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Who Moved My Cube
Fayard, Anne-Laure; Weeks, JohnArticle HBS-R1107H-EService and Operations ManagementManagers once discouraged casual interaction among employees, viewing it as a distraction from "real work." Today we know that chance encounters on the job promote cooperation and innovation, and companies craft their floor plans and cultures with this in mind. So why do their careful, well-intentioned efforts often go awry? Common sense, it turns out, is a poor guide when it comes to designing for interaction. Work spaces inspire informal enco...Starting at €8.20
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Cancer Treatment Centers of America (A)
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-313012-EService and Operations ManagementCancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a U.S. network of four privately owned oncology focused factory hospitals, was weighing options for growth. CTCA was entirely cancer focused and specialized in treating patients with complex and advanced-stage cancers, who were reached through advertising its integrative, team-based approach to care. CEO Stephen Bonner needed to decide whether to focus future expansion on building additional full-scale ...Starting at €8.20
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Quién movió mi cubo
Fayard, Anne-Laure; Weeks, JohnArticle HBS-R1107HService and Operations ManagementLos gestores vez desalienta la interacción informal entre los empleados, viéndolo como una distracción de "trabajo real". Hoy sabemos que los encuentros casuales en el trabajo promueven la cooperación y la innovación, y las empresas elaboran sus planos de planta y culturas con esto en mente. Entonces, ¿por qué sus cuidadosas, los esfuerzos bien intencionados a menudo van mal? El sentido común, resulta que es una guía pobre cuando se trata de dise...Starting at €8.20
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Hub and Spoke, HealthCare Global, and Additional Focused Factory Models for Cancer Care
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Ghorawat, Amit; Krishnan, Meera; Saggi, NaiyyaCase HBS-313030-EService and Operations ManagementThis case compares and contrasts four different models for delivering cancer care in India and the US. Students are asked to select the best model in its alignment with the Six Forces in those two countries and Africa, to which one of the models is considering expansion, and intrinsic business characteristics. The Indian models are all focused factories, but one is a hub and spoke model, with a radiology hub and ambulatory spokes, while the other...Starting at €8.20