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Digital microscopy is making me crazy!
Shih, WillyCase HBS-612002-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. For Carl Zeiss Microimaging, modular hardware and software enabled customers to tailor Zeiss's broad range of microscopy systems hardware and software to meet a wide range of needs from basic scientific research in the biological and medical sciences to clinical applications, materials science, and industrial sectors. Modularity also provided Carl Zeiss' engineers the benefi...Starting at €8.20
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Industrial Metrology: Getting In-Line (B)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-613041-EStrategyRainer Ohnheiser, the President of Carl Zeiss's Business Group Industrial Metrology (IMT), was focused on the threat that in-line metrology posed to Carl Zeiss IMT's core business. Historically, coordinate measurement machines (CMMs) that employed tactile measurement had fueled great market success for the division, but alternative non-contact measurement methods that employed optical or x-ray technologies were rapidly gaining ground in the marke...Starting at €5.74
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AMD Dresden: Copy Inexactly!
Shih, WillyCase HBS-609004-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. The establishment and growth of AMD's Dresden, Germany manufacturing site illustrates how processes develop in an organization, and how those processes get institutionalized into a unique culture. Located in the Free State of Saxony in the eastern part of Germany (the former GDR), AMD's investment in the region leverages a historic and rather unique skill base in engineering...Starting at €8.20
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Fernando Losada en Freixenet
Concha, A.; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-261Decision Analysis, EconomicsEl caso permite analizar la evolución del sector del cava en España, y de la compañía Freixenet, así como el impacto de la situación económica en el país, en la evolución del sector del cava y de las ventas de la compañía en el mercado interior español.Starting at €8.20
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Francisco Barrachina en Seat
Concha, A.; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-260Decision Analysis, EconomicsEl caso permite analizar la evolución del sector del automóvil en España y de la compañía Seat, así como el impacto de la situación económica en el país y las ventas de la compañía en el mercado interior español.Starting at €8.20
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Fernando Losada at Freixenet
Concha, A.; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-261-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case provides material for an analysis of the growth of the cava sector in Spain and of the Freixenet company, as also of the impact of the state of the Spanish economy on the sector and on Freixenet's sales in the domestic market.Starting at €8.20
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Francisco Barrachina at Seat
Concha, A.; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-260-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case provides material for an analysis of the evolution of the automobile industry in Spain, and of Seat in particular, as also of the impact of the state of the Spanish economy on Seat's sales in the domestic market.Starting at €8.20
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Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (A)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-612003-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. "This trial is going to take longer." Those were words that Michael Kaschke, CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, was not surprised to hear as he nurtured the intraoperative radiotherapy business inside his company's microsurgery unit. But he also didn't expect it to take 13 years to get to the end of an all-important clinical trial that was a critical enabler to the granting of reimbursem...Starting at €8.20
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Industrial Metrology: Getting In-Line (A)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-612004-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Metrology plays a key role in the manufacture of mechanical components. Traditionally it is used extensively in a pre-process stage where a manufacturer does process planning, design, and ramp-up, and in post-process off-line inspection to establish proof of quality. The area that is seeing a lot of growth is the in-process stage of volume manufacturing, where feedback contr...Starting at €8.20
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Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (B)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-613040-EService and Operations ManagementThe intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) business at Carl Zeiss Meditec had struggled with growth since the time of the (A) case. Though the unit had grown revenues in excess of 50% and had exceeded its EBIT target, it faced several key strategic choices. Should it continue to specialize in the breast cancer segment, or should it focus more on surgery with radiotherapy as one technical solution. Should it continue its focus on more mature markets, ...Starting at €5.74