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Field Service for Corporate Clients (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Hajim, CoreyCase HBS-606S38Used as part of the first module of a course on Managing Service Operations, which addresses managing the operating role of customers (606-032). Explores the highly successful PC and low-end server manufacturer's entry into the large-scale server market in the United States. A key difference of this new market is the intense service element required to support the larger hardware. Specifically, the industry standard is to have a technician onsite...Starting at €8.20
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The 2010 Chilean Mining Rescue (A)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Rashid, Faaiza; Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-612046-ELeadership and People ManagementOn August 5, 2010, 700,000 tons of some of the hardest rock in the world caved in Chile's century-old San Jos mine. The collapse buried 33 miners at a depth almost twice the height of the Empire State Building-over 600 meters (2000 feet) below ground. Never had a recovery been attempted at such depths, let alone in the face of challenges like those posed by the San Jos mine: unstable terrain, rock so hard it defied ordinary drill bits, severe...Starting at €8.20
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Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (B)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-612096-ESupplement for 612095.Starting at €5.74
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Open Innovation at Fujitsu (A)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Harvey, Jean-FrancoisCase HBS-616034-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case study examines the open innovation journey at Fujitsu, a global information and communication technology company. The case ends with the location decision between Tokyo, Japan, downtown San Francisco or Sunnyvale, California, regarding establishing a small unit for the purpose of institutionalizing Fujitsu's open innovation journey. Mohi Ahmed, together with Mikito Kiname and Tango Matsumoto, embarked on the journey to strengthen Fujits...Starting at €8.20
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4M: Four-Markets Analysis for Emerging Economies
Werker, EricCase HBS-713026-EEconomicsThis technical note describes a methodology for evaluating the political economy of business-government relations in an emerging or frontier economy. The note argues that there are not one but four markets in an emerging economy: the market of "rentiers" such as mining companies that earn profits by maximizing rents in the export sector, "powerbrokers" that use monopoly power and government relations in regulated industries to earn outsized profi...Starting at €8.20
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Ayala Corporation & the Philippines: Asset Allocation in a Growing Economy (B)
Werker, Eric; Mandviwala, Yasmin; Motte-Munoz, Henry; Wit, ArthurCase HBS-713094-EEconomicsStarting at €5.74
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Strategies for Learning from Failure (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.Article HBS-R1104BLeadership and People Managementpreventable ones in predictable operations, which usually involve deviations from spec; unavoidable ones in complex systems, which may arise from unique combinations of needs, people, and problems; and intelligent ones at the frontier, where "good" failures occur quickly and on a small scale, providing the most valuable information. Strong leadership can build a learning culture-one in which failures large and small are consistently reported and...Starting at €8.20
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Group Process in the Challenger Launch Decision (B) (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Feldman, Laura R.Case HBS-609S17Service and Operations ManagementSupplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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The 2010 Chilean Mining Rescue (A) (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Rashid, Faaiza; Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-612S17Leadership and People Managementunstable terrain, rock so hard it defied ordinary drill bits, severely limited time, and the potentially immobilizing fear that plagued the buried miners. Could the trapped miners and rescue workers mobilize before air and resources were depleted? The case describes the ensuing efforts that draw the resources of countless people and multiple organizations in Chile and around the world.Starting at €8.20
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Transformation at the IRS (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Frei, Frances X.; Hajim, CoreyCase HBS-613S04Used as the capstone case for a course on Managing Service Operations (606-092). Describes the service transformation occurring at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Plagued by a history of poor service, enormous complexity, and an insular employee base, the 100,000-person organization grapples with a turnaround process that attempts to change virtually every aspect of the organization, including IT systems, This case includes information regardi...Starting at €8.20