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Making Virtual Reality Real
Zhu, Feng; Mehta, Sarah; Lane, DavidCase HBS-617013-EService and Operations ManagementThis note describes virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, and describes the main consumer products on offer in 2016 and their manufacturers. It also surveys existing applications of virtual and augment reality technologies.Starting at €8.20
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Ford España, S.A.: La planta de motores de Almusafes
Huete, Luis María; Luchi R.Case P-813Service and Operations ManagementLa principal planta de motores de Ford en Europa es pionera en la puesta en práctica de una metodología de mejora de procesos. El caso permite realizar un análisis en detalle de las distintas variables operativas del proceso, y de un enfoque de mejora del mismo que incluye actuaciones en las áreas de gestión de la calidad, mantenimiento, relación con proveedores, administración de materiales y diseño. El caso incluye Anexos que permiten un anális...Starting at €8.20
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Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future
Stern, Ariel D.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-618025-EService and Operations ManagementIn July 2017, Dr. Brian M. Alexander, president and CEO of the AGILE Research Foundation, was preparing to launch a new type of clinical trial-an adaptive platform trial-to study potential therapies for glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer. Alexander believed that the standard way in which new cancer drugs were tested-the traditional randomized controlled trial (RCT)-was limited in many ways. While statistically rigorous and s...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL
Farronato, Chiara; MacCormack, Alan; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-619003-EService and Operations ManagementSet in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. This product offers a reduced price to riders willing to carpool, walk a short distance to/from their pick-up and drop-off points, and wait a few minutes before being matched to a driver. Two weeks after the launch of Express POOL in six U.S. cities, Uber's product managers discover that if riders are made to wait five minu...Starting at €8.20
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Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships, Teaching Note
Stern, Ariel D.; Mehta, SarahTeaching Note HBS-620002-EService and Operations ManagementThis teaching note accompanies case no. 619-017, "Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships."Starting at €0.00
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Meditex, S.A.
Luchi R.; Serra, FernandoCase P-793Service and Operations ManagementEl director de Investigación y Desarrollo de la filial española de una empresa multinacional, realiza un replanteo de su gestión en la empresa. Se describe la estructura organizativa de I+D y las particularidades de la actividad en el dinamismo tecnológico asociado al sector de productos farmacéuticos y de suministros para el sector hospitalario. La problemática del director de I+D se centra en cómo poder realizar una gestión de tecnología que si...Starting at €8.20
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Motorola, Inc.: Bandit Pager Project (Spanish Version)
Wheelwright, Steven C.; Gill, Geoffrey K.Case HBS-603S05Service and Operations ManagementDescribe el desarrollo de una línea de producción totalmente automatizado para la fabricación de localizadores de radio. La compañía considera el proyecto como un gran éxito; se pone de manifiesto en el caso, sin embargo, que había algunas deficiencias también. Algunas cuestiones de comercialización no se abordan adecuadamente y, a pesar de las afirmaciones de la empresa que el proyecto se completó en 18 meses, el desarrollo de la línea continuó ...Starting at €8.20
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Ariadne Labs: Building Impactful Partnerships
Stern, Ariel D.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-619017-EService and Operations ManagementIn September 2018, the executive team at Ariadne Labs (Ariadne), a Boston-based organization dedicated to improving health systems through the discovery and implementation of simple tools, faced a number of strategic decisions. Chief among them, the seven-year-old organization needed to determine how it might establish and shepherd successful partnerships with a wide range of diverse entities-ranging from major international public health organiz...Starting at €8.20