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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.: Designing a Supply Chain Network
Yemen, Gerry; Raz, Gal; Davidson, Martin N.Case DARDEN-OM-1406-EService and Operations ManagementSupply chain network design choices and the challenges in implementing and understanding how alternatives influence firm performance are key management skills that can be applied to the case of a global company, Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (K&S), and its expansion strategy. Suitable for the MBA, EMBA, GMBA, and executive education programs, the case explores the decision to expand the company’s tool bonding capacity in order to manage its ...Starting at €8.20
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Improving the Patient Experience (Spanish version)
Raman, Ananth; Tucker, AnitaCase HBS-615S02Service and Operations ManagementHealthcare has traditionally focused on medical outcomes and financial performance. The big question is always, "How much is it going to cost?" What would happen, though, if healthcare also considered the question of "How does the patient feel?" This case looks at the Cleveland Clinic's attempt to answer the latter question by attempting to institutionalize empathy as part of its delivery of care.Starting at €8.20
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Teaching Note
Tucker, AnitaTeaching Note HBS-610106-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 609109.Starting at €0.00
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Cleveland Clinic: Improving the Patient Experience
Raman, Ananth; Tucker, AnitaCase HBS-612031-EService and Operations ManagementHealthcare has traditionally focused on medical outcomes and financial performance. The big question is always, "How much is it going to cost?" What would happen, though, if healthcare also considered the question of "How does the patient feel?" This case looks at the Cleveland Clinic's attempt to answer the latter question by attempting to institutionalize empathy as part of its delivery of care.Starting at €8.20
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Patient Flow at Brigham and Women's Hospital (A)
Tucker, Anita; Berry, Jillian A.Case HBS-608171-EService and Operations ManagementBrigham and Women's Hospital challenged a team of physicians to improve patient flow from the Emergency Department to Intensive Care Units (ICUs). One of the team members, Selwyn Rogers, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Brigham and Women's Hospital, encountered workarounds by two physicians attempting to transfer their patients to the SICU because the other ICUs were full. Reflecting on the wasted effort and confusion caused...Starting at €8.20
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The Evolution of the Circus Industry (A)
Kim W., Chan; Williamson, Matt; Mauborgne, Renee; Bensaou, Ben M.Case INSEAD-4999A-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementThis is the first of a two-case series. The first Case (A) discusses the evolution of the circus industry up until the emergence of Cirque du Soleil. This case provides a detailed discussion on the structure of the circus industry to make possible a rich analysis of how its industry attractiveness has changed over time and the challenges the industry now confronts. The case reveals that the industry had become a red ocean with limited profit and ...Starting at €8.20
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Even a Clown Can Do It: Cirque du Soleil Recreates Live Entertainment (case B)
Kim W., Chan; Williamson, Matt; Mauborgne, Renee; Bensaou, Ben M.Case INSEAD-4999B-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementThis is the second of a two-case series. Cirque du Soleil very successfully entered a structurally unattractive circus industry. It was able to reinvent the industry and created a new market space by challenging the conventional assumptions about how to compete. It value innovated by shifting the buyer group from children (end-users of the traditional circus) to adults (purchasers of the traditional circus), drawing upon the distinctive strengths...Starting at €8.20
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Incluso un payaso puede hacerlo: el Cirque du Soleil recrea el espectáculo en vivo (Caso B)
Kim W., Chan; Williamson, Matt; Mauborgne, Renee; Bensaou, Ben M.Case INSEAD-4999BSPCorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementEste es el segundo de una serie de dos casos. Cirque du Soleil entró con mucho éxito una industria circense estructuralmente poco atractivo. Fue capaz de reinventar la industria y creó un nuevo espacio de mercado, desafiando las suposiciones convencionales sobre cómo competir. Innovó en el valor desplazando el grupo de compradores de los niños (usuarios finales del circo tradicional) a los adultos (compradores del circo tradicional), basándose en...Starting at €8.20
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., in China: Transferring Knowledge (B)
Yemen, Gerry; Raz, Gal; Davidson, Martin N.Case DARDEN-OM-1411-EService and Operations ManagementWhile much of the work on outsourcing to China focuses on the low cost and its tradeoffs, this case examines in depth the interaction between human capital and a firm’s cost and capabilities. Suitable for the MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs, the case presents a manufacturer of semiconductor assembly equipment looking to achieve growth in its wire bonding tools segment-in particular, capillaries and dicing saw blades-through geo...Starting at €5.74
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Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc., in China: Transferring Knowledge (A) and (B) (Abridged)
Raz, Gal; Davidson, Martin N.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OM-1500-EService and Operations ManagementThis version condenses the two parts of “K&S Industries Inc. in China: Transferring Knowledge (A) and (B)” into a single-use case. Suitable for the MBA, EMBA, GEMBA, and executive education programs, the case presents a manufacturer of semiconductor assembly equipment looking to achieve growth in its wire bonding tools segment—in particular, capillaries and dicing saw blades—through geographic expansion. At the time, it manufactured capillaries i...Starting at €5.74