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Vacunación en Bogotá ante la descentralización y reforma del sistema de salud en Colombia (A)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1028Service and Operations ManagementLa descentralización dentro de la reforma del sector salud ha tenido un gran impacto en los resultados de la salud pública. El caso muestra las dificultades encontradas a nivel regional y las decisiones que se han tomado para lograr los objetivos trazados. El caso presenta una descripción general de algunas intervenciones públicas en el contexto de la reforma de salud en Colombia, y se concentra en el análisis descriptivo de la evolución, decisio...Starting at €8.20
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Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work (HBR Classic) (Spanish version)
Heskett, James L.; Jones, Thomas O.; Loveman, Gary W.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Schlesinger, Leonard A.Article HBS-R0807LService and Operations Managementinvestment in people, technology that supports frontline workers, revamped recruiting and training practices, and compensation linked to performance. They also express a vision of leadership in somewhat unconventional terms, referring to an organization's "patina of spirituality" and the "importance of the mundane." In this article, Heskett, Jones, Loveman, Sasser, and Schlesinger take a close look at the links in the service-profit chain, which...Starting at €8.20
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Publish or Protect? (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-615S15Service and Operations ManagementShould they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them? They wish to preserve their freedom to practice, but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or alternately interfere with its freedom to operate.Starting at €8.20
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Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, the Partner/Manager Program (Spanish Version)
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Lytle, Lucy N.Case HBS-617S08Service and Operations ManagementEn los últimos años, Au Bon Pain (ABP), una cadena de lujo panaderías cafés franceses / sándwich con sede en Boston, enfrenta una serie de problemas de recursos humanos endémica de la industria de comida rápida (es decir, una escasez de trabajo que hacía difícil atraer y mantener la calidad del personal de la tripulación y los candidatos de gestión, una gestión de personal entrenado en forma inadecuada, y la alta rotación). Para hacer frente al "...Starting at €8.20
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Gentle Electric Co. (Spanish Version)
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.Case HBS-602S17Service and Operations ManagementDiseñado para ilustrar diversos niveles de complejidad en la determinación de tamaños óptimos de orden para una sola política inventario de artículos. Se les pide a los estudiantes para evaluar el impacto de los cambios operativos recientes sobre la política de ordenamiento de la firma. La intención de seguir los estudiantes de la exposición inicial a cantidades económicas, este caso se ensancha de los estudiantes alcance de los modelos TradeOff....Starting at €8.20
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Engineer Ownership Through Anticipatory Management: Address Employee and Customer Needs Before They Arise
Heskett, James L.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Wheeler, JoeBook Chapter HBS-3830BC-EService and Operations ManagementOrganizations that engineer customer and employee ownership learn to predict and respond to customers' needs before they arise. Technology and information systems can be a great help in this endeavor. But just as important are the combined efforts from all parts of the organization-especially marketing, operations, human resources, and information technology-working seamlessly together to help frontline employees deliver value to customers. This ...Starting at €8.20
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Sustain Your Success: Foster Employee and Customer Ownership to Lock in Success
Heskett, James L.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Wheeler, JoeBook Chapter HBS-3832BC-EService and Operations ManagementGoogle, the company "Fortune" magazine recently identified as the best place to work in the U.S., offers an inspiring example of management practices that engage employee and customer owners to help create the value that both groups desire. But Google, like so many other companies, faces the challenge of how to lock in this success. According to the authors, the key to overcoming this challenge is a relentless focus on innovating and improving th...Starting at €8.20
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The TSMC Way: Meeting Customer Needs at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
Shih, Willy; Chien, Chen-Fu; Shih, Chintay; Chang, JackCase HBS-610003-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. When L.C. Tu receives an emergency order, he is confronted with a range of production scheduling choices, each of which has unique costs and trade-offs. The case was designed to help students understand job-shop style production and the impact of disruptions and reactive scheduling. Students use two of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's mainstream processes as a ve...Starting at €8.20
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Building Watson: Not So Elementary, My Dear!
Shih, WillyCase HBS-612017-EService and Operations ManagementTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This case is set inside IBM Research's efforts to build a computer that can successfully take on human challengers playing the game show Jeopardy! It opens with the machine named Watson offering the incorrect answer "Toronto" to a seemingly simple question during the championship match. Was the answer a reflection of a strategic weakness, or was it actually consistent with d...Starting at €8.20
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Building Watson: It's not so elementary my dear!, Teaching Note
Shih, WillyTeaching Note HBS-612018-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 612017.Starting at €0.00