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Competitive-Cost Analysis: Cost-Driver Framework
Laseter, Timothy M.; Heckel, Ken; Huang, AngelaTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1254-EService and Operations ManagementThe first in a five-part series on competitive-cost analysis, this note introduces cost drivers, presents a conceptual framework for organizing them, and explains various applications of competitive-cost analysis. It also offers a set of principles to consider when developing cost models for competitive analysis.Starting at €8.20
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Competitive-Cost Analysis: Cost-Modeling Techniques
Laseter, Timothy M.; Heckel, Ken; Huang, AngelaTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1255-EService and Operations ManagementThe second in a five-part series on competitive-cost analysis, this note provides a general discussion of four specific tools that will further assist in analyzing cost drivers for competitive analysis. These techniques include teardown analysis, public data sources, scale curves, and utilization curves.Starting at €8.20
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Competitive-Cost Analysis: Scale and Utilization Calculations
Laseter, Timothy M.; Heckel, Ken; Huang, AngelaTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1256-EService and Operations ManagementThis third note in a five-part series on competitive-cost analysis provides detailed guidance on calculating scale curves and utilization effects.Starting at €8.20
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Dell Computers (B): The Transition
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Harris-Van Keuren, ChristineCase HBS-607081-EService and Operations ManagementSupplements the (A) case. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €5.74
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Cleveland Clinic
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Sherman, Eliot; Harris-Van Keuren, ChristineCase HBS-607143-EService and Operations ManagementCleveland Clinic is consistently ranked among the nation's most eminent hospitals, and for decades has been a leader in pioneering cardiac care. Explores the methods, processes, and personnel that the hospital has cultivated over the years in order to develop its track record of excellence. In light of this, three expansion opportunities are explored and the operational fit of each is investigated.Starting at €8.20
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New Service Design Exercise, Teaching Note
Frei, Frances X.; Harris-Van Keuren, ChristineTeaching Note HBS-608132-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [605053].Starting at €0.00
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How Operational Innovation Can Transform Your Company (Spanish version)
Hammer, MichaelArticle HBS-R0404EService and Operations ManagementBreakthrough innovations--not just steady improvements--in operations can destroy competitors and shake up entire industries. Just look at Dell, Toyota, and Wal-Mart. But fewer than 10% of large companies have made serious attempts to achieve operational innovation. Why? One reason, contends the author, is that business culture undervalues operations--they're not as sexy as deals or acquisitions. In addition, many executives who rose through the ...Starting at €8.20
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Process Audit (Spanish version)
Hammer, MichaelArticle HBS-R0704HService and Operations ManagementFew executives question the idea that by redesigning business processes--work that runs from end to end across an enterprise--they can achieve extraordinary improvements in cost, quality, speed, profitability, and other key areas. Yet in spite of their intentions and investments, many executives flounder, unsure about what exactly needs to be changed, by how much, and when. As a result, many organizations make little progress--if any at all--in t...Starting at €8.20
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Cleveland Clinic (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Sherman, Eliot; Harris-Van Keuren, ChristineCase HBS-611S02Service and Operations ManagementCleveland Clinic está considerado entre la mayoría de los hospitales eminentes de la nación, y durante décadas ha sido un líder en pionero en la atención cardiaca. Explora los métodos, procesos y personal que el hospital ha cultivado a lo largo de los años con el fin de desarrollar su trayectoria de excelencia. A la luz de esto, tres oportunidades de expansión se exploran y se investiga la forma de funcionamiento de cada uno.Starting at €8.20
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Cleveland Clinic, Teaching Note
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Harris-Van Keuren, ChristineTeaching Note HBS-608124-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [607143].Starting at €0.00