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New England Apple Slices
Lee, Deishin; Weber, JamesCase HBS-612045-EService and Operations ManagementProtagonist leads an apple industry association that hopes to develop a market for New England apple slices to improve demand for apple products. Apples grown for slicing have characteristics that differ from most apples grown in New England. Case allows students to examine whether it makes sense for a farmer to begin to grow apples for slicing. The case also describes the distribution of apples and apple products so that students can examine how...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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Managing Orthopaedics at Rittenhouse Medical Center
Bohmer, Richard; Huckman, Robert S.; Bozic, Kevin J.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-607152-EService and Operations ManagementConsiders the issues associated with running multiple business models--a private practice and an academic faculty practice--within the confines of the orthopaedics department of a single medical center. Students assume the role of Neela Wilson, Executive Director of Rittenhouse Medical Center, in managing the operational requirements of, and organizational tensions created by, these competing models. In analyzing the case, students have the oppor...Starting at €8.20
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Echoing Green
Battilana, Julie; DeLong, Thomas J.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-410013-EService and Operations ManagementThis case presents the leadership challenges that Cheryl Dorsey, the president of Echoing Green, faces in early 2009. Echoing Green is a fellowship program that seeks to improve society by identifying and supporting social entrepreneurs who launch organizations to attack some of the world's most difficult problems. After turning Echoing Green around and re-building an organization almost from scratch over the last 7 years, Dorsey feels that Echoi...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Orthopaedics at Rittenhouse Medical Center (Spanish version)
Bohmer, Richard; Huckman, Robert S.; Bozic, Kevin J.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-617S06Service and Operations Management(1) gain a better understanding of operational focus and the concept of a "focused factory" in health care, (2) consider the concept of a "factory within a factory" in the context of an academic medical center, and (3) build an appreciation of the managerial challenges associated with operating related, and often competing, business units within the same organization.Starting at €8.20
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Google Car (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Weber, James; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-616S06Service 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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Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI)
Pisano, Gary P.; Weber, James; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-615024-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2010, Pfizer established four small research units in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and San Diego located close to several premier Academic Medical Centers (AMCs), or hospitals with adjoining medical schools. The goal of these units was to redesign collaboration with Pfizer and academic medical researchers with the purpose of developing new, innovative drugs candidates for testing in patients. Project teams consisted of Pfizer scientists an...Starting at €8.20
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Massachusetts General Hospital: CABG Surgery (A) (Spanish Version)
Wheelwright, Steven C.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-604S14Service and Operations ManagementUn equipo multi-funcional en el Hospital General de Massachusetts trata de rediseñar el proceso de prestación de servicios (el "camino de la atención") para la cirugía de bypass del corazón (CABG) con el fin de estancias Acortar hospital (y costos más bajos), manteniendo / mejora de la calidad de la atención prestada .Starting at €8.20
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Yum! Brands, Inc: A Corporate Do-Over (Spanish Version)
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Weber, James; Sherman, EliotCase HBS-607S25Service and Operations ManagementSe utiliza en el segundo módulo de Harvard Business School curso sobre Gestión de Servicio de Operaciones, que aborda el diseño de modelos de servicios sostenibles (606-031). Describe el cambio con éxito de la compañía de restaurantes Yum! Marcas después de su escisión de PepsiCo y explica cómo planeó el liderazgo de la compañía y ejecutado en prácticamente todas las dimensiones de la experiencia de los empleados. Los principales centros dilema e...Starting at €8.20