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Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability (Spanish version)
Lee, Deishin; Bony, LionelCase HBS-612S13Service and Operations Managementdesign decisions, manufacturing, and supply chain management. The proximate decision point in the case is whether the company should replace the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material in the arm pads of the Mirra chair. PVC was a highly toxic material to manufacture and dispose of and thus violated the C2C protocol. However, it was the standard material for arm pads and many other parts in the office furniture industry as it was durable, scratch resi...Starting at €8.20
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New England Apple Slices
Lee, Deishin; Weber, JamesCase HBS-612045-EService and Operations ManagementProtagonist leads an apple industry association that hopes to develop a market for New England apple slices to improve demand for apple products. Apples grown for slicing have characteristics that differ from most apples grown in New England. Case allows students to examine whether it makes sense for a farmer to begin to grow apples for slicing. The case also describes the distribution of apples and apple products so that students can examine how...Starting at €8.20
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Polyface: The Farm of Many Faces, Teaching Note
Lee, DeishinTeaching Note HBS-612054-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 611001.Starting at €0.00
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Konys, Inc., Teaching Note
Lee, Deishin; Tunca, Tunay ITeaching Note HBS-613094-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 613065.Starting at €0.00
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Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability, Teaching Note
Lee, DeishinTeaching Note HBS-609013-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [607003].Starting at €0.00
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Sustainability: Bringing Life to Your Business
Barcelona, Ricardo; Berrone, Pascual; Eccles, Robert G.; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.Dossier DOS-8-EAccounting and Control, Corporate Governance, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementA new era is dawning in which social, environmental and economic value creation is bubbling up on the horizon.Starting at €15.00
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Inventory-Driven Costs (Spanish version)
Callioni, Gianpaolo; De Montgros, Xavier; Slagmulder, Regine; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.; Wright, LindaArticle HBS-R0503JService and Operations Managementcomponent devaluation costs for components still held in production; price protection costs incurred when product prices drop on goods distributors still have on their shelves; product return costs that have to be absorbed when distributors return and receive refunds on overstock items; and obsolescence costs for products still unsold when new models are introduced. By developing metrics to track those costs in a consistent way throughout the PC...Starting at €8.20
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La trampa de la experiencia
Sengupta, Kishore; Abdel-Hamid, Tarek K.; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.Article HBS-R0802FService and Operations ManagementCuando las empresas ponen gerentes avezados a cargo de proyectos importantes, que no esperan que el incumplimiento de plazos, excesos de presupuesto, y defectos rampantes. Sin embargo, eso es lo que los investigadores encontraron cuando probaron cientos de gerentes de proyecto con experiencia con los juegos de ordenador que simula los proyectos de desarrollo de software. El estudio, realizado por dos profesores de Insead y uno de Naval Postgradua...Starting at €8.20
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AIC Netbooks: Optimizing Product Assembly (Spanish Version)
Wheelwright, Steven C.; Yong, SunruCase HBS-412S08Service and Operations ManagementSistemas AIC, que se encuentra en Taichung, Taiwán, es un fabricante de placas de circuito impreso, sobre todo para las placas base y tarjetas de vídeo para ordenadores personales. La firma se considera un fabricante de diseños originales (ODM) y toma un papel activo en la innovación y el diseño de cada nueva generación de componentes. Al hacer de la casa de diseño y desarrollo, la compañía ha sido capaz de fomentar las relaciones exclusiva, a la...Starting at €8.20
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Cradle-to-Cradle Design at Herman Miller: Moving Toward Environmental Sustainability
Lee, Deishin; Bony, LionelCase HBS-607003-EService and Operations ManagementHerman Miller, an office furniture supplier, decided to implement the cradle-to-cradle (C2C) design protocol during the design of its mid-level office chair, Mirra. The C2C protocol was a set of environmentally friendly product development guidelines created by architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart. The essence of this protocol was to eliminate waste and potentially harmful materials by designing the product so that, at the en...Starting at €8.20