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Olympus Optical Company, Ltd. (A): Gestión de costes para productos de corto ciclo de vida
Cooper, RobinCase HBS-106S12Accounting and ControlOlympus Optical explora la respuesta estratégica a grandes pérdidas en su negocio de cámaras. Clave para la recuperación de Olympus fueron su extenso proceso de planificación de producto, un programa de mejora de la calidad, y un agresivo programa de reducción de costos. En particular, el caso Detalles del sistema de costeo objetivo de Olympus, que permitió a la empresa para diseñar productos de alta calidad a bajo costo.Starting at €8.20
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Target Costing System (Spanish version)
Cooper, RobinCase HBS-111S22Accounting and ControlDescribes Nissan's sophisticated target costing system in the context of new product introduction. On the basis of consumer analysis and a life cycle contribution study, Nissan conducts an exhaustive analysis of component costs to determine whether a new model can be profitably manufactured. Cost reduction measures are then pursued both internally and with suppliers to ensure that the model can be produced to the target cost. The target costing s...Starting at €8.20
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VCayr: Managing Sexual Harassment
Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B21C019-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementVCayr was a not-for-profit social service organization that connected individuals through its social media platforms and community events. In January 2019, an organizational member and an active project manager at VCayr reported to a friend and board director that she was sexually harassed by another board director at VCayr. The friend and director had to decide how to manage the situation. He was aware of the severity of sexual harassment and th...Starting at €8.20
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MTS: Strategies for Managing Social Media Platforms
Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B19E021-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesMontreal Toheed Society (MTS), a community-based organization founded in 2012, has adopted various social media technologies to capture member interactions and to make the work of its board of directors more efficient and effective. The organization attempted to meet its needs by using JomSocial at first, followed later by Viber. MTS was partially successful in reaching its social media goals by implementing the Viber platform. The organization i...Starting at €8.20
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Mueller-Lehmkuhl GmbH (Spanish Version)
Cooper, Robin; Bottenbruch, DagmarCase HBS-113S03Accounting and ControlMueller-Lehmkuhl vende sujetadores de la ropa y de los alquileres máquinas de fijación. Se considera que estos dos productos tan eficazmente un solo elemento y precios en consecuencia, los fijadores en alta ganancia y sus máquinas de fijación en una pérdida. El sistema de costos asigna el costo de las máquinas de fijación a los elementos de fijación. Los japoneses han entrado en el mercado y ha encontrado una manera de disociar los dos productos....Starting at €8.20
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Furniture Bank: Entrepreneurial Growth in the Social Sector
Derrick Neufeld; Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B16E040-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2015, the executive director of Furniture Bank had successfully managed the Toronto social-service agency by turning a $300,000 net loss two years prior into a $100,000 net income. He had employed a variety of strategies and information technologies to integrate and rationalize business processes that resulted in significant productivity and performance improvements. However, Furniture Bank, which collected unneeded furnishings from donors and...Starting at €8.20