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A Rock and a Hard Place: The Conundrum of Online Grocery after COVID
Laseter, Timothy M.; Lert, DevinCase DARDEN-OM-1733-EService and Operations ManagementIn the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, US retailers were scrambling to develop a sustainable business model for e-commerce grocery (e-Grocery). By 2021, many grocers were experimenting with different omnichannel strategies, but none had proven succStarting at €8.20
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Salmones Puyuhuapi (A)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Echeverria, RafaelCase DARDEN-QA-0749-EDecision AnalysisThis case series is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, executive education, and MBAExec audiences but is specifically designed for decision analysis, a first-year MBA core course. In the A case, Osvaldo Correa, CEO of Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), must decide how to respond to news that the ISA virus has infected a competitor’s salmon farming site. The alternatives include harvesting SP’s 900,000 salmon two months early, waiting for the fish to grow ...Starting at €8.20
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Salmones Puyuhuapi Part I
Bodily, Samuel E.; Echeverria, Rafael; Pfeifer, Phillip E.Case DARDEN-QA-0776-EDecision AnalysisThis case series is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, executive education, and MBA Exec audiences but is specifically designed for decision analysis, a first-year MBA core course. In the Part I case, Osvaldo Correa, CEO of Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), must decide how to respond to news that the ISA virus has infected a competitor’s salmon farming site. The alternatives include harvesting SP’s 900,000 salmon two months early, waiting for the fish to...Starting at €8.20
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Salmones Puyuhuapi: Production Planning
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Echeverria, RafaelCase DARDEN-QA-0753-EDecision AnalysisThis case is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, and MBAE audiences, but is specifically designed for Decision Analysis and Decision Analysis and Optimization, first-year MBA electives. It is related to but separable from "Salmones Puyuhuapi (A)" (UVA-QA-0749). That A case was about whether to harvest salmon early due to the threat of a virus, and it used a simple approximation for relating the value of a harvested salmon to its live weight. This...Starting at €8.20
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A Rock and a Hard Place: The Conundrum of Online Grocery after COVID
Laseter, Timothy M.; Lert, DevinCase DARDEN-OM-1733Service and Operations ManagementIn the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, US retailers were scrambling to develop a sustainable business model for e-commerce grocery (e-Grocery). By 2021, many grocers were experimenting with different omnichannel strategies, but none had proven successful. e-Grocery presented significant challenges for brick-and-mortar retailers, and in an industry characterized by thin margins and price-conscious consumers, grocers were struggling to achie...Starting at €8.20
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The Conundrum of Contingent Free Shipping
Baucells, Manel; Lert, DevinCase DARDEN-QA-0939-EDecision AnalysisThis case uses the intent to make an online purchase of a clothing item to explore the role intuition may play in shopping decisions. Two criteria, price and quality, are identified as being important, and the protagonist is presented with another attribute: shipping cost. Because consumers may not expect to pay for shipping, they may be willing to buy an item that otherwise would not be attractive when doing so is rewarded with free shipping.Starting at €8.20
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Salmones Puyuhuapi (B)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Echeverria, RafaelCase DARDEN-QA-0750-EDecision AnalysisThis case series is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, executive education, and MBAExec audiences but is specifically designed for decision analysis, a first-year MBA core course. In the A case, Osvaldo Correa, CEO of Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), must decide how to respond to news that the ISA virus had infected a competitor’s salmon farming site. The alternatives include harvesting SP’s 900,000 salmon two months early, waiting for the fish to grow ...Starting at €5.74
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Salmones Puyuhuapi (C)
Pfeifer, Phillip E.; Echeverria, RafaelCase DARDEN-QA-0751-EDecision AnalysisThis case series is appropriate for undergraduate, MBA, executive education, and MBAExec audiences but is specifically designed for decision analysis, a first-year MBA core course. In the A case, Osvaldo Correa, CEO of Salmones Puyuhuapi (SP), must decide how to respond to news that the ISA virus had infected a competitor’s salmon farming site. The alternatives include harvesting SP’s 900,000 salmon two months early, waiting for the fish to grow ...Starting at €5.74