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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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Streaming Over Broadband: Why Doesn't My Netflix Work
Greenstein, Shane; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-616007-EService and Operations ManagementIn late 2013 and early 2014, Netflix service over the major U.S. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) suffered major slowdowns. What were the causes of these problems? What could Netflix do to solve them?Starting at €8.20
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Viacom: Democratization of Data Science
Greenstein, Shane; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-618016-EService and Operations ManagementIn two short years, Viacom's Data Science & Advanced Analytics team built a web platform called Science Central that allowed employees from Viacom's 20+ cable networks to access television audience insights through three data science apps. In the past, employees would have approached the team to carry out these requests. Vice President of Data and Audience Development Fabio Luzzi, who oversaw the 10-person team, believed that making data science ...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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IBM Watson at MD Anderson Cancer Center
Greenstein, Shane; Martin, Mel; Agaian, SarkisCase HBS-621022-EService and Operations ManagementAfter discovering that their cancer diagnostic tool, designed to leverage the cloud computing power of IBM Watson, needed greater integration into the clinical processes at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, the development team had difficult choices to make. The Oncology Expert Advisor tool used a combination of machine learning and the latest cancer care research to make recommendations to clinicians in the field. Was automated cancer diagnosis the...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook: The First Ten Years
Greenstein, Shane; Iansiti, Marco; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-616012-EService and Operations ManagementFacebook celebrated its ten year anniversary in February 2014. Over the past decade it has grown into the largest social network in the world with one billion users. After filing an IPO in 2012 at a $104 billion valuation (the third largest IPO in U.S. history), the stock price steadily declined, but recovered after the company implemented an effective advertising strategy. Facebook worked to maintain its "hacker ethos" and remain nimble as it ma...Starting at €8.20
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Net Neutrality: A Managerial Perspective
Greenstein, Shane; Snively, ChristineCase HBS-617006-EService and Operations ManagementThe net neutrality debate had implications for Internet service providers, content providers, and end users. This note aims to inform the reader of the various sides of the debate where open issues remain, and what aspects an entrepreneur, investor, or content provider-either an existing player, or a new entrant-should be aware of. From a management perspective, net neutrality rules could have major consequences on the business models of content ...Starting at €8.20
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Streaming Over Broadband: Why Doesn't My Netflix Work, Teaching Note
Greenstein, Shane; Norris, MichaelTeaching Note HBS-617035-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for case 616007.Starting at €0.00
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Eye Care Multifocal Lenses: Information for the Business Manager
Cebrecos, Enrique; Stein, GuidoCase E-128-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementOn Monday January 12, 2009 the medical director of Buenavista, had just made a telephone call to Alejandro asking for a quotation for 4,000 DifraCare multifocal lenses and 8,000 MonoCare monofocals. After months of careful preparation, Alejandro Lanzagorta, a Business Manager at Eye Care, the market leader in the development and marketing of ophthalmic products was at last going to be able to sit down and negotiate with Dr. Rud Mackay, the medica...Starting at €8.20