etnia Barcelona (Chinese Version)
Calvo, Eduard; Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1155-ZHBusiness 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
-
Altair (B): Resolutely Headed Toward the Future
Martínez, Juan Carlos; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-148-EEntrepreneurshipJuan Carlos Martínez recalled 2009 as a nightmare. In 2002, together with four other partners, he had set up the strategic consulting firm Altair. From achieving record turnover in 2008, the company went into technical bankruptcy in December 2009, with losses of more than 350,000, few clients and in the final stages of a restructuring process that had left the team diminished and unmotivated - working practically without pay and hoping to see li...Starting at €5.74