Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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University Hospital: The Joint EP/CATH Lab Decision
Wu Gasper,Cindie; Schulman,Kevin; Scheinker, DavidCase SGSB-OIT120-EInformation TechnologiesHealth care management requires careful planning for efficient operations, in an environment where technology, best practices, and patient demands continue to change rapidly. This case study presents an operations management decision at a large academic medical center in response to falling demand for cardiac catheterization (CATH) procedures and growing demand for electrophysiology (EP) procedures, and requires students to consider all angles of...Starting at €8.20
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Nike: Sustainability and Labor Practices 1998-2013
Carroll G; Brady D; Schifrin DCase SGSB-IB106-EService and Operations ManagementThe case discusses Nike’s sustainability and labor practices from 1998 to 2013, focusing on the successful steps Nike took up and down the supply chain and in its headquarters to make its products and processes more environmentally friendly, and the challenges and complexities it was still facing in its efforts to improve labor conditions. Nike’s labor practices were the subject of high profile public protests in the 1990s, and CEO Mark Parker sa...Starting at €8.20