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Delwarca Software Remote Support Unit (Spanish version)
Shapiro, Roy D.; Morrison, Paul E.Case HBS-915S08Delwarca Software provides business software to large corporate clients around the world. The firm serves customers who prefer to assemble corporate solutions using a combination of software programs from various suppliers rather than implementing a single enterprise resource planning system. Consequently, Delwarca must provide telephone support services for complex software-hardware interaction and performance problems in addition to the typical...Starting at €8.20
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ClearEyes Cataracts Clinic (Spanish version)
Shapiro, Roy D.; Morrison, Paul E.Case HBS-916S10Service and Operations Managementkeeping her physical facility as it is and extending office hours, or renting additional space within her current building. The first appears to be less disruptive to operations but risks alienating her workforce. The second is more disruptive to current operations during construction and will require more capital investment. This case is designed to be taught in a single class session with students who have practiced process analysis.Starting at €8.20
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Greenpeace's Unfriend Coal Campaign and Facebook
Michael Sider; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M011-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyFacebook’s director of policy communications was faced with a situation caused by a YouTube video posted by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Greenpeace. This video publicly critiqued the environmental sustainability of Facebook’s decision to build a new data centre, its main objection being that the new facility would be connected to a local utility provider that supplied electricity mainly from the burning of coal, one of the largest sour...Starting at €8.20
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Carnegie Industrial: The Leadership Development Centre
Michael Sider; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B08C002-ELeadership and People ManagementA director within the leadership development program of a large multinational organization must decide how to manage a very difficult conversation she must have with her assistant director. The assistant director, who is older and more experienced (although less educated), interviewed for the director's position and didn't get it. The assistant director has never been happy reporting to her much younger boss, and has felt consistently left out of...Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Releasing New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening (A)
Gregory S. Zaric; Michael Sider; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M020-EStrategyIn late October 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of primary care experts, was preparing to release their updated guidelines for the use of screening mammograms, which were given to women in an attempt to detect evidence of breast cancer at a treatable stage. The new guidelines, based on rigorous scientific research and tests, now recommended routine screening starting at age 50 rather than at age 40. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Bunny Butcher: PETA Protests Donna Karan New York
Michael Sider; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M095-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyNovember 29, 2010, was “Cyber Monday,” one of the busiest online shopping days of the year, with the potential to approach $1 billion in online sales in North America. The chief designer of fashion company Donna Karan New York (DKNY) was facing a difficult situation. On this particular Cyber Monday, activists for the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) had posted simultaneous messages on DKNY’s Facebook page. An...Starting at €8.20
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Delwarca Software Remote Support Unit, Teaching Note
Shapiro, Roy D.; Morrison, Paul E.Teaching Note HBS-913542-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for Product #913541Starting at €0.00
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ClearEyes Cataracts Clinic, Teaching Note
Shapiro, Roy D.; Morrison, Paul E.Teaching Note HBS-916504-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 916503.Starting at €0.00
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Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs
Michael SiderCase IVEY-9B12C054-ELeadership and People ManagementGreg Popovich, head coach of the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) San Antonio Spurs (Spurs), decides to rest his three aging star players during a highly-anticipated game against the NBA champion Miami Heat (Heat). Miami fans have paid a premium for tickets to the game. Many intend to bring their children to see the young, upstart Heat face the much older, but still highly-competitive Spurs. This is a Thursday night game, nationally-televi...Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Releasing New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening (B)
Gregory S. Zaric; Michael Sider; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M021-EStrategyIn late October 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of primary care experts, was preparing to release their updated guidelines for the use of screening mammograms, which were given to women in an attempt to detect evidence of breast cancer at a treatable stage. The new guidelines, based on rigorous scientific research and tests, now recommended routine screening starting at age 50 rather than at age 40. Th...Starting at €5.74