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Clifford Chance Spain
Villanueva, Julian; Vila, VictorianoCase M-1353-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn October 2016, Jaime Velázquez, managing partner of Clifford Chance in Spain ("CC"), was preparing for the monthly partners meeting. Although the firm had managed to successfully navigate the severe economic crisis and was now seeing solid growth, many dark clouds were approaching for the Spanish economy. For starters, the country had been without a government for almost a full year, after the political deadlock resulting from the second genera...Starting at €8.20
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Le Petit Chef (Spanish version)
MacCormack, Alan; Sucher, Sandra J.; Rangashayi, SurajCase HBS-610S16Service and Operations ManagementBrigitte Gagne, Le Petit Chef's director of microwave R&D, is deciding on the product development agenda for next year. She has to decide which of the available projects to fund, and evaluate the overall portfolio of projects currently under development. The recent poor performance of the firm prompts Gagne to think about reassessing the way projects are generated, evaluated, and selected at Le Petit Chef. However, Gagne has a pressing deadline t...Starting at €8.20
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BYD Company, Ltd. (Spanish version)
Huckman, Robert S.; MacCormack, AlanCase HBS-614S03Service and Operations ManagementConsidera si BYD Co., Ltd., el mayor fabricante chino de baterías recargables, debe entrar en la industria del automóvil chino mediante la adquisición de Qinchuan automático, un fabricante de automóviles de propiedad estatal. Establecer justo después de la oferta pública inicial de BYD en la Bolsa de Hong Kong en 2002, que describe el desarrollo del enfoque de trabajo intensivo de BYD para la fabricación de baterías - un enfoque decididamente dif...Starting at €8.20
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Google Car
Lakhani, Karim R.; Weber, James; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-614022-EService and Operations ManagementBy 2013, Google, while not a traditional manufacturer of automobiles, had invested millions of dollars in its self-driving cars which had logged over 500,000 miles of testing. The Google management team faced several questions. Should Google continue to invest in the technology behind self-driving cars? How could Google's core software-based and search business benefit from self-driving car technology? As large auto manufacturers began to invest ...Starting at €8.20
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The Thermostat Industry: Transformation from Analog to Digital
Lakhani, Karim R.; Herman, Kerry; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-615038-EService and Operations ManagementThis note examines the evolution of the thermostat industry as it transitioned from analog to digital technologies. It presents an overview of key industry participants and the shift in value creation and value capture models for firms.Starting at €8.20
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Viacom: Democratization of Data Science
Greenstein, Shane; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-618016-EService and Operations ManagementIn two short years, Viacom's Data Science & Advanced Analytics team built a web platform called Science Central that allowed employees from Viacom's 20+ cable networks to access television audience insights through three data science apps. In the past, employees would have approached the team to carry out these requests. Vice President of Data and Audience Development Fabio Luzzi, who oversaw the 10-person team, believed that making data science ...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona Tech: separar la ducha de la bañera
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, LuisCase M-1396Information Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementEn Mayo de 2022 Mercadona, de la mano de su división de e-commerce, estaba considerando cómo seguir creciendo. Hasta ese momento se había desarrollado lo que era probablemente el único supermercado online rentable en España. El modelo logístico de colmenas estaba operando en tan solo tres ciudades: Valencia, Madrid y Barcelona. Después de seis años había llegado el momento de expandirse a nivel nacional. Mercadona facturaba 510 millones de euros ...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona Tech: Separating the Shower From the Bathtub
Villanueva, Julian; Ferrándiz, LuisCase M-1396-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn May 2022, Mercadona, along with its e-commerce division, was looking for ways to continue growing. They had developed what was probably the only profitable online supermarket in Spain up to the moment. The hive logistics model was operating in just three cities: Valencia, Madrid, and Barcelona. After six years, the time had come to expand domestically. Mercadona invoiced ?510m in e-commerce, but half of those sales (?263m) were done where the ...Starting at €8.20
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Vodafone España y su plan de grandes cuentas (B): Las cuentas globales
Vila, Victoriano; Villanueva, Julian; Poyatos, Juan MiguelCase M-1301Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementEn este documento se describe la evolución del programa de ventas a cuentas globales de Vodafone España entre los años 2007 y 2012, como continuación del caso del mismo nombre en su versión condensada, M-1297. Se detalla la relación necesaria entre las organizaciones locales y las centrales para asegurar la coordinación de la operación.Starting at €5.74
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Living on Internet Time: Product Development at Netscape, Yahoo!, NetDynamics, and Microsoft (Spanish Version)
Iansiti, Marco; MacCormack, AlanCase HBS-602S21Service and Operations ManagementDescribe cómo cuatro empresas en el desarrollo enfoque de mercado de productos de software de Internet. Basándose en estudios de caso cortos de tres proyectos recientes, los estudiantes están invitados a sintetizar los atributos comunes de la práctica del desarrollo en entornos turbulentos.Starting at €8.20