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Rich-Con Steel
McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-699133-EService and Operations ManagementOne month after "going live" with a new information system, Rich-Con Steel is in crisis. The new system was intended to give the company basic visibility and control over its business processes, but instead, visibility and control appear to have evaporated. Marty Sawyer, Rich-Con's president, must decide what action to take.Starting at €8.20
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Chocolates El Rey (Spanish Version)
Deshpande, Rohit; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Cuellar, Regina GarciaCase HBS-512S09MarketingA finales de noviembre de 2006, Jorge Redmond, presidente de Chocolates El Rey, convocó a una reunión con la alta dirección para discutir la estrategia de crecimiento de la compañía. Una parte relativamente pequeña firma con ventas de alrededor de $ 14 millones, El Rey produce el chocolate de alta calidad hecha con granos de cacao venezolano de origen único. La firma vendió sus chocolates en cuatro segmentos diferentes - servicios de alimentación...Starting at €8.20
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Business Intelligence Software at SYSCO (Spanish version)
McAfee, Andrew; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-606S16Service and Operations ManagementThe large food service company SYSCO has decided to purchase business intelligence (BI) software, a technology intended to provide superior monitoring and analysis capabilities. Twila Day, assistant vice president of technology and applications, is in charge of the BI project and must determine exactly how much software to buy. She must also plan the BI implementation throughout the company. After conferring with Business Objects, the BI applicat...Starting at €8.20
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Dubai Ports Authority (A) (Spanish Version)
McAfee, Andrew; Ooms-Wall, Karen; Al Qasimi, LubnaCase HBS-608S08Service and Operations ManagementLos Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) desea digitalizar muchos de los documentos que comparte con sus socios externos, incluyendo el envío de líneas y agentes, comerciantes y autoridades aduaneras del país. DPA también desea automatizar las muchas transmisiones de documentos relacionados con manifiestos de embarque. En el momento de la causa, la industria del transporte marítimo en todo el mundo se caracteriza por bajos niveles de automatización, la pr...Starting at €8.20
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Prediction Markets at Google (Spanish version)
Coles, Peter A.; Lakhani, Karim R.; McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-612S12Information TechnologiesIn its eight quarters of operation, Google's internally developed prediction market has delivered accurate and decisive predictions about future events of interest to the company. Google must now determine how to increase participation in the market, and how to best use its predictions.Starting at €8.20
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Moore Medical Corp. (Spanish version)
McAfee, Andrew; Bounds, GregoryCase HBS-606S13Service and Operations ManagementMoore Medical is a medium-sized distributor of medical supplies to practitioners, such as podiatrists and emergency medical technicians. At the time of the case, it has relied on traditional customer channels such as catalogs, phones, and faxes to communicate product offerings, promotions, and availability, and to take orders. It is now attempting to shift to a "bricks and clicks" distributor with a strong Internet presence. It has already made s...Starting at €8.20
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Embraer: La líder global en jets regionales
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Monteiro, Luiz FelipeCase HBS-706S37StrategyEmbraer es la historia de una empresa de un país en desarrollo, Brasil, que se ha convertido en el líder en un campo de alta tecnología, aviones regionales de pasajeros. primera familia de aviones regionales de Embraer ha tenido un gran éxito y, en el momento del caso, se ha embarcado en un importante compromiso con una segunda, más grande familia. Al mismo tiempo, sin embargo, está envuelto en una amarga disputa en la Organización Mundial del Co...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Elektra (Spanish Version)
Arnold, David J.; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Monteiro, Luiz FelipeCase HBS-503S39MarketingGrupo Elektra es la compañía de financiamiento de consumo de América Latina basado en las ventas a crédito en sus productos no perecederos puntos de venta. Se ha comenzado a internacionalizarse en América Latina, pero ahora debe decidir si para entrar en el mercado hispano de EE.UU., y cuál de sus dos negocios principales (al por menor y finanzas) para enfatizar.Starting at €8.20
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Club Atletico Boca Juniors (Spanish version)
Elberse, Anita; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Ballve, AlbertoCase HBS-509S06MarketingClub Atletico Boca Juniors is the most popular soccer club in Argentina and one of the most decorated clubs in the world. Throughout its storied history, the club has recruited and developed dozens of star players. In his eleven years at Boca Juniors, president Mauricio Macri has significantly increased the club's net worth and annual revenues. However, he faces a constant challenge to remain competitive on and off the field. In November 2006, Ma...Starting at €8.20
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New Approaches to Old Problems: Expanding the Universe of Interpersonal Ties with Emerging Internet Applications
McAfee, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-5576BC-EWith the advent of Internet connectivity, the tendency to focus only on strongly tied colleagues within enterprises has given way to a broader and more useful perspective. The ability to form, maintain, and exploit more casual ties, and the ability to convert potential ties into actual ones are hugely valuable assets, both to individuals and to the enterprises in which they work. Indeed, many analysts have found that the greatest value of the Web...Starting at €8.20