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Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker (A) (Spanish version)
Snow, Daniel C.; Wheelwright, Steven C.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-607S43Service and Operations ManagementScharffen Berger, a premium brand chocolate, is growing rapidly and must decide where and when to add capacity in the production line and with what technology. The company must consider the demands of marketing, the impact on quality and reputation, and the economics of alternative approaches to increasing output in both the short term and long term. Provides an opportunity for students to examine the existing process technology and flow, to unde...Starting at €8.20
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Technology Transfer at U.S. Universities
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Lerner, Josh; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-807124-EService and Operations ManagementTechnology transfer from U.S. universities to industry has increased dramatically in the last 25 years. Reviews the history of technology transfer with particular emphasis on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. It then examines how universities responded to Bayh-Dole, the growth of technology transfer offices, and compares how three different universities (MIT, Stanford, and Harvard) approach technology transfer. Provides an overview of the technology tra...Starting at €8.20
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Genentech--Capacity Planning (Spanish version)
Snow, Daniel C.; Wheelwright, Steven C.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-610S03Service and Operations ManagementWhile facilitating a complex clinical approval process over the next two to three years for a family of new cancer drugs, Genentech must develop a long-term capacity plan for a major class of new cancer products. Adding to the complexity and uncertainty is the fact that the lead time for planning, building, and certifying a new $600 million plus production-scale facility is five years. In addition, ensuring that the best process technology is inc...Starting at €8.20
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Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker (A)
Snow, Daniel C.; Wheelwright, Steven C.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-606043-EService and Operations ManagementScharffen Berger, a premium brand chocolate, is growing rapidly and must decide where and when to add capacity in the production line and with what technology. The company must consider the demands of marketing, the impact on quality and reputation, and the economics of alternative approaches to increasing output in both the short term and long term. Provides an opportunity for students to examine the existing process technology and flow, to unde...Starting at €8.20
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SpudSpy, Teaching Note
Fleming, Lee; Snow, Daniel C.Teaching Note HBS-607103-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note to (605-059). An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €0.00
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Columbus Tubing: Steel is Real
Snow, Daniel C.; Pisano, Gary P.; Corsi, Elena; Kristinsdottir, Gudrun UrfalinoCase HBS-609042-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Columbus Tubing must choose to improve an old technology (steel) or to develop a new material (carbon fiber). The decision must take into account a complicated context: increased demand for the "old" steel products made in Italy, increasing power of carbon fiber manufacturing partners in Asia, growing wage rates in Asia, and high wage rates in Italy. Two plans have been pres...Starting at €8.20
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Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker (B)
Snow, Daniel C.Case HBS-610035-EService and Operations ManagementStarting at €5.74
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Cambridge NanoTech
Yang, Woodward; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-610083-EService and Operations ManagementCambridge NanoTech (CNT) is an interesting example of how a successful university research project was used to build a small scale business which designs and manufactures research equipment for a new class of chemical reactions called Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD). CNT's business model is particularly interesting since the university researchers/founders developed a product that was specifically meant to serve other university researchers rather ...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (Spanish Version)
Leonard, Dorothy; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-604S24Service and Operations ManagementJet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) se enfrenta a una grave pérdida de conocimiento - tanto por la "más rápido, mejor, más barato" mandato para misiones a Marte y desde el retiro del personal clave. Un sistema de gestión del conocimiento extenso de la NASA / JPL incluye mecanismos formales de captación de conocimientos tales como páginas web y manuales digitalizados y los informales tales como la narración. Los primeros son mucho más fáciles de obten...Starting at €8.20
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Cambridge NanoTech (Spanish Version)
Yang, Woodward; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-618S03Service and Operations ManagementNanotecnología Cambridge (CNT) es un ejemplo interesante de cómo se utilizó un proyecto de investigación universitaria con éxito para construir un negocio a pequeña escala que diseña y fabrica equipos de investigación para una nueva clase de reacciones químicas llamada capa de deposición atómica (ALD). El modelo comercial de CNT es particularmente interesante ya que los investigadores universitarios / fundadores desarrollaron un producto que esta...Starting at €8.20