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Recupera, S.A.
Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-343Service and Operations ManagementDardo López-Dolz, propietario del negocio y persona emprendedora, afronta varias decisiones para conseguir que su empresa siga creciendo. Sin embargo, la naturaleza del servicio parte de una anomalía de las transacciones de compraventa: un deudor que no cumple sus obligaciones según lo convenido. La demanda tiene un comportamiento irregular, con expedientes de cobranza que varían según cada caso, y con exigencias operativas distintas por cad...Starting at €8.20
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Fresh Connections (Spanish Version)
West, Jonathan; Harmeling, Susan S.; Kasper, Christian G.Case HBS-607S02Service and Operations ManagementMary Alice McKenzie se enfrenta a numerosos problemas en el crecimiento de su negocio de alimentos frescos preparados a base de Vermont. Ella tiene que hacer frente a problemas operacionales inmediatas - como los cuellos de botella y las decisiones de equipo de capital -, así como decidir sobre una posición estratégica a largo plazo. Este caso se investiga cómo se puede estructurar sus operaciones de hoy en día para aprovechar el crecimiento cont...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Growth (Spanish version)
Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P.Case HBS-611S08Service and Operations ManagementConsiders the situation facing David Barger, President and CEO of JetBlue Airways, in May 2007 as he addresses the airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February 2007. In 2005, JetBlue-typically viewed as a low-cost carrier (LCC)-made a move that is often considered antithetical to the LCC model. Specifically, JetBlue moved from a single aircr...Starting at €8.20
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BYD Company, Ltd. (Spanish version)
Huckman, Robert S.; MacCormack, AlanCase HBS-614S03Service and Operations ManagementConsidera si BYD Co., Ltd., el mayor fabricante chino de baterías recargables, debe entrar en la industria del automóvil chino mediante la adquisición de Qinchuan automático, un fabricante de automóviles de propiedad estatal. Establecer justo después de la oferta pública inicial de BYD en la Bolsa de Hong Kong en 2002, que describe el desarrollo del enfoque de trabajo intensivo de BYD para la fabricación de baterías - un enfoque decididamente dif...Starting at €8.20
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Time Life, Inc. (B) (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; West, JonathanCase HBS-314S01StrategyProvides a brief update to the (A) case.Starting at €5.74
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The IT Transformation Health Care Needs
Sahni, Nikhil; Huckman, Robert S.; Chigurupati, Anuraag; Cutler, David M.Article HBS-R1706K-EInformation TechnologiesIn recent years, health care organizations have made sizable investments in information technology. They've used their IT systems to replace paper records with electronic ones and to improve billing processes, thereby boosting revenue. But so far, IT has been of little value in making medical care delivery more effective or less expensive. How can health care organizations change this? One key is to prioritize quality improvement over cost cuttin...Starting at €8.20
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GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Huckman, Robert S.Teaching Note HBS-610044-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [605074] and [605075].Starting at €0.00
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Spine Care, Teaching Note
Huckman, Robert S.; Porter, Michael E.Teaching Note HBS-610068-EStrategyTeaching Note for [609016].Starting at €0.00
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Balancing Specialization and Diversification in Operations, Module Note- -Instr
Huckman, Robert S.Teaching Note HBS-610079-EService and Operations ManagementThis note describes a module-taught as part of Operations Strategy, a second-year MBA elective at Harvard Business School-that helps students understand and manage the tradeoff between specialization and diversification in operations. The module introduces students to the benefits and limitations of focused operating models. It then examines the challenges created by operational diversification. It concludes by examining the multispecialty operat...Starting at €0.00
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New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. (Abridged)
Bowen, H. Kent; Huckman, Robert S.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-613006-EService and Operations ManagementConsiders whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok-a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique aspects of New Balance's strategy-focusing on fit and performance by offering long-lived shoes in a wide variety of widths and eschewing celebrity endorsement of its products-and discuss...Starting at €8.20