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Sidewalk Toronto: Are Smart Cities the Future of Urban Development
Peiret, Clara; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricCase SM-1696-EEconomics, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes Sidewalk Toronto project. It was a project first initiated by Waterfront Toronto in 2017 by issuing the request for proposal (RFP) on development of the Quayside area. Sidewalk Labs, which is a subsidiary company of Alphabet Inc. and a sister company of Google, won the bid in 2017. The Master Innovation Development Plan (MIDP) was created in 2019 through conversations with over 21,000 Torontonians and aimed to be an innovative ...Starting at €8.20
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Restructuring the Local Health System, Financing and Health Care Model: the case of Camaragibe
Levcovitz E.; Machado de Souza H.; Sánchez, J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-999-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes the process of applying a new financing system and assistance model in the municipality of Camaragibe in north-east Brazil, in the framework of the restructuring of the Brazilian Basic Health System, demonstrating the advantages and implications of this new local health-care system. It also analyzes the attributes and shortcomings of programs of this type, and, especially, the precautions that must be taken, and their implicat...Starting at €8.20
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Investment Advice for Grace Osbourne
Simon, JanCase F-904-EFinanceWhile looking at both Grace's estimated yearly expenses (Exhibit 1) and her investment portfolio (Exhibit 2) - divided into two funds - she tried to remember what her instructor in wealth management had said about portfolio diversification, traditional and alternative asset classes, financial advice, taxes and correlation coefficients (Exhibit 3). She wanted to give Grace her best advice.Starting at €8.20
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Creating a Cluster around a Clown: The Montreal Circus Cluster (B)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1598-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe case addresses the incipient steps that the government of Quebec is taking toward supporting a circus cluster in the region. Unlike other cluster cases in which the focus is on the cost-benefit analysis of relocating existing companies in a given geographical area, this case takes a different approach, looking at the creation of a cluster "from scratch." This case describes the "growing pains" of cluster formation.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Pacific Railway and the Creation of Shareholder Value (A)
Simon, Jan; Tatay, Santiago; Richards, WilliamCase F-895-EFinance, StrategyBy the end of 2011, Green and the financial markets were informed that the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management (PSCM), led by founder and CEO Bill Ackman, had increased its share in CPR from 12.4% to 14.2%. Ackman was an "activist" hedge fund manager , known for having made big changes to the boards of the companies that he had invested in as well as having provided his shareholders with handsome returns. In light of this event, Green h...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
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (A)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-154-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case traces the history of Tomasso Corp: Starting as a small, family-run business in Montreal, it was always run in a "family way", with close and easy relations between the workforce and the owners. On expanding, in the 1980s, ownership was transferred to another corporation, and the increased workforce, combined with more rational management techniques, soon led to a breakdown in relations between management and the workforce. With the dep...Starting at €8.20
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Developing the health services purchasing function in the Sao Paulo Health Secretariat
Vicente R.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1041-EService and Operations ManagementAfter the initial stages of implementation of an innovative solution to solve the problem of launching several new hospitals under severe labor hiring constraints (achieved through new legal entities using the framework of the Philanthropic Organizations), the Health State Secretary faces new challenges: how to consolidate the different contracts of the Organizaciones Sociales de Salud, how to advance in the existing payment systems, and how to c...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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La transformación en Telefónica: Las personas como motor
Quinn, Bernardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-732Information Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyTras la reunión, el recién nombrado director global de Recursos Humanos, Bernardo Quinn, mientras volvía caminando a su despacho en el edificio Oeste 2 del Distrito Telefónica en Madrid, pensaba en qué rol debería jugar Recursos Humanos en los cambios que se avecinaban. Pensaba que el esfuerzo por movilizar una empresa del tamaño de Telefónica sería enorme. Habría que revisar la agenda prevista de talento, la cultura de la empresa, abordar una si...Starting at €8.20