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RFID at the METRO Group (Spanish version)
Ton, Zeynep; Dessain, Vincent; Stachowiak-Joulain, MonikaCase HBS-610S05Service and Operations ManagementIntroduces radio frequency identification (RFID) as the next generation of automatic identification technologies that is expected to improve the performance of retail supply chains through reduced shrink, increased product availability, and improved labor productivity. Showcases the implementation of the technology by the METRO Group, the world's third-largest retailer. Places students in the position of Dr. Gerd Wolfram, managing director of MET...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing Brainlab
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Dessain, Vincent; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-313069-EStrategyThe management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment.Starting at €8.20
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Schon Klinik: Eating Disorder Care
Porter, Michael E.; Stanton, Emma; Hohman, Jessica A.; Stowell, CalebCase HBS-712475-EStrategyThe Schon Klinik is a private, for-profit German hospital group trying to establish itself as a premium health care provider in a competitive German market. The case details Schon Klinik's founding, its early focus on measurement and improvement, and the design and implementation of a system-wide structure for measuring and reporting actual health outcomes. The case details the care cycle for eating disorder patients and highlights the role outco...Starting at €8.20
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Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG
Villalonga, Belen; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Dessain, VincentCase HBS-208096-EDer Spiegel is Germany's most influential political news magazine. In the 1970's, its founder Rudolf Augstein gave a 50% ownership stake to his employees and sold another 25% to rival publisher Gruner+Jahr, but retained significant control during his lifetime by stipulating in the bylaws that every important business decision would require a 76% shareholder approval. When Augstein died in 2002, however, his co-owners exercised the option the same...Starting at €8.20
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Martini Klinik: Prostate Cancer Care 2019
Porter, Michael E.; Deerberg-Wittram, Jens; Feeley, Thomas WCase HBS-720359-EStrategySince its establishment in 2005, Hamburg's Martini Klinik had single-mindedly focused on prostate cancer care with a commitment to measure long term health outcomes for every patient. A wholly owned subsidiary of the University Hospital Hamburg, Martini Klinik was a "hospital in a hospital" in close proximity to other medical departments and services. By 2019, Martini Klinik had become the largest prostate cancer treatment program in the world wi...Starting at €8.20
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Waltz on the Danube (Spanish Version)
Segel, Arthur I; Dessain, Vincent; Loizillon, AnaisCase HBS-808S05FinanceDescribe las partes intrincadas de un negocio de bienes raíces a principios del punto de vista del desarrollador, incluyendo el análisis de viabilidad, la elección de mercado, adquisición de terrenos, desarrollo de proyectos, cuestiones de diseño y construcción, rendimiento de las inversiones, y los problemas de financiación de capital. Treinta y dos años de edad, el Dr. Philipp von Wilmowsky es director de operaciones en Hungría para la ECE Proj...Starting at €8.20
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West German Headache Center: Integrated Migraine Care
Porter, Michael E.; Guth, Clemens; Dannemiller, ElisaCase HBS-707559-EService and Operations ManagementDescribes the joint efforts of the German health plan KKH and Essen University Hospital to develop an integrated practice unit (IPU), and the West German Headache Center's efforts to improve the quality of migraine care. Provides an overview of the German health care system detailing its provider, health plan, and reimbursement structure. Following new legislation in 2004, which allowed health plans and selected providers to contract outside of t...Starting at €8.20