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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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HP 3D Printing (C)
Jané, JoanCase P-1181Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyEn la década de 2010, la división de HP de Barcelona, España, decidió entrar en el negocio de la impresión 3D a través de un contrato de OEM. La división se encargaba del negocio bien establecido de la impresión de gran formato y su sostenibilidad corría riesgo si no se desarrollaba ninguna otra línea de negocio nueva. Inicialmente, los directivos de HP pensaron que la impresión 3D podría beneficiarse de los clientes y la estrategia de mercado de...Starting at €5.74
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HP 3D Printing (A)
Jané, JoanCase P-1179Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyEn la década de 2010, la división de HP de Barcelona, España, decidió entrar en el negocio de la impresión 3D a través de un contrato de OEM. La división se encargaba del negocio bien establecido de la impresión de gran formato y su sostenibilidad corría riesgo si no se desarrollaba ninguna otra línea de negocio nueva. Inicialmente, los directivos de HP pensaron que la impresión 3D podría beneficiarse de los clientes y la estrategia de mercado de...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon y mybabyallergy.com: Decisiones de e-commerce para una start-up
Jané, JoanCase P-1172Decision Analysis, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyLa entrada en Amazon suele actuar como un auténtico revulsivo para el negocio de cualquier empresa, ya que las ventas tienden a dispararse. Pero también es verdad que implica contrapartidas que no se pueden pasar por alto. Amazon, líder indiscutible en la venta online de todo tipo de productos, se ha convertido en una plataforma única para el posicionamiento y el desarrollo comercial de miles de compañías. Especialmente, para las de menor tamaño,...Starting at €8.20
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HP 3D Printing - Teaching Note
Jané, JoanTeaching Note PT-77-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn the eighties, HP opened a small production center in Spain, specifically in Sant Cugat, near Barcelona. Starting with 30 employees, over the next 27 years it grew to having a workforce of around 2,000. The site built up its own campus and became the leading knowledge and multi-business center for HP Printing & Computing in Europe, the world leader in large format printing (LFP) and an important reference in Research and Development (R&D). When...Starting at €0.00
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Henkel: A Digital Transformation Journey - Teaching Note
Jané, JoanTeaching Note PT-80-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe case illustrates the digital transformation journey of the supply chain and manufacturing operations of Henkel Laundry & Home Care Division from 2011 until 2020. Dr. Dirk Holbach is the corporate senior vice president of supply chain, initiator, mastermind and sponsor of the digital transformation journey at Henkel. The case highlights success factors, failures and learning points from transforming global supply chain operations into an indus...Starting at €0.00
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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