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Eastman Tritan Product Development and Launch
Raz, Gal; Kraft, Tim; Elias, Allison; Hutchison-Krupat, JeremyCase DARDEN-OM-1540-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2007, Eastman Chemical (Eastman), a global specialty chemicals company based in Kingsport, Tennessee, was set to launch Tritan, Eastman’s latest specialty plastic. The development team was excited about Tritan because it demonstrated heat resistance and durability properties that might allow Eastman to compete in the lucrative polycarbonate plastics market. But the decision had not been made regarding which applications Eastman should target f...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon+Whole Foods: un nuevo actor en el sector
Audicana Arcas, J.; Arribas Hervás, L.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-189Service and Operations ManagementEn 16 de junio Amazon, con más de 300 millones de clientes activos y 380.000 empleados y ventas que superan los 135 billones de dólares norteamericanos (año 2016), anuncia su intención de adquirir Whole Foods por 13.7 billones de dólares. Whole Foods es un retailer con sede en Austín (Texas), ventas que exceden los $16 billones al año y más de 477 tiendas en EE.UU., Canadá y Reino Unid, y que ostenta el liderazgo en alimentos orgánicos y comida s...Starting at €8.20
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Unes Supermarkets e il Viaggiator Goloso: Building a Brand (Italian Version)
Audicana Arcas, J.; Loring Olmedo, S.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-190-I-ITService and Operations ManagementUNES is a young company of medium size supermarkets that has starred in a turnaround, evolving from losing money, to achieving it, listening to the market and making brave bets to respond to it ("Every day low prices, private brand, fresh, private brand Premium, pop-up shops, single brand supermarkets, alliance with Amazon, etc.), creating its own business model, "the supermarket against the tide". After several years of launching and managing pr...Starting at €8.20
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Cisco Systems, Inc.: Collaborating on New Product Introduction - Teaching note
Lee H; Shao MTeaching Note SGSB-GS66TN-EService and Operations ManagementIn November 2007, a global, cross-functional team at Cisco Systems, Inc. was seeking management approval to start manufacturing a new router, code-named Viking. The team faced a host of challenges in launching the low-cost but powerful router for telecommunications service providers. After overhauling the project to sharply increase the router’s planned speed and capacity, the company had just one year to launch the product, an unusually fast s...Starting at €0.00
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The European Recycling Platform: Promoting Competition in E-Waste Recycling
Lee H; Shao MCase SGSB-GS67-EService and Operations ManagementThe European Recycling Platform was the only pan-European recycling organization created in response to the European Union’s groundbreaking directive to promote recycling of electronic waste. Braun, Electrolux, Hewlett-Packard and Sony established ERP in 2002 as an alternative to the monopolistic e-waste takeback systems then existing in several European countries. ERP was based on the principle of producer responsibility, in which manufacturers...Starting at €8.20
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Cisco Systems: la adquisición de tecnología es la adquisición de personas
Lee H; Shao MCase SGSB-GS66ESService and Operations ManagementEn noviembre de 2007, un equipo global y multifuncional de Cisco Systems, Inc. buscaba la aprobación de la gerencia para comenzar a fabricar un nuevo enrutador, con el nombre en clave Viking. El equipo enfrentó una serie de desafíos al lanzar el enrutador de bajo costo pero potente para proveedores de servicios de telecomunicaciones. Después de revisar el proyecto para aumentar drásticamente la velocidad y capacidad planeadas del enrutador, la co...Starting at €8.20
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MAKRO, socio de la hostelería independiente
Audicana Arcas, J.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-232Service and Operations ManagementEn plena pandemia y con una caída del 30% de la hostelería MAKRO afrontaba el reto de acelerar su objetivo de convertirse en el socio de los más de 300.000 hosteleros de España. Eran consciente de que les quedaba camino por recorrer, pero con un ambicioso plan de marketing de guerrilla y fuerza de ventas en la calle querían conseguirlo. Se preguntaban ¿Qué estamos haciendo bien y que tenemos que re-pensarnos? ¿Qué herramientas necesita nuestro eq...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Exito: A value proposition for all
Audicana Arcas, J.; Martínez Jiménez, M.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-228-E-EService and Operations ManagementGrupo Éxito was a leading retailer in South American retail. However, with the arrival of low-cost, e-commerce, and last-mile delivery in 2019, it began to see its market share eroded in Colombia. Trends in Colombian retail did not help, as consumer habits had changed and now focused more on digitization, last-mile delivery companies, seeking speed and convenience. Along with this, COVID-19 arrived in 2020 and accelerated this change in trends. É...Starting at €8.20
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Unes Supermarkets e il Viaggiator Goloso: Building a Brand
Audicana Arcas, J.; Andrade Nuñez, J.Case IIST-PI-190-E-EService and Operations ManagementUNES is a young company of medium size supermarkets that has starred in a turnaround, evolving from losing money, to achieving it, listening to the market and making brave bets to respond to it ("Every day low prices, private brand, fresh, private brand Premium, pop-up shops, single brand supermarkets, alliance with Amazon, etc.), creating its own business model, "the supermarket against the tide". After several years of launching and managing pr...Starting at €8.20
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Connecting the Dots at Microsoft: Global Planning for a Local World (A) and (B) (TN)
Hutchison-Krupat, Jeremy; Craddock, JennyTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1560TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1560Starting at €0.00