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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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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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Improve Your Return on Returns (Spanish version)
O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-F0711FService and Operations ManagementA "reverse logistics" value chain strategy--what you do with goods your customers send back--can strengthen your company's competitiveness according to the authors of a recent article in the "Academy of Management Perspectives." Estee Lauder built a $250-million product line from returned cosmetics.Starting at €8.20
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Marketing CEO Dave Balter on achieving the corporate full Monty (Spanish version)
Balter, Dave; O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-F0810FLeadership and People ManagementThe founder and CEO of BzzAgent, a word-of mouth media company, believes strongly in radical corporate transparency. In practice that can mean frank self-examination in his blogs, publicly posting his company's sales presentations, and rotating an executive office space among employees at every level.Starting at €8.20
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Architect Ellen Dunham-Jones on the future of retail in the postsprawl era (Spanish version)
Dunham-Jones, Ellen; O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-F0907FStrategyThe head of Georgia Tech's architecture program predicts that new kinds of retail developments will rise from the ashes of today's dying suburban malls.Starting at €8.20
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Downsizing Lost Its Bad Rap (Spanish version)
O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-F0910BLeadership and People ManagementBig companies used to take a big reputational hit over layoffs. That's no longer the case, according to a recent study.Starting at €8.20
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Smile, Don't Bark, in Tough Times (Spanish version)
O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-F0911CLeadership and People ManagementNew research indicates that leaders who crack the whip in stressful situations don't get good results.Starting at €8.20
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Using Gifts and Trees to Make Recyclers of Indian Consumers
Bakaya, Ambrish; O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-R0909G-EService and Operations ManagementRapid advances in technology and enormously increased numbers of cell phones in use in emerging markets give urgency to Nokia's newly launched effort to expand its worldwide phone-recycling initiatives. Ambrish Bakaya explains, in this interview with HBR associate editor Andrew O'Connell. This HBR Spotlight article offers a framework for determining your company's green opportunities and an overview of what other organizations are doing with cle...Starting at €8.20
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In the Afternoon, the Moral Slope Gets Slipperier
Kouchaki, Maryam; O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-F1405D-ELeadership and People ManagementA new study suggests that as the day wears on, people's tendency to be dishonest goes up.Starting at €8.20