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Healy Hudson: e-Sourcing Solutions (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Sachon, MarcCase P-1019-PBInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBased in Munich, Bavaria, the company is a pioneer in the world of e-procurement. It has developed an online purchasing system for the Business-to-Business sector. In the fall of 2000 it is selling two e-commerce products: Impact Ordering and Impact Sourcing. The former is a simple electronic catalog ordering system; the latter is designed for the sourcing of complex goods.Starting at €8.20
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And Now What Do We Do?: Management Tensions at IASoft
García Pont, Carlos; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-97-EDecision AnalysisIASoft was founded in March 2001 for the purpose of designing and supplying high-performance IT solutions for the automation of industrial plants. The company was the brainchild of three skilled engineers from different backgrounds who had met through their work. They had detected a market opportunity in high quality customizations and adaptations of standard software packages for sophisticated clients. The CEO of IASoft, now in his 50s, was star...Starting at €8.20
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Porsche: The Crisis of 1992
Sachon, Marc; Orozco, ArturoCase P-1198-EService and Operations ManagementIn September 1992, Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking accepted the challenge of saving the company Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche AG, the last remaining independent sports car manufacturer in the world. Porsche had experienced a significant reduction of sales (both in revenue and units), key people had left the company and customers perceived its products as either too old or too expensive. Several other top executives in the automotive industry had turned down the ...Starting at €8.20
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Porsche: la crisis de 1992
Sachon, Marc; Orozco, ArturoCase P-1198Service and Operations ManagementEn septiembre de 1992, el Dr. Wendelin Wiedeking aceptó el reto de salvar la empresa Dr.Ing.h.c. F. Porsche AG, el último fabricante independiente de coches deportivos que quedaba en el mundo. Porsche había sufrido una reducción importante de sus ventas (tanto en ingresos como en unidades), algunas personas clave se habían marchado de la empresa y los clientes percibían sus productos como demasiado anticuados o demasiado caros. Otros altos direct...Starting at €8.20
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Bundesautobahnen Group
de Santiago, Rafael; García Centenera, Iñigo; Izquierdo, DavidCase AD-367-EDecision AnalysisBundesautobahnen Group, a German construction company, has won a public tender to build (the first stretch of) a freewayan expressway between Berlin and Bremen, with a budget of 170 million of euros. The company neededs to optimize the costs, matching the estimates offered in the tender and improving the project's margin. One of the most important stages was the optimization of the earthwork along the route.Starting at €8.20
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Media Markt: ¿un modelo exitoso para el siglo XXI
Sachon, Marc; Laux, EricCase P-1118Decision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementEste caso describe la historia y el modelo de negocio de Media Markt, una empresa integrada en Media-Saturn-Holding (MSH), que a su vez forma parte del grupo alemán Metro. Media Markt aporta la mayor parte de los 20.000 millones de euros en ventas de MSH, el grupo que lidera sobradamente el sector minorista de electrónica de consumo en Europa. A nivel mundial, solo la estadounidense Best Buy supera en ventas a MSH. El texto aporta detalles del mo...Starting at €8.20
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Android and iPhone: Ready for Business
Sieber, Sandra; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SI-188-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and ChangeThis case analyzes the ongoing changes in the mobile industry with a specific focus on smartphones and tablets from the top four competitors in the market today. It compares the four strategies and analyzes the products from each competitor. The case goes on to outline the future trends and important technological developments that will affect this market in the future. The case is framed as a decision that needs to be made by a top partner in ch...Starting at €8.20
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HEG Munich: Leading Change in a Successful Team
Huete, Luis María; García, JavierCase DPO-320-ELeadership and People ManagementThe unseasonably cold winds swirling around the Hindenburg Conference Center in Koln, Germany, in early November 2013 were a stark contrast to the white-hot temperatures in the second-floor conference room where Albert Mahler (Al), newly-appointed president of the Munich office of Herrmann Engineering Group (HEG), sat surrounded by his leadership team. Al had gathered the group as the initial step in a process he had hoped would unify them as a ...Starting at €8.20
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Schlecker Home Shopping
Perry, Gaynor; Schlecker, Meike; Weber, EricCase ASN-25-EInformation TechnologiesSince opening their first discount drugstore in Germany in 1974, Schlecker had grown to be one of the biggest retail employers in Europe, and the number one drugstore in Germany. Now the time had come for Schlecker to consider whether their succesful model would translate to the online world. In 1999 in Germany, there was a lot of hype around about the promise that the Internet would bring, however the Internet had yet to become established there...Starting at €8.20
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Reiner Meinhold at Kölner Bank (D): The Team
Peña García, Macarena; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-280-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementAlthough Reiner had acted in his own professional interest, deep down he felt as though he were abandoning some of the team members. In the following months, he continued to show an interest in how they were doing. Shortly thereafter, rumors began to circulate about a possible merger with DHB. Several promising professionals were hired. By the time the merger went through in November 2012, no one on Reiner's team remained at Kölner: Marion joined...Starting at €5.74