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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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City of London Water: Predicting Electricity Prices and Optimizing Operations
Ernesto Arandia; Joe Naoum-Sawaya; Kira Wembo XueCase IVEY-9B19E004-EDecision AnalysisThe manager of Water Operations at the City of London wanted to reduce the cost of pumping water by optimizing energy use. Water Operations had been consistently experiencing higher operational costs, and electricity bills accounted for up to 30 per cent of its direct costs. If the manager could predict the future cost of energy, she could schedule the operation of the water pumps to benefit from periods of low energy prices, potentially saving u...Starting at €8.20
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Nissan mexicana: Manufactura de clase munidal
León Garza, Miguel; Juárez Mejía, LuisCase IPADE-P 14 C 05Decision AnalysisEn el caso Nissan Mexicana: Manufactura de clase mundial, se analizan los factores que llevaron a la planta Aguascalientes A1 a ser considerada como la más productiva dentro de la corporación Nissan-Renault en el mundo, una de las razones para que Nissan tomara la decisión en el año 2013 de invertir 2 mil millones de dólares en la construcción de una segunda planta de ensamble en Aguascalientes.En el caso se describen los principales acontecimien...Starting at €8.20
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Plan de Vida
Melgarejo, Mauricio; Ketelhöhn, WernerCase INCAE-29560SDecision AnalysisEl caso presenta dos situaciones en las que los estudiantes tienen que tomar una decisión que podría tener implicaciones éticas. El caso permite discutir como debe ser el comportamiento ético en los negocios.Starting at €8.20
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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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FilmCast: A Conjoint Analysis Exercise - Teaching Note
Srini Krishnamoorthy, Kyle MacleanTeaching Note IVEY-W28490-EDecision Analysis, MarketingTeaching note for product W28489.Starting at €0.00
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Guell Appliances: A Refrigerator's World We're Just Living In
Bissan GhaddarCase IVEY-W33837-EDecision Analysis, MarketingIn July 2022, a senior data scientist for Guell Appliances was aggregating customer reviews from the company’s recent appliance launch. The previous month, the company had launched a revamped product line that required a significant amount of investment in research and development. The success of the product line was paramount because it defined the success of the company. The senior data scientist wanted to apply modern analytical techniques to ...Starting at €8.20
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Enterprise Canada: Managing Misinformation
Mary Weil; Julia SergiCase IVEY-W33826-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and CommunicationThe case is centred around a misinformation incident involving Brian Fox, principal of Enterprise Canada. On November 21, 2022, the lead lawyer for Freedom Corp in the public inquiry into the Freedom Convoy protest, Brendan Miller, made the accusation that Fox had been holding a Nazi flag on January 29, 2022, at the protest in Ottawa, Ontario. Students will take on the role of an executive at Enterprise Canada to create a strategy to deal with th...Starting at €8.20
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Cervecería Nacional, S.A.
Lesizza, Mateo; Marin, Jose N.Case INCAE-11421Decision AnalysisDurante el mes de diciembre de 2001 el ingeniero Alfredo Arias, Gerente General de Cervecería Nacional de Panamá, analizaba los sucesos que desencadenaron en la Oferta Pública de Adquisición (OPA) de acciones de la Cervecería Nacional presentada por el Grupo Empresarial Bavaria (GEB) de Colombia. El ingeniero Arias también era accionista y directivo de Capitales Nacionales, grupo que controlaba cerca del 60% de las acciones comunes en circulación...Starting at €8.20
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Estación Vital
Torres Cóndor, José Humberto; Prado Barboza, Andrea; Schill, Ryan; Marín Ximénez, José NicolásCase INCAE-31200_SDecision AnalysisEstación Vital era una empresa dedicada a ofrecer orientaciones de salud gratuitas de salud preventiva mediante tres estaciones o quioscos en dos centros comerciales de Managua, capital de Nicaragua, y se preparaba para expandirse al resto del país. Marcos Lacayo, joven empresario nicaragüense, creador y promotor de un proyecto en el sector salud, Estación Vital, conducía hacia un restaurante para reunirse inversionistas centroamericanos con el o...Starting at €8.20