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Experimentos para llegar a los pobres sin romper la red de seguridad: el seguro médico público en Massachusetts
Savedoff W.; Murphy C.; García Prat, Antoni; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1005Service and Operations ManagementLa llegada de una nueva Directora a la agencia de programas de asistencia sanitaria del Estado provoca un replanteamiento de los mecanismos de cobertura, costes y calidad del servicio. Tras revisar pasadas iniciativas, la nueva Directora decide emprender una serie de reformas a fin de alcanzar los objetivos señalados de forma significativa. Los cambios implican nuevos sistemas de relación entre el estado, las compañías aseguradoras y los proveedo...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital management and labor dispute: The case of the San Juan de Dios Hospital
Gallardo H. M.; González I. D.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1027-EService and Operations ManagementThe Hospital Rionegro in Antioquia, Colombia, had been in a very difficult situation due to financial and labor difficulties. After five years of integrative management and negotiations with the different fronts, including labor aspects, the situation had been reversed. The productivity could be increased and labor conditions stabilized to the benefit of the hospital and its workforce. For the Ministry to exert primarily a stewardship function, i...Starting at €8.20
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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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Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration
Lakhani, Karim R.; Carlile, Paul RCase HBS-610074-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case presents the Myelin Repair Foundation's accelerated research collaboration model for drug discovery. It highlights the challenges of building a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional research collaboration that is attempting to create a treatment for multiple sclerosis based on a novel scientific approach. The case provides details on how norms of academic rese...Starting at €8.20
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InnoCentive.com (A), Teaching Note
Lakhani, Karim R.Teaching Note HBS-611072-ETeaching Note for 608170.Starting at €0.00
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Myelin Repair Foundation: Accelerating Drug Discovery Through Collaboration, Teaching Note
Lakhani, Karim R.Teaching Note HBS-611073-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 610074.Starting at €0.00
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InnoCentive.com (B)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Lonstein, EricCase HBS-612026-EInnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. In 2008, InnoCentive introduced "InnoCentive@Work" (lC@W), which recognized clients' reluctance to share problems and solutions with an external network. Instead, IC@W enabled clients to foster open collaboration amongst its own employees. IC@W became the fastest growing product in InnoCentive's portfolio. In 2010, InnoCentive add...Starting at €5.74
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InnoCentive.com (C)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Lonstein, EricCase HBS-612027-EInnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. This case focuses on the outcome of InnoCentive's decision to post challenges related to environmental issues created by the Gulf Oil Spill. It reviews lessons learned from this experience and asks students to consider whether InnoCentive should post challenges in response to the nuclear crises resulting from the 2011 Japanese ear...Starting at €5.74
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TopCoder (B)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Lonstein, Eric; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-612044-EKnowledge and CommunicationTopCoder develops software for clients through online tournaments, drawing from a community of 275,000 people. The case provides an update on TopCoder's growth and resulting changes in its platform and business model. Specifically, its decision to virtualize the project management role. Issues related to the scalability, profitability and growth of this approach are explored. This case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class o...Starting at €5.74
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Google Car
Lakhani, Karim R.; Weber, James; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-614022-EService 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