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A Note on Queuing Models
Rasha Kashef; Felipe RodriguesTechnical Note IVEY-9B19E006-EDecision AnalysisQueues (or waiting lines) are common in modern life. We wait in lines at the campus cafeteria, to board an airplane, in the emergency room, and when we call a company for customer service. We even wait for applications to be initiated and processed by our smartphone processors, and our online orders wait to be fulfilled at companies’ warehouses before being shipped to us. How long we wait in line depends on several factors and parameters. It may ...Starting at €8.20
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LHSC Multi-Organ Transplant Program: Pooling Ontario's Kidney Transplant Wait-Lists
Fredrik Odegaard; Felipe RodriguesCase IVEY-9B18E020-EDecision AnalysisIn 2017, wait times for kidney transplants in Ontario were getting out of hand. While patients from London Health Sciences Centre’s kidney transplant program in London, Ontario, had a reasonable wait of approximately one year, patients in Toronto's kidney transplant program waited almost four years. In an attempt to improve the overall wait times for all Ontario patients, the provincial Ministry of Health intended to merge the two currently indep...Starting at €8.20
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The Change Management Team at Dragoons Duncan Simpson and his Globally Distributed Team
Levy, Jan; Miller, PaddyCase FH-715-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case documents the Change Management Team (CMT) at the drinks company Dragoons and focuses on the team's leader, Duncan Simpson. It describes how the team was established in January 1998 to deal with change in the company and attempts to emphasise the "special nature" of the team, and how Newsome's own unique management style shaped that special nature.Starting at €8.20
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Change management team at Dragoons Duncan Simpson and his globally distributed team - Teaching Note, The
Levy, Jan; Miller, PaddyTeaching Note FHT-38-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case documents the Change Management Team (CMT) at the drinks company Diageo and focuses on the team's leader, Duncan Newsome. It describes how the team was established in January 1998 to deal with change in the company and attempts to emphasise the "special nature" of the team, and how Newsome's own unique management style shaped that special nature.Starting at €0.00
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Mobile Blood Donor Clinic: A Discrete Event Simulation Model
Rasha Kashef; Felipe RodriguesCase IVEY-9B17E010-ECorporate GovernanceIn 2017, while donating blood on campus, a management science graduate student noticed that the mobile blood donor clinic set up at his university’s community centre was a congested tandem queuing system. Finding one-and-one-half hours too long for donors to wait, the student considered how the process could be reduced by at least half an hour. He needed to devise a reasonably precise model to represent the donor flow in the clinic. Using either ...Starting at €8.20
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The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal
White, Lucy; Esty, Benjamin C.; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-214001-EFinanceOn February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general meeting (AGM) on May 9, 2013. Despite strong support from management, the board, two proxy advisory firms, and several large shareholders, the proposal was opposed by Mason Capital Mana...Starting at €8.20
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South West Health Centre: Improving Patient Flow in the Intensive Care Unit
Rasha Kashef; Felipe RodriguesCase IVEY-9B19E007-EDecision AnalysisHospitals frequently deal with congestion and blockage that affects patient flow and increased costs. In 2018, at University Hospital, part of South West Health Centre, patient flow in the medical surgical intensive care unit seemed to be highly susceptible to congestion, and this was creating ripple effects throughout the hospital and leading to increased costs. The complexity of patient flow presented an opportunity to build a discrete-event si...Starting at €8.20
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El equipo de gestión del cambio de Dragoons Duncan Simpson y su equipo distribuido mundialmente
Levy, Jan; Miller, PaddyCase FH-715Leadership and People ManagementEl caso documenta el equipo de gestión del cambio de la empresa de bebidas Dragoons y se centra en el líder del equipo, Duncan Simpson. Describe cómo se creó el equipo en enero de 1998 para hacer frente al cambio en la compañía, e intenta hacer hincapié en la "especial índole" del equipo y en cómo el singular estilo de gestión de Newsome conformó esa índole especial.Starting at €8.20
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Readers Press - Roger Marshall's First 1000 Days
Levy, Jan; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-18-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case describes the changes that Roger Marshall initiated at Readers Press Services Division between 2000 and 2003. Some of his key initiatives were to recruit a new management team, thin out the organisation substantially, administer a very deep objective-setting process and establish improved lines of communication both within the Services Division (SD) and between SD and the rest of Readers Press. This case reviews his tenure in the job of ...Starting at €8.20
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The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal, Teaching Note
White, Lucy; Esty, Benjamin C.Teaching Note HBS-214003-EFinanceTeaching Note for 214001.On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general meeting (AGM) on May 9, 2013. Despite strong support from management, the board, two proxy advisory firms, and several large shareholders, the proposal was oppo...Starting at €0.00