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Fagor Electrodomésticos
Nueno, Pedro; Pallàs C.Case P-943Service and Operations ManagementAntonio Cancelo, Director de Marketing de Fagor Electrodomésticos de la Unidad Frío, se plantea si debe seguir manteniendo en la gama de productos el frigorífico Zerogrado. Este frigorífico se caracteriza por tener tres puertas, una de ellas es de la unidad cero grado, donde los alimentos se mantenienen entre 0 y 5 grados celsius. El caso se inicia situando a Fagor Electrodomésticos dentro de Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa para pasar a hablar ...Starting at €8.20
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Segur Lock
Nueno, Pedro; Pallàs C.Case P-945Service and Operations ManagementSegur Lock es un nuevo producto de Laboratorios Inibsa que se utiliza para prevenir infecciones que se producen en los hospitales en enfermos que tienen conectado un catéter. La introducción de este producto en España y Portugal ha sido muy difícil porque el Segur Lock es un producto preventivo cuyos beneficios tangibles no son inmediatos. Inibsa no tiene capacidad suficiente para comercializar el Segur Lock a nivel internacional. Contacta con la...Starting at €8.20
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Electrodomésticos Solac, S.A.
Nueno, Pedro; Pallàs C.Case P-939Service and Operations ManagementSolac decide lanzar una nueva plancha para posicionarse en el sector de gama alta y pasar a competir directamente con Rowenta. El caso se incia con un repaso a la evolución de Electrodomésticos Solac para pasar seguidamente a hablar del mercado de las planchas y acabar con el proceso de desarrollo seguido para la nueva plancha ""Profesional Lux"".Starting at €8.20
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Envases de Plástico, S.A. (B)
Nueno, Pedro; Pallàs C.Case E-17-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €5.74
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Williams Coffee Pub: The Franchising Opportunity
Gregory S. Zaric; Hui ZhangCase IVEY-9B07E020-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipAn entrepreneur is looking for business opportunities since she immigrated to London, Ontario. She has come across a franchising opportunity with Williams Coffee Pub (WCP). The promotional material for WCP indicates that annual sales for a typical restaurant can be up to $1,700,000 with a profit margin of 17.5 per cent. This business opportunity seems very attractive, however, she must do some additional investigation. The purpose of this case is...Starting at €8.20
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Gold Claim at Sturgeon Lake
Peter C. Bell; Gregory S. ZaricCase IVEY-9B09E018-ECorporate GovernanceAWARD WINNING CASE: 2009 INFORMS Case and Teaching Materials Competition, 3rd place. A freelance geologist was asked for advice regarding two mining claims to property on Sturgeon Lake, near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, he was asked if there was enough gold on the property to pursue an economically feasible mining opportunity. The geologist determined that an analytical approach would best aid the analysis of the multiple factors he would ...Starting at €8.20
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Radiation Treatment Machine Capacity Planning at Cancer Care Ontario
Jonathan Wang; Gregory S. ZaricCase IVEY-9B15E014-ECorporate GovernanceA planning analyst at Cancer Care Ontario has been tasked to recommend a strategy for allocating new linear accelerator capacity to the province’s cancer treatment centres over a five-year period. Because the introduction of additional capacity requires the investment of capital resources and long implementation timelines, accurate and timely predictions are critical to the treatment of cancer patients. The planning analyst needs to devise an all...Starting at €8.20
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Pulling the Goalie in Hockey
Gregory S. Zaric; Michael LeffCase IVEY-9B08E001-ECorporate GovernanceThe assistant coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, had just seen the team lose. In order to increase their chance of scoring, they had added a sixth offensive skater to the ice by sending their goaltender to the bench (known as pulling the goalie) in the last 60 seconds of the game. Doing this did not give the team an advantage, in fact, a member of the opposite team was able to shoot the puck into the unguarded net, which cost the Leafs the game. T...Starting at €8.20
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Elective Surgery Schedule
Lauren E. Cipriano; Vikram Tiwari; Warren S. Sandberg; Gregory S. ZaricCase IVEY-9B15E011-ECorporate GovernanceIn 2012, the newly appointed director of Surgical Business Analytics has been charged with the task of improving predictions of surgical case volume at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He is provided with 48 weeks of elective surgery schedule data that give the number of surgeries booked on specific dates prior to the surgery day and the actual number performed. Variation in daily operating room volumes is a major pro...Starting at €8.20
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Western Day Care Centre: The Emery Street Expansion
Gregory S. Zaric; Xu ChenCase IVEY-9B08E006-ECorporate GovernanceIn May 2008, the business manager at Western Day Care Centre (WDCC) was considering expanding the company's services at its Emery Street location. WDCC was currently running at full capacity with a continuously growing waiting list and demand for day care services was increasing. The business manager was evaluating the financial feasibility of renovating the first-floor gymnasium and converting it into a classroom. Incorporating the care requirem...Starting at €8.20