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A Service Model for Cultural Excellence
Muñoz-Seca Fernández-Cuesta, BeatrizArticle ART-2080-EKnowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementCulture, that intrinsic expression of humankind, has somehow grown remote from the general public. Arts and cultural institutions, just like their business counterparts, urgently need to find new audiences, meet changing demands and consider their business models afresh. The whole sector needs to reinvent itself, says the author. But how? Beatriz Muñoz-Seca recommends that arts and cultural institutions focus not so much on their products as on c...Starting at €8.20
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Marriott International: The Next 90 Years, Teaching Note
Farronato, ChiaraTeaching Note HBS-620131-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 618017.Starting at €0.00
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Action Variables (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Muñoz-Seca Fernández-Cuesta, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-411-PBService and Operations ManagementThe technical note discusses the six action variables of a trading system: processes, capacity, flows, human resources, information system, and conflict resolution system.Starting at €8.20
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Comparing Two Groups: Sampling and t-Testing
Bojinov, Iavor; Farronato, Chiara; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Shih, Willy; Toffel, Michael W.Case HBS-621044-EService and Operations ManagementThis note describes sampling and t-tests, two fundamental statistical concepts.Starting at €8.20
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Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL
Farronato, Chiara; MacCormack, Alan; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-619003-EService and Operations ManagementSet in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. This product offers a reduced price to riders willing to carpool, walk a short distance to/from their pick-up and drop-off points, and wait a few minutes before being matched to a driver. Two weeks after the launch of Express POOL in six U.S. cities, Uber's product managers discover that if riders are made to wait five minu...Starting at €8.20
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Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform
Farronato, Chiara; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-619019-EService and Operations ManagementLexoo, a UK-based online marketplace for legal services, was facing the strategic choice of how to grow from early start-up to mature platform. Daniel van Binsbergen, Lexoo's CEO, and web developer Chris O'Sullivan, CTO, had set up Lexoo to help Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to find legal advice at low prices. At the time of the case in 2018, Lexoo had just started attracting larger companies in need of specialized legal advice as new...Starting at €8.20
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Un modelo de servicio para la excelencia cultural
Muñoz-Seca Fernández-Cuesta, BeatrizArticle ART-2080Knowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementLa cultura se ha alejado de la sociedad. Las instituciones culturales, al igual que las empresariales, necesitan urgentemente hallar nuevas audiencias, satisfacer los cambios en la demanda y repensar sus modelos de negocio. Según Beatriz Muñoz-Seca, todo el sector ha de reinventarse. Pero, ¿cómo? la autora recomienda no centrarse tanto en los productos como en crear experiencias más enriquecedoras para el cliente. Para ello propone la Secuencia d...Starting at €8.20
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Marriott International: The Next 90 Years
Farronato, Chiara; Pisano, Gary P.Case HBS-618017-EService and Operations ManagementThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). The case examines how Marriott should respond to the potential threats from new home-sharing platforms and the rise of on-line travel agencies. In 2017 Marriott was the largest hotel chain, with more than one million rooms and 7% of worldwide room supply. In the previous decade the growing ubiquity of ...Starting at €8.20
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The Service Activity Sequence (SAS) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Muñoz-Seca Fernández-Cuesta, BeatrizTechnical Note PN-481-PBService and Operations ManagementThe SAS describes the activities to transform an idea to a service delivery reality that is in constant change. It acknowledges a service as an unfinished proposal that needs constant tuning. The SAS has to be configured to pursue the company¿s strategic proposal. It will respond to the strategy by generating a materialized service that provides reality to the strategic intent. But, an ¿alive¿ service that is in constant movement. The SAS has eig...Starting at €8.20
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The Neonatal Service of the Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Muñoz-Seca Fernández-Cuesta, BeatrizCase P-1124-PBService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the service experience at the Neonatal Unit of the Hospital 12 de Octubre. It starts with a description of the activities of the Unit, and goes on to explain how the service is organized and how the use of a specific methodology assists in problem solving. The Unit is focused on understanding client needs that are not implicitly described and providing solutions and alternatives for demands that are not formally made.Starting at €8.20