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The Surprising Power of Online Experiments (Spanish version)
Kohavi, Ron; Thomke, StefanArticle HBS-R1705EService and Operations ManagementAt Bing a small headline change an employee proposed was deemed a low priority and shelved for months until one engineer decided to do a quick online controlled experiment--an A/B test--to try it out. The test showed that the change increased revenue by an astonishing 12%. It ended up being the best revenue-generating idea Bing ever had, worth $100 million. That experience illustrates why it's critical to adopt an "experiment with everything" ap...Starting at €8.20
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Siemens AG: Global Development Strategy (A) (Spanish Version)
Thomke, Stefan; Nimgade, AshokCase HBS-604S22Service and Operations ManagementDescribe cómo Siemens, el gigante de la ingeniería eléctrica alemana, ha desarrollado y gestiona I + D global en su gran Información y Redes de Comunicaciones división (ICN). En 1994, Siemens abrió su centro de Bangalore (India), que ahora se ha convertido en uno de sus mayores centros regionales de desarrollo fuera de Alemania. Con Bangalore pidiendo una mayor independencia y autonomía de gestión de recursos, la alta dirección tiene que decidir ...Starting at €8.20
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Bank of America (A) (Spanish version)
Thomke, Stefan; Nimgade, AshokCase HBS-606S31Service and Operations ManagementDescribe cómo Bank of America es la creación de un sistema para la innovación de productos y servicios en su negocio de banca minorista. Se hace hincapié en el papel de la experimentación en algunos "laboratorios" de dos docenas de la vida real que sirven como plenamente operativos sucursales bancarias y como sitios para probar nuevas ideas y conceptos. Se centra en: 1) cómo aprender de la experimentación puede ser maximizada; 2) sistemas de ince...Starting at €8.20
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Lotus F1 Team (Spanish Version)
Thomke, Stefan; Trichakis, Nikolaos; Lenhardt, Jerome; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-619S11Service and Operations Managementretention of high performing individuals, response to disruptive technological changes, and regulatory design in competitive environments.Starting at €8.20
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Making Safe Water Products More Affordable
Zenios S; Denend L; Elliott TCase SGSB-OIT109-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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Nokia: From In-house to Joint R&D
Marcus Moller Larsen; Torben PedersenCase IVEY-9B11M114-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThis case describes the organizational and strategic challenges of outsourcing research and development (R&D) activities from Denmark to China. Nokia Denmark was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of the Nokia Corporation and contained the largest Nokia R&D unit, concentrating on the development of mobile phones, outside Finland. In 2007, Nokia Denmark received instructions from corporate headquarters to drastically increase the number of mobile pho...Starting at €8.20
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Carlsberg in Emerging Markets
Michael W. Hansen; Torben Pedersen; Marcus Moller LarsenCase IVEY-9B11M009-EService and Operations Management, StrategyRisking becoming the target of a hostile takeover or being cornered as a small regional player in the global beer industry, the Danish brewery Carlsberg decided in the early 2000s to expand into rapidly growing emerging markets to pursue new arenas of growth. By 2008, this strategy had paid off, and Carlsberg was positioned among the five largest breweries in the world. In the Russian market — one of the fastest-growing markets in the world — Car...Starting at €8.20
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Vestas Wind Systems A/S - Exploiting Global R&D Synergies
Torben Pedersen; Marcus Moller LarsenCase IVEY-9B09M079-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyWith a change in management in 2005 came a radical reorganization and the announcement of several new strategic initiatives. Among the initiatives was the establishment of the Vestas Technology research and development (R&D) business unit with an aim of achieving global leadership in all core technology areas and, consequently, strengthening the core competence for the company. By 2008, Vestas had succeeded in setting up a global R&D network with...Starting at €8.20
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Mumbai's Models of Service Excellence
Thomke, StefanArticle HBS-R1211K-EService and Operations ManagementThink you need exceptional employees, advanced IT, or rigid controls to build a high-performance organization? The dabbawalas of Mumbai prove otherwise. Six days a week, these 5,000 self-managed, semiliterate workers deliver upwards of 130,000 lunches from customers' homes to their offices with astonishing precision--negotiating the crowded city by train, bicycle, and handcart, without the aid of any technology or even cell phones. The 100-year-o...Starting at €8.20
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Booking.com
Thomke, Stefan; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-619015-EService and Operations ManagementThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). The case reveals how Booking.com has become the world's leading travel accommodation platform. The company has put online experimentation at the heart of how it designs digital experiences for its customers and partners. To unlock the potential of large- scale testing, the leadership team had to challe...Starting at €8.20