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Too Far Ahead of the IT Curve? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Glaser, John P.; Halvorson, George C.; Ford, Monte; Heffner, Randy; Kastor, John A.Article HBS-R0707A-EService and Operations ManagementPeachtree Healthcare has major IT infrastructure problems, and CEO Max Berndt is struggling to find the right fix. He can go with a single set of systems and applications that will provide consistency across Peachtree's facilities but may not give doctors enough flexibility. Or he can choose service-oriented architecture (SOA), a modular design that will allow Peachtree to standardize incrementally and selectively but poses certain risks as a new...Starting at €8.20
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Marriott International: The Next 90 Years, Teaching Note
Farronato, ChiaraTeaching Note HBS-620131-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 618017.Starting at €0.00
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Comparing Two Groups: Sampling and t-Testing
Bojinov, Iavor; Farronato, Chiara; Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Shih, Willy; Toffel, Michael W.Case HBS-621044-EService and Operations ManagementThis note describes sampling and t-tests, two fundamental statistical concepts.Starting at €8.20
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Hospital Sant Joan de Deu: de un hospital de beneficencia a un hospital de referencia (B)
Ribera, Anna; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1157Innovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyEste documento es la continuación del caso del mismo título (A). En el caso B se presenta la situación dos años después, con un resumen de lo conseguido y la discusión de los próximos pasos.Starting at €5.74
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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu: de un hospital de beneficencia a un hospital de referencia (A)
Ribera, Anna; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1156Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementA principios de 2012, el Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Barcelona se planteó cómo actualizar su plan estratégico para hacer frente a una situación de crisis -con una reducción de la demanda y de los presupuestos públicos- y garantizar la supervivencia del centro sin que esto conllevara la pérdida de los avances conseguidos durante los últimos años.Starting at €8.20
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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu: From Charitable Hospital to Reference Hospital (B)
Ribera, Anna; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1157-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThis document is the continuation of case A of the same title. Case B sets out the situation two years later, with a summary of what has been achieved and a discussion of the next steps.Starting at €5.74
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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu: From Charitable Hospital to Reference Hospital (A)
Ribera, Anna; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1156-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn early 2012, Barcelona's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu was considering how to update its strategic plan in order to deal with a crisis situation - with a reduction in both demand and public budgets - and to guarantee the center's survival, without this involving the loss of the advances achieved in previous years.Starting at €8.20
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El caso HBR: Un sistema de TI demasiado vanguardista
Glaser, John P.; Halvorson, George C.; Ford, Monte; Heffner, Randy; Kastor, John A.Article HBS-R0707AService and Operations ManagementPeachtree Healthcare tiene grandes problemas de infraestructura de TI, y CEO Max Berndt está luchando para encontrar la solución correcta. Se puede ir con un único conjunto de sistemas y aplicaciones que proporcionan consistencia a través de las instalaciones de Peachtree, pero no puede dar a los médicos la flexibilidad suficiente. O puede elegir la arquitectura orientada al servicio (SOA), un diseño modular que permitirá la estandarización de Pe...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL
Farronato, Chiara; MacCormack, Alan; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-619003-EService and Operations ManagementSet in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. This product offers a reduced price to riders willing to carpool, walk a short distance to/from their pick-up and drop-off points, and wait a few minutes before being matched to a driver. Two weeks after the launch of Express POOL in six U.S. cities, Uber's product managers discover that if riders are made to wait five minu...Starting at €8.20
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Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform
Farronato, Chiara; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-619019-EService and Operations ManagementLexoo, a UK-based online marketplace for legal services, was facing the strategic choice of how to grow from early start-up to mature platform. Daniel van Binsbergen, Lexoo's CEO, and web developer Chris O'Sullivan, CTO, had set up Lexoo to help Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to find legal advice at low prices. At the time of the case in 2018, Lexoo had just started attracting larger companies in need of specialized legal advice as new...Starting at €8.20