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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible
Marks M; Hoyt DCase SGSB-GS84-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €8.20
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Technology Transfer at U.S. Universities
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Lerner, Josh; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-807124-EService and Operations ManagementTechnology transfer from U.S. universities to industry has increased dramatically in the last 25 years. Reviews the history of technology transfer with particular emphasis on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. It then examines how universities responded to Bayh-Dole, the growth of technology transfer offices, and compares how three different universities (MIT, Stanford, and Harvard) approach technology transfer. Provides an overview of the technology tra...Starting at €8.20
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Orient-Express Hotels (Spanish Version)
Frei, Frances X.; Hajim, CoreyCase HBS-608S29Service and Operations ManagementSe usa como parte del segundo módulo de un curso sobre Gestión de Servicio de Operaciones, que aborda el diseño de modelos de servicios sostenibles (606-031). Describe cómo una empresa hotelera y de ocio se presenta como un servicio de alta calidad a través de sus hoteles distintivos y trenes. Proporciona una oportunidad para aprender acerca de las prácticas de calidad inusuales de la compañía y pone en duda el uso incuestionable de prácticas bie...Starting at €8.20
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The Mitchell Family and Mitchells/Richards (Spanish Version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Hajim, Corey; Mulderry, Kelly; Davis, John A.Case HBS-610S23Service and Operations ManagementDescribe la sofisticación operativa una pequeña, de cadena de tiendas de lujo logrado a través del uso de la tecnología y el servicio al cliente "alto contacto". Una empresa de gestión familiar, Mitchell ha construido su éxito con una estrategia de servicio al cliente, conocido internamente como "abrazos". El término es engañosamente simple. mentiras verdaderas de éxito de la empresa en su mezcla de un ambiente cálido, orientado a otra cultura co...Starting at €8.20
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PCH International (B): Supply Chain Solutions Take Off - Teaching note
Lee H; Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS61TN-EService and Operations ManagementThis is an update to GS-61, describing developments at the company through 2011, including a major acquisition, distribution in China, and an initiative to cultivate start-ups that might grow into future clients.Starting at €0.00
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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible - Teaching note
Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS84TN-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €0.00
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Cambridge NanoTech
Yang, Woodward; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-610083-EService and Operations ManagementCambridge NanoTech (CNT) is an interesting example of how a successful university research project was used to build a small scale business which designs and manufactures research equipment for a new class of chemical reactions called Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD). CNT's business model is particularly interesting since the university researchers/founders developed a product that was specifically meant to serve other university researchers rather ...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (Spanish Version)
Leonard, Dorothy; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-604S24Service and Operations ManagementJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) se enfrenta a una grave pérdida de conocimiento - tanto por la "más rápido, mejor, más barato" mandato para misiones a Marte y desde el retiro del personal clave. Un sistema de gestión del conocimiento extenso de la NASA / JPL incluye mecanismos formales de captación de conocimientos tales como páginas web y manuales digitalizados y los informales tales como la narración. Los primeros son mucho más fáciles de obten...Starting at €8.20
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Celebrity Cruises, Inc.: A Taste of Luxury (Spanish Version)
Frei, Frances X.; Hajim, Corey; Hemphell, ChristianCase HBS-605S04Service and Operations ManagementSe imparte en el segundo módulo de un curso sobre Gestión de Servicio de Operaciones, que aborda el diseño de modelos de servicios sostenibles (606-031). Describe las complejas operaciones de la industria de los cruceros. Posicionada entre las líneas de cruceros de lujo y las líneas del mercado de masas, las luchas de famosos para encontrar maneras de crear lealtad de los clientes y aumentar la rentabilidad.Starting at €8.20
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Cambridge NanoTech (Spanish Version)
Yang, Woodward; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-618S03Service and Operations ManagementNanotecnología Cambridge (CNT) es un ejemplo interesante de cómo se utilizó un proyecto de investigación universitaria con éxito para construir un negocio a pequeña escala que diseña y fabrica equipos de investigación para una nueva clase de reacciones químicas llamada capa de deposición atómica (ALD). El modelo comercial de CNT es particularmente interesante ya que los investigadores universitarios / fundadores desarrollaron un producto que esta...Starting at €8.20