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Eastman Tritan Product Development and Launch
Raz, Gal; Kraft, Tim; Elias, Allison; Hutchison-Krupat, JeremyCase DARDEN-OM-1540-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2007, Eastman Chemical (Eastman), a global specialty chemicals company based in Kingsport, Tennessee, was set to launch Tritan, Eastman’s latest specialty plastic. The development team was excited about Tritan because it demonstrated heat resistance and durability properties that might allow Eastman to compete in the lucrative polycarbonate plastics market. But the decision had not been made regarding which applications Eastman should target f...Starting at €8.20
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Eastman Tritan - Teaching Note
Raz, Gal; Elias, Allison; Kraft, TimTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1494TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1494Starting at €0.00
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Eastman Tritan
Raz, Gal; Kraft, Tim; Elias, AllisonCase DARDEN-OM-1494-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is used in Darden's Supply-Chain Operations elective. The field-based case gives supply-chain educators the ability to teach the newsvendor model with pricing under a capacity constraint using real-life decisions. By 2005, Eastman Chemical Company, based in Tennessee, had created a new specialty plastic, Tritan, which demonstrated heat resistance and durability properties that might allow Eastman to compete in the lucrative polycarbonat...Starting at €8.20
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Chevy Volt: Pricing and Capacity Decisions in Response to Government Incentives for the Electric Vehicle Industry
Raz, Gal; Ovchinnikov, Anton S.; Elias, AllisonCase DARDEN-OM-1519-EService and Operations ManagementAt the end of 2013, executives from General Motors (GM) must make decisions about what production capacity and price to allocate to the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle considering the costs of supply chain shift necessary to make changes in the assembly process. Concerns about battery life, price, and driving range have influenced most consumers' decisions to continue to purchase conventional fuel vehicles despite the U.S. federal government's im...Starting at €8.20
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The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq, Abridged
Lundberg, Kirsten; Bowles, Hannah Riley; Zimmerman, PeterCase HBS-HKS098-EService and Operations ManagementThis case (1834.0 and related epilogue 1834.1 and abridged case 1834.3) tells the story of Major General David Petraeus and the US Army's 101st Airborne Division in the months following the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the fall of Baghdad, and collapse of Saddam Hussein's government. Having completed their combat mission, and with just a few days notice, the 101st is ordered to Mosul, Iraq's third largest city and the capital of Nineveh provinc...Starting at €8.20
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Winning Hearts and Minds: Reforming the Providence School District: Teaching Note
Zimmerman, PeterTeaching Note HBS-HKS581-EService and Operations ManagementIn August, 2002, Melody Johnson, the deputy superintendent of the Providence, Rhode Island, School District, was hastily appointed acting superintendent, in the wake of the resignation of her predecessor and close colleague Diana Lam. Lam and Johnson together had been embarked, over the previous three years, on an ambitious reform plan to upgrade the low-performing system. Despite some indicators of improvement, however, Johnson knew that there r...Starting at €0.00
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The Accidental Statesman: General Petraeus and the City of Mosul, Iraq: Teaching Note
Zimmerman, PeterTeaching Note HBS-HKS569-EService and Operations ManagementThis case (1834.0 and related epilogue 1834.1 and abridged case 1834.3) tells the story of Major General David Petraeus and the US Army's 101st Airborne Division in the months following the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, the fall of Baghdad, and collapse of Saddam Hussein's government. Having completed their combat mission, and with just a few days notice, the 101st is ordered to Mosul, Iraq's third largest city and the capital of Nineveh provinc...Starting at €0.00