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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615S16Service and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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GE and the Industrial Internet (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Iansiti, Marco; Herman, KerryCase HBS-618S05Service and Operations ManagementCEO Jeff Immelt considers whether GE is moving fast enough on its new Industrial Internet initiative. The undertaking includes building out an Industrial Internet, connecting machines and devices, collecting their data and operations, and providing services to clients based on analytics of this data and information. The case considers the implications of such an initiative across all 6 of GE's business units, and how best and how quickly to execu...Starting at €8.20
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Google Car (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Weber, James; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-616S06Service and Operations ManagementBy 2013, Google, while not a traditional manufacturer of automobiles, had invested millions of dollars in its self-driving cars which had logged over 500,000 miles of testing. The Google management team faced several questions. Should Google continue to invest in the technology behind self-driving cars? How could Google's core software-based and search business benefit from self-driving car technology? As large auto manufacturers began to invest ...Starting at €8.20
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Adelphia Communications Corporation (Spanish Version)
Healy, Paul M.Case HBS-107S09Accounting and ControlUn funcionario del banco debe tomar una decisión de solicitud de préstamo para un grande, pero con problemas financieros emisora de cable.Starting at €8.20
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Guiar a los contadores profesionales a hacer lo correcto
Healy, Paul M.; Narayanan, V.G.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-116S11Accounting and ControlEl Comité Asesor de Ética del Instituto de Contadores Públicos de Inglaterra y Gales (ICAEW) proporciona formación y apoyo a miembros de Contadores para ayudar a hacer frente a situaciones difíciles profesionales. Los miembros pueden buscar ayuda a través a través de los centros de llamadas y reuniones en persona con la contabilidad de los expertos en el campo para discutir la mejor manera de situaciones difíciles mango. Además, el Comité Asesor ...Starting at €8.20
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Higher Education Rewired (Spanish version)
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Lakhani, Karim R.Case HBS-621S02Service and Operations Management"Career. Curriculum. Continuum. A construct for lifelong learning in the 21st century". 2U, founded in 2008, and went public in 2014, was looking to expand beyond their current degree offerings to include a wider range of programs, such as short courses, bootcamps, and professional certificates. Led by co-founder and CEO Chip Paucek, 2U believed that they were the strongest partner in the OPM market that could enable universities' digital transf...Starting at €8.20
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United Parcel Service's IPO (Spanish version)
Healy, Paul M.; Laschinger, Brett; Shroff, AjayCase HBS-105S13Accounting and ControlExamines the valuation of United Parcel Service (UPS) at the time of its IPO in mid-1999. Offers students the opportunity to assess UPS's current performance relative to its major competitor, Federal Express (FedEx), and to judge whether that performance is sustainable. Students then make projections of UPS's future earnings performance, estimate on IPO price, and assess the reasonableness of their estimate compared to the valuation of FedEx and ...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Reporting Problems at Molex, Inc. (A) (Spanish version)
Healy, Paul M.Case HBS-108S11Accounting and ControlFollowing an accounting problem at Molex, the firm's auditors request changes in management. The board of directors has to decide whether the auditors' concerns have merit or whether, as management argues, the accounting issue is immaterial.Starting at €8.20
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Open Innovation at Siemens (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Hutter, Katja; Pokrywa, Stephanie Healy; Fuller, JohannCase HBS-614S04Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes Siemens, a worldwide innovator in the Energy, Healthcare, Industry, and Infrastructure & Cities sectors, and its efforts to develop and commercialize new R&D through open innovation, including internal and external crowdsourcing contests. Emphasis is placed on exploring actual open innovation initiatives within Siemens and their outcomes. These include creating internal social- and knowledge-sharing networks and utilzing third ...Starting at €8.20
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InnoCentive.com (A) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.Case HBS-611S06StrategyInnoCentive.com, a firm connecting R&D labs of large organizations to diverse external solvers through innovation contests, has to decide if they will enable collaboration in their community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the advantages of having external R&D. Links how concepts of open source are applied to a non-software setting. Describes the rationale for participation by solvers in innovation contests an...Starting at €8.20