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Canyon Mining Corporation: Heavy Mobile Equipment Procurement
Laseter, Timothy M.; Katz, Arnon; Choi, SihyunCase DARDEN-OM-1392-EService and Operations ManagementCanyon Mining intends to negotiate a long-term contract for haul trucks to use for surface mining, and a team from Censeo Consulting Group is tasked with developing a methodology to track cost changes over the past contract as input into the negotiation. The current project’s primary objective is to estimate the year-over-year trend in factory manufacturing margins for two different capacity trucks from two different equipment suppliers. These es...Starting at €8.20
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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible
Marks M; Hoyt DCase SGSB-GS84-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €8.20
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Sustainability: Bringing Life to Your Business
Barcelona, Ricardo; Berrone, Pascual; Eccles, Robert G.; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.Dossier DOS-8-EAccounting and Control, Corporate Governance, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementA new era is dawning in which social, environmental and economic value creation is bubbling up on the horizon.Starting at €15.00
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Inventory-Driven Costs (Spanish version)
Callioni, Gianpaolo; De Montgros, Xavier; Slagmulder, Regine; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.; Wright, LindaArticle HBS-R0503JService and Operations Managementcomponent devaluation costs for components still held in production; price protection costs incurred when product prices drop on goods distributors still have on their shelves; product return costs that have to be absorbed when distributors return and receive refunds on overstock items; and obsolescence costs for products still unsold when new models are introduced. By developing metrics to track those costs in a consistent way throughout the PC...Starting at €8.20
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La trampa de la experiencia
Sengupta, Kishore; Abdel-Hamid, Tarek K.; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.Article HBS-R0802FService and Operations ManagementCuando las empresas ponen gerentes avezados a cargo de proyectos importantes, que no esperan que el incumplimiento de plazos, excesos de presupuesto, y defectos rampantes. Sin embargo, eso es lo que los investigadores encontraron cuando probaron cientos de gerentes de proyecto con experiencia con los juegos de ordenador que simula los proyectos de desarrollo de software. El estudio, realizado por dos profesores de Insead y uno de Naval Postgradua...Starting at €8.20
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PCH International (B): Supply Chain Solutions Take Off - Teaching note
Lee H; Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS61TN-EService and Operations ManagementThis is an update to GS-61, describing developments at the company through 2011, including a major acquisition, distribution in China, and an initiative to cultivate start-ups that might grow into future clients.Starting at €0.00
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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible - Teaching note
Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS84TN-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €0.00
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Sostenibilidad: larga vida a su negocio
Barcelona, Ricardo; Berrone, Pascual; Eccles, Robert G.; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.Dossier DOS-8Accounting and Control, Corporate Governance, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementSe habla mucho de empresas sostenibles. Pero, ¿cómo integrar a la sociedad y el entorno en la cuenta de resultados?Starting at €15.00
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Xerox: cómo enfocar el conocimiento a nivel corporativo
Biren, Beatrix; Soumitra, Dutta; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.Case INSEAD-1891SPService and Operations ManagementLos directivos saben que hoy en día el conocimiento es el activo competitivo más importante de una organización. Pero la mayoría de ellos aún están estancados en los detalles prácticos. ¿Cómo puede una organización sacar provecho del conocimiento para tener éxito en el mercado? Está naciendo una nueva economía construida sobre los fundamentos del conocimiento y la innovación. Y en el centro hay trabajadores del conocimiento cuya misión no sólo es...Starting at €8.20
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Xerox: Building a Corporate Focus on Knowledge - Teaching note
Biren, Beatrix; Soumitra, Dutta; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.Teaching Note INSEAD-4891TN-EService and Operations ManagementLos directivos saben que hoy en día el conocimiento es el activo competitivo más importante de una organización. Pero la mayoría de ellos aún están estancados en los detalles prácticos. ¿Cómo puede una organización sacar provecho del conocimiento para tener éxito en el mercado? Está naciendo una nueva economía construida sobre los fundamentos del conocimiento y la innovación. Y en el centro hay trabajadores del conocimiento cuya misión no sólo es...Starting at €0.00