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Anecoop 2014-2018. Nota del Instructor
Segura Alcaide, F.; Villafuerte Martín, A.Teaching Note IIST-MINT-130MarketingEn febrero de 2014 la dirección de Anecoop (la mayor cooperativa hortofruticola española y uno de los grandes operadores mundiales del sector) reflexionaba sobre los recientes resultados obtenidos, los mejores en toda la historia de la entidad. ¿En qué medida estos resultados habían sido fruto de las acciones acometidas en los últimos años? ¿Cuáles eran los nuevos retos que se presentaban para la cooperativa en aquel momento y qué líneas de actua...Starting at €0.00
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Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers R&D: Sustaining High Performance (Abridged)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0918-ELeadership and People ManagementOnce considered a candidate for divesture, Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers has had 12 successful years in a row. The company has set the standard of excellence for new-product innovation, having launched an average of one new-product line each year with 10 of the 11 launches being a success. After winning awards and receiving recognition for his speed in developing and launching chemical products, the company’s COO now had a new concern t...Starting at €8.20
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Smoke and Mirrors (A)
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0948-ELeadership and People ManagementThe CEO of Exhaust Tech, the worldwide leader in exhaust systems, has directed the newly appointed head of marketing to advertise and market a new product that is less expensive to manufacture but has no real consumer benefits other than the lifetime guarantee that no longer offers any competitive differentiation. The head of marketing prefers another product and feels he is being pressured into inventing something out of nothing to launch this n...Starting at €8.20
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James Madison and "The Business of May Next" (B)
Cross, Tom; Newell, Terry; Rice, PeterCase DARDEN-OB-0969-ELeadership and People ManagementOn May 30, 1787, the second day of the Convention held in the Pennsylvania State House, six states voted “aye” and one “nay” to the proposal to establish “a national Government … consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.” In that moment, delegates who had gathered merely to revise the Articles of Confederation agreed to abolish it. In that moment, James Madison earned the title of Father of the Constitution, although he had no...Starting at €5.74
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Apeam 2018: Facing new challenges in the Mexican Avocado production and export
Villafuerte Martín, A.Case IIST-MI-165-E-EMarketingAPEAM is the association of avocado growers and packers of the Mexican state of Michoacán, the world's largest producers of this crop. In 2018, they were America’s leading suppliers of avocado. However, new challenges arise in APEAM’s primary destination market (the United States) with the changes promoted by the new president Donald Trump, as well as in other markets. There is also trouble in the domestic market and at the heart of the Mexican a...Starting at €8.20
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Monsanto y Bayer: “Avanzando juntos” Para impulsar la producción agrícola en el mundo
Villafuerte Martín, A.; Duhart, Mª E.Case IIST-MI-170MarketingEn febrero de 2018, el sector agrícola mundial estaba expectante ante la evolución de la compra de Monsanto por parte de Bayer. Las opiniones en contra del acuerdo habían sido muy numerosas y fuertes por parte de grupos de interés ecologistas. A su vez, el mundo, y especialmente el sector agrario, se enfrentaba al gran reto de producir alimentos suficientes para alimentar a la población mundial. En paralelo, el cultivo de transgénicos seguía crec...Starting at €8.20
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EC2CE: Artificial Intelligence in the Agribusiness. Teaching Note
Nwelati Artillo, B.; Villafuerte Martín, A.Technical Note IIST-MITN-174-E-EMarketingEc2ce is a start-up founded in 2014 by senior executives of multinational companies to focus on a new goal: reducing uncertainty in agricultural production and streamlining the management of the agri-food supply chain using artificial intelligence algorithms. With a turnover of barely 600,000 EUR in 2017, their first year in the market, ec2ce’s founders and managers are considering options to drive growth as quickly as possible, not jeopardizing ...Starting at €8.20
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The F/A-18 F404 Engine: Getting Lean (A)
Brownlee, E. Richard II; Cross, Tom; Osterhoudt, Robert; Jaynes, C. J.; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-C-2268-EAccounting and ControlThe U.S. Navy Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Depot (AIMD) Lemoore Power Plants Division (F404 engine maintenance) was a real mess. Not-Ready-For-Issue parts were everywhere. Division thru-put was poor, there were 30 F/A-18 aircraft with bare firewalls (no engines), the maintenance crews were working 12-hour days, manning was at 61% of authorized levels, reenlistment rates were an abysmal 50%, and crew morale was lousy. The Officer-in-Charge of...Starting at €8.20
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Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
Cross, Tom; Sack, Robert J.; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-C-2282-EAccounting and ControlIn 1996, to find ways to reduce operating costs as well as the costs of future acquisitions, the Navy began to assess various design concepts for a new class of aircraft carriers and to analyze life-cycle costs, not just the acquisition costs, as life-cycle cost implications were complex and would significantly impact current and future budgets. The acquisition decisions for the next-generation aircraft carrier, CVX, would largely be determined o...Starting at €8.20
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The F/A-18 F404 Engine: Getting Lean (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Brownlee, E. Richard II; Cross, Tom; Osterhoudt, Robert; Jaynes, C. J.; Pottinger, JeffTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2268TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2268Starting at €0.00