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Adnexus Therapeutics, Inc.: Considering the Exit
Sato, Vicki L.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-609015-EService and Operations ManagementDr. John Mendlein, CEO of Adnexus Therapeutics Inc., (Adnexus), a private biotechnology company, must decide whether to pursue acquisition talks with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) after a successful six month collaboration or continue with Adnexus' planned IPO.Starting at €8.20
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Eólica de Composites, S.A. (ECSA) - Teaching Note
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTeaching Note ASNT-12-EService and Operations ManagementA company suddenly wins a substantial contract, but doesn't have sufficient capacity in its existing plants to execute it. The search for a new plant location yields two final alternatives for a possible location, with similar costs but very different situations. One of them favors a policy of outsourcing but with few qualified workers, and the other is opposed to such a policy. The prioritization, analysis and explicit description of selection c...Starting at €0.00
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Eólica de Composites S. A.
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-47Service and Operations ManagementUna compañía gana precipitadamente un sustancioso contrato, pero no tiene espacio en sus plantas actuales para ejecutarlo. En la búsqueda de lugar una nueva planta aparecen dos alternativas finales de posible ubicación, con costes parecidos pero situaciones muy distintas, cercana una de ellas a la política de desconcentración pero con escasez de personal cualificado y la otra contraria a dicha política. La explicitación, priorización y análisis d...Starting at €8.20
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Eólica de Composites S. A. (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-47-PBService and Operations ManagementA company suddenly wins a substantial contract, but doesn't have sufficient capacity in its existing plants to execute it. The search for a new plant location yields two final alternatives for a possible location, with similar costs but very different situations. One of them favors a policy of outsourcing but with few qualified workers, and the other is opposed to such a policy. The prioritization, analysis and explicit description of selection c...Starting at €8.20
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Differences at Work: Sameer (A)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-609053-EService and Operations ManagementIn Differences at Work: Sameer (A) HBS Case No. 9-609-053 Sameer, an Indian Muslim, is a summer intern in a small, predominantly Jewish firm. Prompted by a conflict in the Middle East, members of the organization make a number of anti-Muslim jokes. Sameer wonders whether he should surface his discomfort; he otherwise enjoys the firm, and is hoping to be given a full-time job offer following his internship.Starting at €8.20
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Eólica de Composites, S.A. (ECSA) - Nota del instructor
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTeaching Note ASNT-12Service and Operations ManagementUna compañía gana precipitadamente un sustancioso contrato, pero no tiene espacio en sus plantas actuales para ejecutarlo. En la búsqueda de lugar una nueva planta aparecen dos alternativas finales de posible ubicación, con costes parecidos pero situaciones muy distintas, cercana una de ellas a la política de desconcentración pero con escasez de personal cualificado y la otra contraria a dicha política. La explicitación, priorización y análisis d...Starting at €0.00
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Eólica de Composites S. A.
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-47-EService and Operations ManagementA company suddenly wins a substantial contract, but doesn't have sufficient capacity in its existing plants to execute it. The search for a new plant location yields two final alternatives for a possible location, with similar costs but very different situations. One of them favors a policy of outsourcing but with few qualified workers, and the other is opposed to such a policy. The prioritization, analysis and explicit description of selection c...Starting at €8.20
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The Cleveland Clinic: Improving the Patient Experience (Abridged)
Raman, Ananth; Tucker, Anita; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-611015-EService and Operations ManagementHealthcare has traditionally focused on medical outcomes and financial performance. The big question is always, "How much is it going to cost?" What would happen though if healthcare also considered the question of "How does the patient feel?" This case looks at the Cleveland Clinic's attempt to answer the latter question by attempting to institutionalize empathy as part of its delivery of care.Starting at €8.20
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Cook Composites and Polymers Co.
Lee, Deishin; Toffel, Michael W.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-608055-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes how a company improves resource efficiency and process quality in its manufacturing process by developing a waste by-product into a new product. The case describes how CCP cleans production equipment between batches using styrene, which becomes a costly hazardous waste. Having worked on minimizing waste for the past 20 years, CCP believed it could not reduce the use of styrene without risking product quality. Instead, CCP was ...Starting at €8.20
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Differences at Work: Sameer (B)
Sucher, Sandra J.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-609054-EService and Operations ManagementIn Differences at Work: Sameer (B) HBS Case No. 9-609-054, Sameer leaves the firm at the summer's end without confronting his employer about the jokes and wondering whether he made the right choice. Later Sameer's former employer calls him to apologize for their behavior after discovering an email that Sameer wrote describing how offended he felt by the jokes. Accepting the apology, Sameer decides to take a full time position with the firm but re...Starting at €5.74