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DeterPerú S.A. (A)
Bustamante, Luis; de la Puente, J. G.; Pancorvo J.Case PAD-P-C-336Service and Operations ManagementDeterPerú es una filial peruana de la multinacional Procter & Gamble que se dedica a la producción y comercialización de productos de consumo masivo. La inauguración de un gran almacén central que reemplazaría a sus hasta entonces dispersos almacenes, traerá consigo cambios sustanciales. Surgen preguntas e inquietudes sobre el esquema logístico vigente y las posibles áreas de mejoras enmarcadas dentro de la realidad y problemática del entor...Starting at €8.20
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Publish or Protect? (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-615S15Service and Operations ManagementShould they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them? They wish to preserve their freedom to practice, but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or alternately interfere with its freedom to operate.Starting at €8.20
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The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-613079-EService and Operations ManagementSenior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them? They wish to preserve their freedom to practice, but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or...Starting at €8.20
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BGI: Data-driven Research
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-614056-EService and Operations ManagementBGI has the largest installed gene-sequencing capacity in the world, and to Zhang Gengyun, general manager of the Life Sciences Division, this represented an opportunity to apply his training as a plant breeder and his early career work as a biochemist to improving important parts of the world food supply. But his biggest challenge was in scaling up his organization to address the multitude of opportunities he wanted to address. Along with its ma...Starting at €8.20
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Taxi Profesional
de la Puente, J. G.; Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-383Service and Operations ManagementEl propietario de una empresa que ofrece servicios de taxis en exclusividad al Poder Judicial, se encuentra repentinamente con la posibilidad de perder el contrato. Ante la convocatoria de una nueva licitación pública, Taxi Profesional se plantea: cuáles son los verdaderos atributos que aprecia el cliente y el usuario, qué importa cuando se trata de una institución pública y qué cambios se tendrán que anticipar en la operación y en la estra...Starting at €8.20
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Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-614001-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. As the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes, Novozymes had invested heavily for many years to bio-engineer enzymes that could break down cellulose into fermentable sugar. In 2010, the company had launched what it thought would become a breakthrough product for the conversion of crop residues from corn into fermentable sugars for the production of motor fuels. But t...Starting at €8.20