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John Deere Component Works (A) (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; March, ArtemisCase HBS-115S03Accounting and ControlThe division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based system that was developed to more accurately trace overhead costs to individual products. Provides students with the opportunity to critique a standard cost system and to assess the characteristics of the proposed system that traces costs to production activities.Starting at €8.20
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Componentes de Obras John Deere (B)
Kaplan, Robert S.; March, ArtemisCase HBS-115S04Accounting and ControlDespués de haber instalado un sistema basado en la actividad, la división está explorando la visión proporcionada por ese sistema. En particular, se estudia la economía del proceso de planificación del tamaño de lote y la gestión de la mezcla de productos.Starting at €5.74
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The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Responding to the Crisis in the Gulf of Mexico
Ahlers, Doug; Weeks, JenniferCase HBS-KS1224-EOn April 20, 2010 an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana. BP was using the Deepwater Horizon to drill an "ultra-deep" offshore well. The explosion was the result of a "blowout" of the wellhead at the seabed of the Gulf of Mexico, 5,000 beneath the drilling rig. BP was unable to cap the leaking well for nearly 3 months while oil spilled out of the wellhead at a rate of 35,00...Starting at €8.20
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"Miracle on the Hudson" (A): Landing U.S. Airways Flight 1549
Weeks, Jennifer; Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, DutchCase HBS-HKS713-ELeadership and People ManagementOn January 15, 2009, shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese. The geese were then sucked into the plane's twin engines, causing total engine failure and the loss of power. Case A of this three-part series recounts how over the following four minutes, Flight 1549's Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles grappled with a variety of extreme challenges. Not only...Starting at €8.20
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Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: Impacts on Public Health
Howitt, Arnold; Weeks, JenniferCase HBS-HKS762-EEconomicsIn 2006, with healthcare costs and the number of uninsured rising, Massachusetts passed landmark legislation that aimed to provide health insurance to everyone in the state. A product of bipartisan collaboration between a legislature dominated by Democrats and a Republican governor, the law contained several major innovations, including: mandates requiring residents to purchase health insurance and businesses to contribute toward employees' healt...Starting at €8.20
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Wellness is Everyone's Business: Public-Private Partnerships for Health in Minnesota
Howitt, Arnold M.; Weeks, JenniferCase HBS-HKS774-EEconomicsLike many other states at the time, Minnesota found itself facing several serious long-term public health challenges in the mid- and late-2000s, including rapidly rising health care costs and residents' increasing vulnerability to chronic diseases arising from unhealthy behaviors like smoking as well as higher obesity rates. Compounding these challenges, in 2008 a major economic recession took hold across the country, prompting states to target h...Starting at €8.20
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Copeland Corp.: Evolution of a Manufacturing Strategy--1975-82 (A) (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; March, ArtemisCase HBS-606S15Service and Operations ManagementDescribe la evolución de la estrategia de producción de una empresa durante un período de ocho años. Copeland había seguido una estrategia de construcción de plantas Autosoportados enfocadas dedicadas a los procesos individuales o líneas de productos, y luego mover los productos desde la planta de su casa en Sidney, Ohio, para la nueva instalación. Sidney queda ahora con una mezcla de productos y procesos no relacionados, y la administración debe...Starting at €8.20
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The Views of Deming, Juran, and Crosby (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; March, ArtemisCase HBS-606S33Service and Operations ManagementDescribes the three distinct approaches to quality management represented by W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and Philip B. Crosby. Designed to introduce students to the elements of statistical quality control, structured approaches to quality improvement, and zero defects programs and to show them that there is more than one way to improve quality.Starting at €8.20
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Watermill Ventures (Spanish Version)
Garvin, David A.; March, ArtemisCase HBS-310S01Knowledge and CommunicationMolino de agua Ventures, adquiere y vueltas alrededor de un negocio de bajo rendimiento. El caso describe los criterios que la empresa utiliza para identificar candidatos de adquisición, su examen y selección, y la forma en que se introduce el pensamiento estratégico en el negocio que adquiere. Steve Karol, el fundador de Molino de agua, está preocupado porque la empresa sólo ha adquirido dos empresas en sus tres años de funcionamiento. Se está c...Starting at €8.20
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"Miracle on the Hudson" (B): Rescuing Passengers and Raising the Plane
Weeks, Jennifer; Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, DutchCase HBS-HKS714-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement for case HKS713Starting at €5.74