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Aqueduct Medical
Rodríguez, Alejandro; Nueno, PedroCase E-92Entrepreneurship, MarketingAqueduct es una empresa emergente que diseña y fabrica un dispositivo médico para la aplicación terapéutica de frío tras una intervención de cirugía traumática o estética. Dos MBA del MIT y el IESE, y el equipo que reunieron, dan los pasos iniciales para la creación de la empresa y llevan a cabo los ensayos médicos necesarios. Paralelamente deben conseguir financiación para la nueva compañía. En el caso se valoran las diversas alternativas de fin...Starting at €8.20
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IBM Retail Business Assessment at Dillard's, Inc.: Managing Staffing Levels to Improve Conversion
Ton, ZeynepCase HBS-610051-EService and Operations ManagementThis case illustrates the challenges associated with matching staffing levels with variable workload in retail stores and highlights how decisions related to staffing and scheduling affect operational performance and the quality of labor at the stores. The case describes the tasks (both in-store logistics and customer service tasks) that are carried out by store employees at one Dillard's department store and presents nine weeks of traffic data a...Starting at €8.20
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The Container Store
Sandino, Tatiana; Ton, Zeynep; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-116020-EService and Operations ManagementThe Container Store (TCS) is a Texas-based retailer of organization and storage solutions. The company prides itself in taking care of its employees first and its co-founder and CEO Kip Tindell practices Conscious Capitalism. Since it beginnings in 1978, TCS grew to a chain of around 70 stores located in over 20 states by 2013. Tindell believed TCS's employee-first culture and the seven Foundation Principles, which guided the company, were what d...Starting at €8.20
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Windward Investment Management Inc.
Loosens, Rudi; Nueno, PedroCase E-90Entrepreneurship, FinanceEste caso describe la integración de dos pequeñas empresas privadas de servicios de banca y en él se presentan aspectos como el crecer solo y la compensación y evolución de la carrera profesional. Los hechos descritos en el caso tienen lugar en 2005 en la zona de Boston, Estados Unidos.Starting at €8.20
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Dimensión
Nueno, Pedro; Sagarra R.Case P-873Service and Operations ManagementDimensión es una empresa de reciente creación que nace en Sao Paulo, Brasil. Se dedica a la fabricación de los diferentes elementos, rótulos, paneles y cartelones, que surgen del desarrollo de una nueva imagen corporativa. El manual de implementación que elabora la empresa de comunicación especializada en imagen corporativa, da las especificaciones para la fabricación de dichos elementos. Su peculiar aparición en el mercado, y el reto que debe af...Starting at €8.20
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Home Depot and Interconnected Retail
Alvarez, Jose B.; Ton, Zeynep; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-512036-EIn November 2011, just days before the holiday shopping rush, the senior leadership team of The Home Depot, Inc., (Home Depot), the world's largest home improvement chain, discussed how best to navigate the new interconnected world of retail. Retailers across the board faced a rapidly changing environment with the growing acceptance of on-line retailing that empowered customers by providing greater price transparency and more options. Marketing c...Starting at €8.20
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QuikTrip
Ton, ZeynepCase HBS-611045-EService and Operations ManagementQuikTrip, a large convenience store chain with over 500 stores, was known for its outstanding labor practices and fast, reliable, and friendly customer service. In November 2010, the CEO Chet Cadieux, had to decide how many new locations to open when QuikTrip entered a new market in North Carolina in 2011. Historically, QuikTrip had entered new markets slowly, opening 10 to 12 stores per year. And this slow growth worked well with its "people-fir...Starting at €8.20
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Aqueduct Medical
Rodríguez, Alejandro; Nueno, PedroCase E-92-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingAqueduct is a start up designing and manufacture a medical device to apply cold temperature after esthetic or traumatic surgery. Two MBAs from MIT and IESE and the team they put together are going through initial steps of the venture through medical trials. In parallel they need to raise the funding the company. Different funding for alternatives are evaluated. The location of Aqueduct Medical is San Francisco and the venture is addressed primari...Starting at €8.20
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Windward Investment Management Inc.
Loosens, Rudi; Nueno, PedroCase E-90-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe case describes the integration of two small entrepreneurial private banking services companies. Issues like growing alone and compensation, career development, are presented. The facts described in the case take place in Boston area, in the USA, in 2005.Starting at €8.20