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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-Up
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-94-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementFaced with new challenges in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa decides to enter the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business and becomes involved at every stage, from procurement to sale. The challenge is to source gas from optimal locations, create the right type of organization, build a liquefaction plant, and put together a team capable of managing the project successfully. And all this in record time (the Damietta plant went from engineering to pro...Starting at €8.20
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Unión Fenosa Gas: "start up" de recursos humanos desde cero
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-94Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAnte los nuevos retos planteados en el sector energético, Unión Fenosa decide apostar estratégicamente por el negocio del gas licuado (GNL), entrando en él de forma integral, desde el aprovisionamiento hasta la comercialización. El reto supone buscar el gas en emplazamientos óptimos, crear una organización adecuada, levantar una planta de licuefacción y disponer del equipo humano necesario para llevar a cabo con éxito el proceso. Y todo ello en u...Starting at €8.20
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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-up - Teaching Note
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-22-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAt the end of the 1990s, in response to new challenges and opportunities in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa made a strategic decision to enter the gas market. Its strategy was to diversify its sources of gas and become actively involved in all stages of supply. The start-up of the Damietta plant (Egypt) was a huge challenge not only in technical terms (it was completed in record time: just three years), but also in terms of human resources. Unión...Starting at €0.00
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Henry Spots a Problem at Sunshine O.J. (A)
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1614-EService and Operations ManagementHenry Franklin works at Sunshine O.J. (Sunshine), a three-year-old, fast-growing organic orange juice manufacturer near Charleston, South Carolina. Before his employment at Sunshine, Franklin worked for about two decades in his family’s business, FranklinStarting at €8.20
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Henry Spots a Problem at Sunshine O.J. (A) -Teaching note
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Maiden, Stephen E.Teaching Note DARDEN-OM-1614TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1614Starting at €0.00
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OYO Hotels USA: Coming to America
Weiss, Elliott N.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1641-EService and Operations ManagementThis case studies the growth of OYO Hotels (OYO) to illustrate the operational processes necessary to succeed in the service sector. The case allows for a discussion of employee- and customer-management systems, tech-driven solutions, and profit drivers. The material unfolds OYO's growth and its solution for making economy hotels discoverable and bookable online. The case raises a series of questions around OYO's business model, its ability to ...Starting at €8.20
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Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (A)
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1691-EService and Operations ManagementThis case uses the impact of the global pandemic on the concentrated meatpacking industry to explore management of supply chain disruptions. COVID-19 had created massive problems at Tyson Foods, with high infection rates among workers, plants closing, and farmers unable to deliver livestock to processing plants. This translated into shortages at grocery stores. Then the president of the United States issued an executive order that meat-processing...Starting at €8.20
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Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1768-EService and Operations ManagementThis case, a follow-up to "Food Supply and COVID-19: Breaking the Chain (B)" (UVA-OM-1691), looks at how the global food supply chain was faring almost 18 months after John Tyson wrote that America's "food supply chain is breaking." It explores the rising prices, global shipping issues, food-industry hiring problems, and political turmoil that the coronavirus pandemic continued to leave in its wake in late 2021 and beyond.Starting at €5.74
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Counterfeits and E-Commerce: Why Even Build It?
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1753-EService and Operations ManagementThis public-sourced case set in early 2021 examines the role counterfeiting has come to play in e-commerce, specifically at Amazon, which represents over one-third of the US online market. The case's protagonist is Amy Vega, who, along with Jason Larson, has cofounded a humidity-detection-device company with a product called the Hygro. Vega and Larson hope to sell the Hygro on leading e-commerce sites such as Amazon. But should they? Vega's res...Starting at €8.20
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Restaurant Kazu: Managing Restaurant Congestion - Teaching Note
Xiao HuangTeaching Note IVEY-8B19D011-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19D011.Starting at €0.00