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Cash vs. Accruals: The Case of Revenue Recognition at Cantaloupe Systems
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, RobertCase SGSB-E756-EEntrepreneurshipCantaloupe Systems expected to celebrate its first quarterly profit, and the company’s proprietary machine-to-machine communication technology was a hit with owners of vending machines—and investors. Cantaloupe’s systems provided real-time sales data, allowing vending machine operators to efficiently pre-pack the exact items needed for each machine before leaving the warehouse that day. But Cantaloupe’s auditors threw the company a curve ball dur...Starting at €8.20
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El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social hacia la desconcentración de sus proveedores de servicios de salud
Jané E.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1044Service and Operations ManagementEl Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), una organización altamente centralizada y jerárquica, comenzó hace tres años un proceso de devolución de sus unidades de servicio, agrupadas en Areas Médicas de Gestión Desconcentrada (AMGD). El proceso era lento hasta que se diseñó un proyecto para crear las herramientas necesarias para administrarlo bajo las nuevas condiciones de autonomía. El Dr. Martín es el jefe de una de estas AMGD. El y sus ...Starting at €8.20
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Improving Health Care Access for the Poor: A Case Study of the Washington DC Public Health Care System Reforms (A)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1046-EService and Operations ManagementThe Major of Washington must decide how to restructure the health care of the District of Columbia, which has suffered from severe financial crisis. The availability of resources contrasts with its poor health outcomes. The main provider of health care to the uninsured, the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation is forecasted to exhaust its FY2001 subsidy by the middle of March. A commission has submitted its recommendations, which inclu...Starting at €8.20
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Improving Health Care Access for the Poor: A case Study of the Washington DC Public Health Care Systems Reforms (B)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1047-EService and Operations ManagementThe Major of Washington must decide how to restructure the health care of the District of Columbia, which has suffered from severe financial crisis. The availability of resources contrasts with its poor health outcomes. The main provider of health care to the uninsured, the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation is forecasted to exhaust its FY2001 subsidy by the middle of March. A commission has submitted its recommendations, which inclu...Starting at €5.74
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Roblox: The Path to Going Public
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, Robert; Bekele, GelilaCase SGSB-E795-EEntrepreneurshipThe leadership team of Roblox was contemplating a public offering in December 2020. Roblox was an online video game platform that offered developers a platform for building new games and a global social network for publishing and hosting online games. Roblox had filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, and registered to go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the ticker symbol “RBLX.” However, at the last minute, a series of market ev...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon: equilibrio entre orientación al cliente y compromiso del empleado
Tatge, Larisa; Lago, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1165Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementAmazon se define como la empresa más centrada en el cliente del mundo y explica su crecimiento en diversos sectores como una forma de ir aportando más valor a sus clientes. Si visión es "to be earth's most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online" ("ser la compañía más centrada en el cliente del mundo, crear un lugar al que la gente pueda acudir para encontrar y d...Starting at €8.20
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Ampliación y desarrollo de servicios de salud en áreas con alta marginación y sin cobertura
Lee, Gabriel Manuel; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1008Service and Operations ManagementEl caso describe el desarrollo del PAC - Programa de Ampliación de Cobertura, desde su inicio en 1994 hasta principios del 2000. El PAC ha conseguido alcanzar una cobertura casi universal de la población que habita pequeñas comunidades rurales remotas. El caso describe la situación en 1994, las alternativas disponibles al Ministerio, y las características del programa diseñado. También presenta su desarrollo operativo, repasa las acciones emprend...Starting at €8.20
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Christmas Eve (A, B, C, D)
Ribera, JaumeCase P-1034-EService and Operations ManagementThe Krank family have to organize a Christmas party and decorate their house in a very short period of time. The exercise involves planning these activities as a project, taking into account the impact that various other events may have on those activities.Starting at €8.20
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Amazon: Balancing Customer Centricity with Employee Engagement
Tatge, Larisa; Lago, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1165-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementAmazon defines itself as the most customer-centered company in the world and explains its growth in various sectors as a way to offer more value to its customers. "Our vision is to be earth's most customer-centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online," according to Amazon's mission statement. This case presents how Amazon has grown quickly, and how it aims to balance this rapi...Starting at €8.20
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Mejora del acceso de los pobres a la atención sanitaria: estudio del caso de las reformas de los sistemas públicos de atención sanitaria de Washington (B)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1047Service and Operations ManagementEl alcalde de Washington debe decidir cómo reestructurar la atención sanitaria del Distrito de Columbia, que ha sufrido una crisis financiera profunda. La disponibilidad de recursos contrasta con los resultados decepcionantes obtenidos. Se prevé que el principal proveedor de atención sanitaria a las personas sin seguro médico, la Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation, agotará su subvención para 2001 a mediados de marzo. Un comité ha pre...Starting at €5.74