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Amazon: El distribuidor total
Vidal Romero, A.; Garrido Martinez, E.Case IIST-PI-186Service and Operations ManagementAmazon era una de las tres grandes empresas del mundo electrónico (junto con Google y Facebook) y la mayor empresa del mundo dedicada al comercio electrónico con más de (cien mil millones de dólares en ventas anuales). El caso describe el modelo de negocio de Amazon y el entorno del comercio electrónico. Resulta interesante analizar el propio modelo de Amazon y debatir sobre el futuro de este modelo basado en el crecimiento, el impacto que está t...Starting at €8.20
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The JIT II Program (A) (Spanish version)
Shapiro, Roy D.; Isaacson, BruceCase HBS-610S11Service and Operations Management1) which planning and ordering activities should be performed by Bose and which can be performed by vendors, 2) how much access vendors should have to Bose computer systems and facilities, and 3) how to adapt vendor relations as the company grows or as markets change. Students are asked to consider both the buyer's and the vendor's perspective on the buyer-seller relationship.Starting at €8.20
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Administration: Organizing and Governing Innovation
Terwiesch, Christian; Ulrich, Karl T.Book Chapter HBS-3446BC-EService and Operations ManagementInnovation isn't just hoping for serendipity and counting on random inspirations--innovation can be managed as a process. Organizational decisions therefore must be made for innovation processes, and yet too often companies fail to make them. As a result, their decisions end up being made informally--if at all. This chapter focuses on four critical decisions that should shape the organization and governance of your innovation process. This chapte...Starting at €8.20
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Gruppo La Doria: Un Anno Dopo L’acquisizione di PA.FI.AL, Come continuare a fare crescere la Redditivitá?
Vidal Romero, A.; Llano Irusta, M. A.Case IIST-PI-178-I-ITService and Operations ManagementIl Gruppo La Doria, principale produttore italiano di prodotti a base di pomodoro, conserve in lattina, succhi di frutta e salse pronte all'uso, è stato un importante fornitore di grandi catene di supermercati, sia in Italia che all'estero, principalmente di prodotti riportanti il proprio marchio . La recente acquisizione da parte del Gruppo Pa.fi.al - leader nel mercato italiano delle salse pronto all'uso con marchi propri è stata ritenuta strat...Starting at €8.20
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Gate Gourmet
Vidal Romero, A.; Garrido Martinez, ECase IIST-PI-154-E-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2014, Gate Gourmet España (GGE) was the Spanish subsidiary of Gate Group, one of the biggest providers of independent, on-board passenger services in the world. The case describes the crisis situation in the passenger air transportation sector in 2010. In 2010, the General Manager of GGE, David de la Torre, decided that operations needed a deep transformation to render them more efficient and that they needed to change the “civil service” ment...Starting at €8.20
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Gate Gourmet. Teaching Note
Vidal Romero, A.; Garrido Martinez, E.Technical Note IIST-PITN-154-E-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2014, Gate Gourmet España (GGE) was the Spanish subsidiary of Gate Group, one of the biggest providers of independent, on-board passenger services in the world. The case describes the crisis situation in the passenger air transportation sector in 2010. In 2010, the General Manager of GGE, David de la Torre, decided that operations needed a deep transformation to render them more efficient and that they needed to change the “civil service” ment...Starting at €8.20
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Introduction: Innovation Tournaments Help to Identify Exceptional Opportunities
Terwiesch, Christian; Ulrich, Karl T.Book Chapter HBS-3418BC-EService and Operations ManagementIn the game of innovation, no bet comes with a guarantee--there will always be risk involved. But that doesn't mean you can't become a better player by shifting the odds in your favor. Although some individual innovations can have fantastic returns, simply spending more on innovation overall won't necessarily lead to increased profits. A tool called the "return curve" will help you see the differences between marginal innovation opportunities and...Starting at €8.20
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Short-Term Profitability: Analyzing Near-Horizon Opportunities
Terwiesch, Christian; Ulrich, Karl T.Book Chapter HBS-3442BC-EService and Operations ManagementInnovation aims to create exceptional value. Deciding which of your opportunities is truly exceptional is thus a critical element of the innovation process. In the early rounds of an innovation tournament, opportunities with the most promise are identified subjectively, but in the later rounds, when the field of opportunities has narrowed, you should augment and enhance your subjective judgments with quantitative analysis. This chapter provides t...Starting at €8.20
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Interdependence: Forming Opportunity Portfolios--Understanding Innovations in Context
Terwiesch, Christian; Ulrich, Karl T.Book Chapter HBS-3443BC-EService and Operations ManagementYou can't maximize the success of a soccer team by hiring the best individual players. Similarly, you don't obtain the best innovation portfolio by picking those opportunities that are--in isolation--the most valuable. Considering each opportunity independently and simply selecting the most valuable ones fails because of interdependencies among them. Portfolio management, therefore, is about understanding interdependencies. This chapter introduce...Starting at €8.20
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Long-Term Profitability: Managing Far-Horizon Opportunities
Terwiesch, Christian; Ulrich, Karl T.Book Chapter HBS-3444BC-EService and Operations ManagementThe probability of success for a far-horizon innovation is low; when you're operating at innovation's frontiers, big risks will always plague you. The question for innovators isn't how to preclude them--it's which ones you should take and how to maximize your chances of success while minimizing the costs of failure. Far-horizon opportunities may not be right for every company, but this chapter will help you define your innovation frontier and red...Starting at €8.20