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The Transit Point Experiment (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.; Kelly, MauraCase HBS-615S09Service and Operations ManagementMerloni Elettrodomestici is a leading Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances. In 1986, an exposition for Merloni customers is scheduled at its Milano regional warehouse. During the two-month period preceding the event, when the warehouse must be free of inventory, the company conducts a "transit point" experiment. Each day, a truckload of products from the company's central warehouse is sent to Milano, where it is immediately transferred to ...Starting at €8.20
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ChemBright, Inc. (Spanish Version)
Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-604S11Service and Operations ManagementChemBright es una pequeña empresa de nueva creación dedicada a la fabricación de productos químicos de uso doméstico de marca privada. La compañía vende sus productos a cadenas de supermercados en el área de Nueva Inglaterra. Su estrategia se basa en una ventaja de costos basado en la logística significativos. Las decisiones de los casos primarios son: 1) cómo la empresa debe responder a una guerra de precios iniciada por un fuerte competidor, y ...Starting at €8.20
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Caesars Entertainment
Hammond, Janice H.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-615031-EFinanceThis case describes the introduction of a regression analysis model for forecasting guest arrivals to Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company will use the forecast to staff the front desk in the hotel. The staff is unionized and the company has little flexibility to change staffing levels on a short-term basis. The case is set in the context of industry overcapacity and lower customer demand. The case describes several models that ...Starting at €8.20
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Unilever: Combatting Global Food Waste
Drake, David; Hammond, Janice H.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-615040-EService and Operations ManagementThe global consumer goods company Unilever was on pace to hit a number of aggressive targets by 2020 as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Project, including a goal to halve the waste associated with the disposal of its products. Unilever's Chief Supply Chain Officer Pier Luigi Sigismondi and his team were working towards this goal and had chosen to first focus on three key areas-sugar, tomatoes, and tea-and had analyzed where in the 'farm t...Starting at €8.20
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Kristen's Cookie Co. (A) (Abridged)
Bohn, Roger E.; Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-608037-EService and Operations ManagementThe student is starting his or her own business, baking make-to-order cookies. Basic times of each operation are laid out and the student is asked to determine the consequences for the operating system. Serves as an exercise and review of concepts such as capacity, bottlenecks, and throughput times. Students should be able to make several useful suggestions for improving the system.Starting at €8.20
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Barilla SpA (A) (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-603S20Service and Operations ManagementBarilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing a continuous replenishment program, under which the responsibility for determining shipment quantities to the distributors would shift from the distributors to Barilla. Describes su...Starting at €8.20
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Nota sobre valoración por "Suma de las partes"
Villalonga, BelenCase HBS-219S10FinancePara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. La mayoría de las grandes empresas operan en más de un negocio. La valoración de una empresa diversificada requiere valoraciones separadas para cada uno de sus negocios y para la sede corporativa. Este método de valoración de una empresa por partes y luego sumarlas se conoce como valoración (SOTP) El-Piezas de suma de y se utiliza comúnmente en la práctica por los analistas...Starting at €8.20
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Growing, Financing, and Managing Family and Closely Held Firms: Overview of the Course
Villalonga, BelenCase HBS-209137-EFinanceMost companies around the world are controlled by their founding families, including more than half of all public corporations in the U.S. and Europe, and more than two thirds of these in Asia. These companies are the subject of the Financial Management of Family and Closely Held Firms course, an elective MBA course at Harvard Business School. The course introduces students to the unique finance, governance, and management issues faced by family ...Starting at €8.20
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Itau Unibanco (A): The Merger Process
Villalonga, Belen; Davis, John A.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-212094-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Itau Unibanco (B): The Merger Outcome
Villalonga, Belen; Davis, John A.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-212095-EFinanceStarting at €5.74