Default Category
-
Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work (HBR Classic) (Spanish version)
Heskett, James L.; Jones, Thomas O.; Loveman, Gary W.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Schlesinger, Leonard A.Article HBS-R0807LService and Operations Managementinvestment in people, technology that supports frontline workers, revamped recruiting and training practices, and compensation linked to performance. They also express a vision of leadership in somewhat unconventional terms, referring to an organization's "patina of spirituality" and the "importance of the mundane." In this article, Heskett, Jones, Loveman, Sasser, and Schlesinger take a close look at the links in the service-profit chain, which...Starting at €8.20
-
Taco Bell Corp. (Spanish Version)
Schlesinger, Leonard A.; Hallowell, RogerCase HBS-602S03Service and Operations ManagementJohn Martin, director general de Taco Bell, trae a la compañía en línea con sus competidores a través de un cambio gradual durante la década de 1980. A principios de 1990, que adopta enfoques innovadores para mejorar los niveles de servicio al tiempo que reduce los precios, proporcionando una clara ventaja competitiva. Ilustra el poder del pensamiento innovador en una industria de servicios y demuestra la importancia de un enfoque coordinado y ho...Starting at €8.20
-
Taco Bell, Inc. (1983-1994) (Spanish Version)
Applegate, Lynda M.; Schlesinger, Leonard A.; Delong, DavidCase HBS-303S37Knowledge and CommunicationDetalla las acciones de John Martin, recién nombrado director general, ya que lleva Taco Bell a través de una década de cambios incrementales y radicales. Al final del caso, las ventas totales del sistema dentro de Taco Bell, una cadena de restaurantes de comida rápida estilo mexicano y una división de PepsiCo, han crecido de $ 700 millones en 1983 a $ 3.9 mil millones en 1994, y la compañía está gestionando más de 10.000 EAT en restaurantes y un...Starting at €8.20
-
HealthCare.gov: The Crash and the Fix (B)
Schlesinger, Leonard A.; Bhayani, Paras D.Case HBS-315130-ELeadership and People ManagementA review of the process utilized by the Obama administration to create the Health Care.gov exchange and the problems that resulted from the implementation effort. This case provides the follow on strategy and processes utilized to get the site up and running after the initial failures of implementation.Starting at €5.74
-
Founders Factory
Rayport, Jeffrey; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-821009-EEntrepreneurshipIn January 2020, Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane Fox, co-founders of Founders Factory, a venture capital fund with an accelerator and incubator program funded by investment from corporate partners, consider international expansion strategies.Starting at €8.20
-
Redesigning the Wedding Dress Experience: A Podcase with Leslie Voorhees and Calley Means of Anomalie, Teaching Note
Rayport, Jeffrey; Lafkas, JohnTeaching Note HBS-7226-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for 7125.Starting at €0.00
-
Delivering the Goods at Shippo
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Rayport, Jeffrey; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-817065-EEntrepreneurshipLaura Behrens Wu, CEO of software start-up Shippo, prepares her pitch for a Series A funding round following a successful seed round. Customer adoption of Shippo's e-commerce dashboard application, which allows small and medium retailers to compare delivery rates between shipping providers and print package labels, has been steady in the nine months since it went live. But traction with the firm's developer-friendly product, an API that allows la...Starting at €8.20
-
Swagbucks
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-817068-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2016, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, and Josef Gorowitz, Prodege's founder and president, must decide whether to acquire MyPoints, a competitor to Swagbucks, after a significant cultural transformation that the company has just gone through. Over the preceding two years, Davis and Gorowitz had grown Swagbucks from a relatively small venture staffed by people from G...Starting at €8.20
-
Chewy.com (A)
Rayport, Jeffrey; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-818079-EService and Operations ManagementIn late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and CEO of the fast growing online pet food and pet products retailer Chewy.com, has to make a "bet the company decision"-whether to keep working with Chewy's third-party logistics (3PL) provider to fulfill customer orders, or whether to take this critical function in-house. Cohen worries that the company's 3PL will not be able to serve Chewy's customers as it continues to grow, and reaching scale is essential ...Starting at €8.20
-