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Bunge Ibérica: unas plantas con billete de ida y vuelta
Calvo, Eduard; Girbal, AlbertCase P-1128Service and Operations ManagementBunge es el líder mundial del procesado de semillas oleaginosas en general, y de soja en particular. La soja se cultiva fundamentalmente en Brasil, Estados Unidos y Argentina y, tras recolectarse las habas, éstas se molturan para transformarlas en harina para uso animal y aceite para uso humano, que se comercializan en el mundo entero. Siguiendo las directrices sugeridas en un caro informe elaborado por una gran firma de consultoría en 1998, la c...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona and the Challenge of 2020
Serrano, Alejandro; Girbal, AlbertCase P-1176-EService and Operations ManagementAfter various decades of uninterrupted growth, Mercadona was completing its expansion in Spain and Portugal. Faced with this situation, it was natural in which direction the company strategy should head. Should it continue its expansion process into other countries, such as Italy? If so, what impact would the recent change of model from "integrated suppliers" to "totalers" have on the process?Starting at €8.20
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SicherPro Security at Truckzeit
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-346-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementSicherPro offers global and specialized security services that, combined with the most advanced technologies, seek maximum efficiency for companies' business management. A typical problem the company faces is how to assign security officers in such a way that the customer's needs are met and, at the same time, the assignment is as efficient as possible. The case deals with the problem of assigning scarce resources (guards, in this case) in the mo...Starting at €8.20
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WoKou Robotics
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-372-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementWoKou Robotics is a global artificial intelligence company that manufactures two of its most popular robots in the same plant. Manufacturing is divided into several processes: robotic design, 3D printing and wiring. The case provides a natural scenario to introduce linear optimization techniques. The last part of the case is designed to encourage discussion of optimization in the presence of uncertainty (simulation methods) using the simulation o...Starting at €8.20
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Kids&Us: International Expansion
Girbal, Albert; Lago, AlejandroCase P-1151-EService and Operations ManagementKids&Us is a successful family business founded by Natàlia Perarnau and Quim Serracanta. In Spain, the company has revolutionized methods used to teach children English from a very early age. The Kids&Us method is an innovative system that uses eye-catching materials with stories and characters that appeal to children, interactive classes in which songs play a key role, and CDs to facilitate repetition of content at home. The business model is ba...Starting at €8.20
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Una breve introducción a los museos
Marco, Elvira; Herrero, Quionia; Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-445Knowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementHistóricamente, los museos europeos se desarrollaron a partir de las elites sociales, muchos tienen su origen en colecciones reales, y no se permitía la visita del público. A partir del siglo XIX comenzaron a abrir sus puertas a los visitantes y se concibieron como un instrumento para educar a las clases populares. Los museos han evolucionado en el último tercio del siglo XX de estar orientados a la conservación y almacenamiento de piezas durant...Starting at €8.20
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Museo Nacional del Prado
Marco, Elvira; Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepCase P-1095Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementEl estudio de caso analiza los cambios introducidos en el Museo del Prado a partir de la Ley 46/2003 de 25 de noviembre que lo convirtió en un organismo con autonomía financiera y de funcionamiento sentando las bases para su autofinanciación. La reorganización que ha vivido el museo, su intensa actividad expositiva, la política de asociación de las empresas al Museo mediante su programa de patrocinios, son algunos de los aspectos que se analizan...Starting at €8.20
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Language Exchange Club (LEC)
Baucells Alibés, Manel; de Santiago, Rafael; Malagrida, SergioCase AD-320-EService and Operations ManagementThe case deals with assigning people to jobs. It focuses particularly on how to streamline team creation as effectively as possible. Although the case deals specifically with forming groups in one of IESE's clubs, the methodology may be easily applied to any other type of team.Starting at €8.20
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A Brief Introduction to Museums
Marco, Elvira; Herrero, Quionia; Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-445-EKnowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementHistorically, museums in Europe were developed by the social elite, and many have their origins in royal collections which were not open to the public. However, during the nineteenth century, they began to open their doors to visitors, a move conceived as a means of helping to educate the masses. During the last third of the twentieth century, the role that museums played in society evolved: they went from being places for the display, preservati...Starting at €8.20
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El sector cultural
Herrero, Quionia; Marco, Elvira; Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-453Economics, Service and Operations ManagementLa cultura en sí misma es una actividad económica que genera empleo e ingresos fiscales y que compra bienes y servicios. Se perfila como un campo en expansión dentro de la economía de los países industrializados donde ha crecido en los últimos años por encima del PIB con un volumen de generación de empleo superior a la media.Starting at €8.20