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Sony Corporation’s Aibo: An Intelligent Decision
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B18M036-EStrategyIn November 2017, the chief executive officer of Sony Corporation was preparing to announce the company’s release of its rebooted robo-pup, the Aibo—a robot equipped with sensors and actuator technologies, and powered by artificial intelligence that allowed this virtual pet to behave like a real dog. Sony Corporation, the 70-year-old iconic Japanese manufacturing company, had diverse businesses. After significant restructuring since 1999 to addre...Starting at €8.20
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Mismanagement of Fiscal Policy: Greece's Achilles' Heel
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B17M142-EStrategyIn December 2016, the debt-stricken Greek government announced the distribution of a sizeable “Christmas gift” to its low-income pensioners, a one-time bonus that would cost the government €617 million. This cost was in addition to suspending increases in the value-added tax on some Greek islands. These plans were in clear violation of the terms of a bailout provided to Greece by Eurozone nations in 2015, which required Greece to implement auster...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Unilever Ltd.: Creating Shared Value in a VUCA World
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B13M129-EStrategyHindustan Unilever Ltd. can trace its current-day profitable business operations in its Doom Dooma factory in the conflict-ridden northeastern state of Assam (India) to its proactive corporate responsibility initiatives since the start of its operations. A spurt in sales in the personal care segment has led the company to consider capacity expansion. The company needs to decide whether to continue to invest in Assam despite three challenges: oper...Starting at €8.20
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Sudarshan Chemicals India: Crowd-sourcing for Corporate Sustainability
Tulsi Jayakumar; Nilotpal Ray; Divya Mulanjur; Debopam Basu; Gayatri PatkarCase IVEY-9B14M065-EStrategySudarshan Chemicals Industries is a top player in the Indian chemicals industry. This case traces the remodelling of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, both along scientific lines and aligned to its core business strategy. Faced with an informal and unstructured CSR initiative, the company uses an innovative method of problem-solving – crowd-sourcing ideas from a top business school in India. A team of students assesses the sit...Starting at €8.20
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AirAsia India: Clash for the Indian Skies
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B14M111-EStrategyArmed with an air operator's permit, Air Asia, a Malaysian low-cost carrier airline, is preparing to enter the Indian aviation market. AirAsia is known as an aggressive player globally. It plans to use aggressive pricing strategies to revolutionize air travel in India and gain competitive edge in the aviation market through highly competitive operational targets. How will AirAsia India’s entry and its aggressive pricing decisions work in the olig...Starting at €8.20
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Cricket Australia: Leadership in Crisis
Tulsi Jayakumar; Ranjan BanerjeeCase IVEY-9B18C039-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn March 2018, Cricket Australia (formerly the Australian Cricket Board) banned the Australian cricket captain from the sport for a year due to his involvement in a premeditated attempt at ball tampering in a test match against South Africa. He was also banned from any leadership positions in the sport for at least a year thereafter and faced financial losses on account of these bans. Australian fans and political leaders were outraged at the bal...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital La Fe de Valencia: organización en áreas clínicas
Ribera, Jaume; Antoja, GabrielCase P-1143Innovation and ChangeEl director del Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe de Valencia se plantea si es el momento adecuado para expandir el modelo de áreas clínicas de gestión a todo el centro, tras haberlo probado en un servicio piloto. El reciente traslado físico a nuevas instalaciones proporciona una oportunidad especial para implantar estas nuevas áreas.Starting at €8.20
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Motores Rivero S. A. (MORSA)
Ribera, Jaume; Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-74Service and Operations ManagementEste ejercicio presenta las decisiones que debe tomar un directivo relacionadas con la gestión de inventarios de una pieza de motor. Es muy adecuado como introducción a la gestión de inventarios, ya que presenta diferentes situaciones en evolución y permite al profesor discutir el inventario de lotes y el de seguridad, así como el impacto de la incertidumbre en las existencias y en la disponibilidad de financiamiento a la hora de tomar decisiones...Starting at €8.20
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IZAR
Grasas, Alex; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1056Service and Operations ManagementEl caso describe el desarrollo de un proyecto de construcción de una plataforma de producción y perforación de petróleo flotante (FPSO) en el astillero de Fene, una de las unidades de negocio de la empresa española de construcción naval y militar Izar. Este proyecto supone una novedad para la empresa, ya que se utilizó por primera vez el método de cadena crítica, una aplicación de la teoría de las limitaciones de Goldratt a la gestión de proyecto...Starting at €8.20
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Fórum Universal de las Culturas - Barcelona 2004
Lluch, María; Ribera, Jaume; Ricart, Joan EnricCase P-1069Service and Operations ManagementEn este documento se ha descrito cómo se realizó el Fórum Universal de las Cultures Barcelona 2004, desde sus inicios a finales de 1996, cuando sólo era una idea muy poco definida, hasta el 2004, cuando finalmente tubo lugar el acontecimiento, y operó durante 141 días, desde el 9 de mayo al 26 de septiembre. El caso plantea las distintas medidas a tomar para organizar un gran acontecimiento: búsqueda de patronos, financiación y estructuración de ...Starting at €8.20