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Amenazas globales: diagnóstico y acción
Done, Adrian A.Article ART-2076Service and Operations Management, Strategy¿Cuánto tiempo dedica a pensar en las grandes cuestiones que afectarán a su vida personal y profesional en los próximos 20 años? Si está tan ocupado como la mayoría de sus colegas, no mucho. Pero las perspectivas de la economía mundial son peores hoy que cuando la crisis crediticia tocó fondo, así que de nada sirve esconder la cabeza. Es mejor atisbar las tendencias globales que acechan en el horizonte, analizar a fondo las fuerzas subyacentes y ...Starting at €8.20
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Leading and Managing Change in Contracting and Acquisition
Cross, Tom; Davies, GregoryCase DARDEN-OM-1478-EService and Operations ManagementThe Chief of Contracting for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) responsible for all U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contracting in 12 African nations has reviewed the results of several audits and inspections, including his own, on the state of DoD contracting in expeditionary environments. The reports are anything but encouraging. It is clear that the contracting operations at CJTF-HOA are on the verge of system and operati...Starting at €8.20
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Eagle Industries: Office Supplies Sourcing - Teaching Note
Cross, TomTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1181TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1181Starting at €0.00
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Challenges of the 21st Century: Energy
Michels, Pascal; Done, Adrian A.Technical Note PN-466-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementFrom the discovery of fire and the harnessing of wind through to the industrial revolution and the dawn of the nuclear age, energy resources have been critical for the wellbeing of humankind and to our economies and social improvement. Indeed, many would contend that every great change in living standards has had a revolution in energy use at its heart. By the end of the 19th century, the lifestyles of the majority of Europeans and Americans had ...Starting at €8.20
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A Rush to Failure? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Cross, TomArticle HBS-R1104N-EService and Operations ManagementWhen a set of giant robotic arms developed for the International Space Station breaks down during a crisis, project manager Samantha Van Sant finds herself in the hot seat. Did her team compromise quality by pushing the contractors too hard on speed? How can she prevent future mishaps-should the arrangement with the contractors be renegotiated to include different incentives or more safeguards? Gary L. Moe, a director of McKinsey's Business Techn...Starting at €8.20
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A Rush to Failure (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Cross, TomArticle HBS-R1104Z-EService and Operations ManagementWhen a set of giant robotic arms developed for the International Space Station breaks down during a crisis, project manager Samantha Van Sant finds herself in the hot seat. Did her team compromise quality by pushing the contractors too hard on speed? How can she prevent future mishaps-should the arrangement with the contractors be renegotiated to include different incentives or more safeguards? Gary L. Moe, a director of McKinsey's Business Techn...Starting at €8.20
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Anticípese al futuro
Done, Adrian A.; Goldin, Ian; Fidler, Devin; Gorbis, Marina; Rosenberg, MikeDossier DOS-12Economics, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategySon muchos los retos que nos esperan. Este dossier le permitirá gestionar mejor las tendencias globales.Starting at €15.00
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Managing the Future: The Way Ahead
Done, Adrian A.; Goldin, Ian; Fidler, Devin; Gorbis, Marina; Rosenberg, MikeDossier DOS-12-EEconomics, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyWhat you need to know today to lead the charge into tomorrow, with boldness and vision.Starting at €15.00
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Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD): Five Failures and Counting (A)
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OM-1185-EService and Operations ManagementTHAAD was a kinetic-energy weapon designed to protect the United States against enemy missile attack. But after $3.2 billion had been spent, the program was deemed a failure, as all five of the initial tests had missed the targets. This case is about how a strategic sourcing project ran into trouble and what options could be pursued to rescue the project, given the multiple stakeholders involved. The (B) case presents what actually happened.Starting at €8.20
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Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OM-1375-EService and Operations ManagementSoldiers in Iraq are dying in increasing numbers from improvised explosive devices planted in roads by insurgents. Up-armored Humvees offer little to no protection. Specialty vehicles with v-shaped bottoms to deflect blasts had been developed in South Africa and Rhodesia in the 1970s.The MRAP Vehicle Joint Program Office's mission is to procure up to 20,000 of these commercial off-the-shelf vehicles and get them to Iraq within 30 months. Yet U.S....Starting at €8.20