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Laboratorios Alce Brazil: Sales Team Turnover
Segarra, José Antonio; Carrillo, JordiCase M-1264-ELeadership and People Management, MarketingLaboratorios Alce, a Brazilian market leader in ophthalmic drugs, faces a disproportionate turnover in its network of salespeople, with serious consequences for the business. The national sales manager reflects on the causes of the high turnover rate and on possible solutions. In addition, he contemplates introducing changes to the commercial organization and sizing of his network of 70 salespeople.Starting at €8.20
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Películas «on-line» (A)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-277Decision Analysis, EconomicsEn este caso se presenta una situación de futuro en la que un proveedor de películas «on-line» debe negociar con un estudio la distribución de su película. La decisión se reduce a escoger entre dos posibles acuerdos de licencia: un precio fijo y un precio variable.Starting at €8.20
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Movies online (B)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-278-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsPart (B) describes how to fit a lognormal distribution to the five percentiles given in Part (A) of the case. Given this lognormal distribution, a straightforward Monte-Carlo simulation model can be implemented to find the alternative with the smallest expected cost.Starting at €5.74
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Movies online (A)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-277-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA futuristic situation is envisioned where a provider of movies online has to negotiate with a studio the distribution of a movie. The decision boils down to the choice between two alternative license arrangements: a fixed payment and a variable payment. The variable payment requires the elicitation of the (continuous) probability distribution of sales by means of five percentiles.Starting at €8.20
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Laboratorios Alce Brasil: rotación en el equipo de ventas
Segarra, José Antonio; Carrillo, JordiCase M-1264Leadership and People Management, MarketingLaboratorios Alce, lider del mercado brasileño de medicinas oftalmológicas, se enfrenta a una desproporcionada rotación en su red de vendedores con graves consecuencias en el negocio. El director nacional de ventas reflexiona sobre las causas de la rotación y sus posibles soluciones. Al mismo tiempo se plantea cambios en la organización comercial y en el dimensionamiento de su red de 70 vendedores.Starting at €8.20
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A Walk Through the United States
Bardolet Urgellès, David; Baucells Alibés, Manel; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-374-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case presents the well-known traveling salesman problem in the context of having to visit 48 U.S. State Capitals.Starting at €8.20
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FeelGood Pharmaceuticals
Esmanhoto L. G.; Pipkins S.; Pipkins L.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-293-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsUse of integer programming to take advantage of volume discounts of providers, while satisfying quality and volume contraints.Starting at €8.20
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Películas «on-line» (B)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-278Decision Analysis, EconomicsLa parte (B) del caso describe cómo ajustar una distribución lognormal a los cinco percentiles dados en la parte (A). Con esta distribución lognormal se puede llevar a cabo un sencillo modelo de simulación de Monte Carlo para averiguar la alternativa con el menor coste esperado.Starting at €5.74
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AGROESSA: An LP Optimization Model for Coffee Sales in La Esperanza AgroIndustrial
de Waal P. N.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-299-EService and Operations ManagementRufino Herrera, the president of AGROESSA, was pondering the implications of the recommendations which came out of the work of Nico de Waal, an MBA student who worked for AGROESSA as a summer intern in 2004. The recommendations focussed on AGROESSA's cash flow management during the coffee harversting season. It was argued that AGROESSA could improve its profits by carefully considering when and to which market it should sell its coffee production...Starting at €8.20
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Martins S/A
Brandao, G.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-285-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case sets the problem of reducing distribution costs. Different locations have to be served, but the revenues accrued in each location vary, as well as the distances and the transportation costs.Starting at €8.20