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Kimpton Hotels - Setting Prices on Priceline (A)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. Wilson; Joel ReadCase IVEY-9B09E027-EDecision Analysis, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn June 2008, the Kimpton Hotels' area director of revenue management (director) for Washington, D.C. was trying to process the most recent customer information report from Priceline.com (Priceline). In an attempt to improve revenues during periods of lowStarting at €8.20
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Kimpton Hotels — Setting Prices on Priceline (C)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. Wilson; Joel ReadCase IVEY-9B09E029-ECorporate Governance, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementThe Kimpton Hotels' area director of revenue management (director) for Washington, D.C. was excited about using Priceline.com to help fill rooms on some of Kimpton's low-demand weekends. He estimated the coming weeks' demand across three rate classes and across three lengths of stay (LOS), and he wanted to make sure he did not use Priceline.com too aggressively by releasing too many rooms onto the site.Starting at €5.74
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Cells For Life (B)
John G. Wilson; Robert Young; Georg Oppitz; Wayne Hoy; David BassinCase IVEY-9B09E011-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementA biotech company receives umbilical cells for processing. A number of operational improvements are being considered in order to maintain the company's position and reputation in the market. Information on expected delivery dates is known. However, there is a great uncertainty around these dates. The company needs to take account of this variability when arranging for staffing.Starting at €5.74
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OLGC Finds Its Match (B)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. WilsonCase IVEY-9B09E015-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementThis supplement to OLGC Finds Its Match (A), product # 9B09E014, summarizes the results from a series of bets and provides the email response from the game provider following the discontinuation of this particular game.Starting at €5.74
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Hospital San Juan de Dios - Nota del Instructor
Ketelhohn, Niels; Martínez Romero, Carlos Roberto; Centro de InvestigacionesTeaching Note INCAE-12417NEService and Operations ManagementNota del Instructor del caso “Hospital San Juan de Dios”.Starting at €0.00
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Centro de Salud Integral Zoe
Selva Tapia, Guillermo; Ketelhohn, Niels; Martínez Romero, Carlos Roberto; Sorto, Martha Celeste; Centro de InvestigacionesCase INCAE-12419Service and Operations ManagementLa Licda. Sorto directora ejecutiva de una clínica de especialidades sin fines de lucro, estaba preocupada por el incremento en la demanda de pacientes de oftalmología que estaba generando grandes colas, aglomeraciones dentro de las instalaciones y estrés en el personal. Varios de los pacientes llegaban a las cinco de la mañana procedentes desde el interior del país y algunos de ellos no alcanzaban uno de los 130 cupos diarios para ser atendidos....Starting at €8.20
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Hospital San Juan de Dios
Ketelhohn, Niels; Martínez Romero, Carlos Roberto; Centro de InvestigacionesCase INCAE-12417Service and Operations ManagementLa directora del Hospital San Juan de Dios (HSJD) le solicitó a un equipo de médicos -encabezados por el Dr. Sprok, jefe de la unidad cardiovascular- estudiar la mejor forma de asignar a los servicios quirúrgicos (especialidades) el tiempo de los quirófanos recientemente remodelados. El HSJD tenía una fila de 16,376 pacientes esperando por una cirugía, en algunos casos con tiempos de espera que superaban los 500 días. Además, una de las restricci...Starting at €8.20
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Cells For Life (A)
John G. Wilson; Robert Young; Georg Oppitz; Wayne Hoy; David BassinCase IVEY-9B09E010-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementA biotech company receives umbilical cells for processing. A number of operational improvements are being considered in order to maintain the company's position and reputation in the market. Information on expected delivery dates is known. However, there is a great uncertainty around these dates. The company needs to take account of this variability when arranging for staffing. A supporting data set is available, product 7B09E010 for the (A) case...Starting at €8.20
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OLGC Finds Its Match (A)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. WilsonCase IVEY-9B09E014-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementThe case illustrates a sports betting product offered by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission. The particular game involved has odds that favour the bettor over the game provider under certain settings. The supplement B case, product 9B09E015, summarizes the results from a series of bets made and provides an email response from the game provider following the discontinuation of this particular game. The case provides an interesting introduct...Starting at €8.20
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Kimpton Hotels — Setting Prices on Priceline (B)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. Wilson; Joel ReadCase IVEY-9B09E028-ECorporate Governance, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn June 2008, the Kimpton Hotels' area director of revenue management (director) for Washington, D.C. finished creating a pricing strategy that would determine the optimal posted price for rooms in the Washington, D. C. hotel as well as the number of rooms that should be provided to Priceline.com. He realized there was even more potential to gain revenue by posting more than one price; however, this would add further complexity into the strategy ...Starting at €5.74