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Clínicas Buenavista: Information for the Medical Director
Stein, Guido; Cebrecos, EnriqueCase E-127-EService and Operations ManagementThe following Wednesday Dr. Mackay, medical director and major shareholder in the Clínicas Buenavista was to have a meeting with Alejandro Lanzagorta, Business Manager at Eye Care, to negotiate lens prices for 2009. He had already told him on the phone that the group's buying potential was 4,000 multifocal lenses and 8,000 monofocal lenses so he should make a suitable offer, as they want to finalize the decision as soon as possible. However they ...Starting at €8.20
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Lentes multifocales de Eye Care: Información del Business Manager
Cebrecos, Enrique; Stein, GuidoCase E-128Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementEl lunes 12 de enero de 2009, El director médico de Buenavista acababa de llamar a Alejandro solicitando una oferta para 4.000 lentes multifocales DifraCare y 8.000 monofocales MonoCare. Después de meses de un cuidadoso trabajo de preparación, Alejandro Lanzagorta , Business Manager de Eye Care, empresa líder en el desarrollo y comercialización de productos ofálmicos, finalmente iba a lograr sentar a negociar al Dr Rud Mackay, director médico y ...Starting at €8.20
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Criterios de decisión de un inversor: Warren Buffett
Stein, Guido; García de Santos, TeresaTechnical Note DPON-358Decision Analysis, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementEsta nota técnica subraya el papel de los criterios en la toma de decisiones. Según el Diccionario de la Lengua de la Real Academia Española, la primera acepción de criterio es la de "norma para conocer la verdad"; en una segunda acepción, se indica "juicio o discernimiento" y, entre sus sinónimos, se encuentran "cordura" y "sensatez". El objetivo es dar a conocer los criterios de decisión que, durante décadas y décadas, ha ido puliendo Warren Bu...Starting at €8.20
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Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model
Zhu, Feng; Acocella, AngelaCase HBS-616062-EService and Operations ManagementFasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders' fares low and charge drivers a flat $0.99 fee per ride as opposed to the 20-30% commission charged by its competition, would help differentiate it and gain the necessary traction in an ostensibly concentrated market between Uber and Lyft. Despite both Uber's and Lyft'...Starting at €8.20
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X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A)
Zhu, Feng; Acocella, AngelaCase HBS-617046-EService and Operations ManagementThree years after launching his brick-and-mortar store, X Fire Paintball and Airsoft, Steve Herbert Sr. and his sons began selling products on Amazon.com's third-party Marketplace and online sales expanded rapidly. Over time, X Fire noticed that products of which it had once been the only seller were now being sold by Amazon straight from X Fire's suppliers, effectively cutting X Fire out. Amazon was also ignoring the minimum advertised price (MA...Starting at €8.20
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Matherne; G. Paul; Goldberg; RebeccaTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1611TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1611Starting at €0.00
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (A)
Goldberg; Rebecca; Matherne; G. PaulCase DARDEN-OM-1611-EService and Operations ManagementThis mini-case set describes the challenges facing the new leadership of Richmond’s Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to revitalize and save the Museum. Alex Nyerges and Michael Taylor arrived in 2006 at a key point in the institution’s history. Membership was flagging at around 5;000; and a major construction project was $20 million over budget. Residents of Richmond felt increasingly disconnected from the museum. Some even viewed its collect...Starting at €8.20
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Growth Orientation (B)
Goldberg; Rebecca; Matherne; G. PaulCase DARDEN-OM-1612-EService and Operations ManagementThis mini-case set describes the challenges facing the new leadership of Richmond’s Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) to revitalize and save the Museum. Alex Nyerges and Michael Taylor arrived in 2006 at a key point in the institution’s history. Membership was flagging at around 5;000; and a major construction project was $20 million over budget. Residents of Richmond felt increasingly disconnected from the museum. Some even viewed its collect...Starting at €5.74
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Sybila Börjesson en Catek (A, B, C y D) - Nota del instructor
Stein, GuidoTeaching Note DPOT-25Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementEl objetivo de este caso en su primera parte, subtitulada "Hacia la dirección general", es reflexionar sobre las claves de la exitosa carrera profesional de una mujer directiva y sobre los retos laborales y personales que aborda al ser nombrada directora general de una compañía del sector logístico en fase de expansión. La parte B, subtitulada "La decisión del patrón", permite discutir las razones por las que la relación entre el dueño de la emp...Starting at €0.00
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Sybila Börjesson at Catek (A, B, C and D) - Teaching Note
Stein, GuidoTeaching Note DPOT-25-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementThe objective of the first part of this case, entitled "Towards General Management", is to reflect on the key elements in the successful career of Sybila, a female executive, and also to look at the personal and professional challenges she has to face when appointed Managing Director of a logistics company under expansion. The second part, B, "The Decision Taken by the Boss" is a chance to discuss the reasons why she, as Managing Director, and th...Starting at €0.00