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Sus ingenieros hablan entre s cuando deben hacerlo
Sosa, Manuel E.; Eppinger, Steven D.; Rowles, Craig M.Article HBS-R0711JService and Operations ManagementLa comunicación no puede estar en la mente de los gerentes en empresas que diseñan productos complejos y de alta ingeniería, pero debería ser. Cuando se producen errores, a menudo es porque los equipos de los componentes del producto no pueden hablar. Las consecuencias pueden ser enormes: Ford y Bridgestone Firestone perdieron mil millones por no coordinar el diseño de la Explorer con el diseño de sus neumáticos. Los principales retrasos y sobrec...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron: gestión de la COVID-19 (abreviado)
Ribera, Jaume; Markakis, Mihalis; Zhu, Weiming; Cebrián, Miguel; Esquerdo, Mariona; Arnal, LaiaCase P-1192Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementEl caso describe los cambios que se produjeron en el Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, el mayor hospital terciario en Barcelona, durante la pandemia de la COVID-19, cuando tuvo que transformarse en un hospital de enfermedades infeccionas dedicado al coronavirus en un tiempo récord, manteniendo el mismo personal. El director gerente del centro reflexiona sobre la preparación para la pandemia, la llegada de los primeros pacientes COVID, el escal...Starting at €8.20
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Are Your Engineers Talking to One Another When They Should
Sosa, Manuel E.; Eppinger, Steven D.; Rowles, Craig M.Article HBS-R0711J-EService and Operations ManagementCommunication may not be on managers' minds at companies that design complex, highly engineered products, but it should be. When mistakes take place, it's often because product-component teams fail to talk. The consequences can be huge: Ford and Bridgestone Firestone lost billions by not coordinating the design of the Explorer with the design of its tires. The major delays and cost overruns involved in the development of Airbus's A380 "super jumb...Starting at €8.20
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Revenue Management Forensics in Adriatic Wings
Egaña, Javier; Markakis, MihalisCase OIT-8-EService and Operations ManagementThe new Director of Pricing and Revenue Management of a company that rents sailboats in Croatia needs to evaluate the effectiveness of their proprietary algorithm for pricing and capacity allocation. The issue is that the algorithm is, practically, a "black box" to her, i.e., she can observe and analyze its outcomes, but she does not have meaningful access to its inner workings. Consequently, she asks her analysts to put together figures and stat...Starting at €8.20
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COVID-19 Management at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (Abridged)
Ribera, Jaume; Markakis, Mihalis; Zhu, Weiming; Cebrián, Miguel; Esquerdo, Mariona; Arnal, LaiaCase P-1192-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes the changes that occurred at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, the largest tertiary hospital in Barcelona, during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it had to be transformed into an infectious disease hospital dedicated to the coronavirus in record time and with the same staff as before. The manager of the center reflected on the preparation for the pandemic, the arrival of the first COVID patients, the scaling u...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron: gestión de la COVID-19
Ribera, Jaume; Markakis, Mihalis; Zhu, Weiming; Cebrián, MiguelCase P-1188Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementEl caso describe los cambios que se produjeron en el Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, el mayor hospital terciario en Barcelona, durante la pandemia de la COVID-19, cuando tuvo que transformarse en un hospital de enfermedades infeccionas dedicado al coronavirus en un tiempo récord, manteniendo el mismo personal. El director gerente del centro reflexiona sobre la preparación para la pandemia, la llegada de los primeros pacientes COVID, el escal...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation at the Speed of Information (Spanish version)
Eppinger, Steven D.Article HBS-R0101LService and Operations ManagementConventional project-management tools--PERT charts and Gantt charts, for example--were created to help manage sequences of discrete tasks that make up large construction projects. Yet these tools don't capture clearly the back-and-forth of information that takes place in innovative processes, such as product development. Conventional tools are designed to answer the question, "What other tasks must be completed before I begin this one?" But produ...Starting at €8.20
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Born in the U.S.A... and Priced by Ticketmaster: Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band 2023 Tour
Markakis, Mihalis; Sabrià, FedeCase OIT-6-EService and Operations ManagementBruce Springsteen and his E-Street Band were preparing for their long-awaited 2023 Tour in the US and Europe, when tickets for the concerts went on sale in the summer of 2022 through Ticketmaster. As demand for tickets was expected to exceed supply, the artist and his manager decided to allocate part of these tickets to Ticketmaster's Official Platinum Seats program, which meant that they would be priced dynamically, similarly to the standard pra...Starting at €8.20
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Athena Luxury Purses
Sabrià, Fede; Markakis, Mihalis; Sáez de Tejada Cuenca, AnnaCase OIT-5-EService and Operations ManagementAthena Luxury Purses needs a 12-month production plan to meet its monthly forecasted demand. We will work to create one based on what we know of the company's current production capacity, plus the cost of different capacity changes (such as hiring or firing employees, or overtime work) and the price and cost of the purses made.Starting at €8.20
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Casa Vicens: Pricing Strategy in Gaudí's First House
Markakis, MihalisCase OIT-9-EService and Operations ManagementCasa Vicens, the first house that the famous modernist architect Antoni Gaudí designed in the city of Barcelona, opened its gates to the public for the first time in 2017. This case looks at the challenges that its management team faced in late 2022, the year that the young company returned to its pre-pandemic levels of business. Specifically, Casa Vicens could be accommodating many more visitors than it did at the time, and revenues had to incre...Starting at €8.20