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Mobile Payments: A Framework for Success
Calvo, EduardArticle ART-2922-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementPaying for your coffee, getting on the subway or splitting dinner with friends are everyday actions that can now be done using a mobile phone. But there is a lot more to mobile payments than merely substituting a phone for a card when performing a financial transaction. Managers need to think less about the technology per se and more about how the new functionalities of m-payments can enable superior value propositions for their customers. Doing ...Starting at €8.20
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Belton Semiconductors (B)
Laseter, Timothy M.; Murphy, Michael; Pederson, MattCase DARDEN-BP-0557Corporate GovernanceAfter more intense debate, Belton’s COO has acquiesced and agreed with the manager of a large management consulting firm on every major point. But a senior partner on the assessment, as well as the consultant’s mentor, thinks the results are disastrous.Starting at €5.74
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A Rock and a Hard Place: The Conundrum of Online Grocery after COVID
Laseter, Timothy M.; Lert, DevinCase DARDEN-OM-1733-EService and Operations ManagementIn the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, US retailers were scrambling to develop a sustainable business model for e-commerce grocery (e-Grocery). By 2021, many grocers were experimenting with different omnichannel strategies, but none had proven succStarting at €8.20
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Anecoop 2014-2018. Nota del Instructor
Segura Alcaide, F.; Villafuerte Martín, A.Teaching Note IIST-MINT-130MarketingEn febrero de 2014 la dirección de Anecoop (la mayor cooperativa hortofruticola española y uno de los grandes operadores mundiales del sector) reflexionaba sobre los recientes resultados obtenidos, los mejores en toda la historia de la entidad. ¿En qué medida estos resultados habían sido fruto de las acciones acometidas en los últimos años? ¿Cuáles eran los nuevos retos que se presentaban para la cooperativa en aquel momento y qué líneas de actua...Starting at €0.00
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Apeam 2018: Facing new challenges in the Mexican Avocado production and export
Villafuerte Martín, A.Case IIST-MI-165-E-EMarketingAPEAM is the association of avocado growers and packers of the Mexican state of Michoacán, the world's largest producers of this crop. In 2018, they were America’s leading suppliers of avocado. However, new challenges arise in APEAM’s primary destination market (the United States) with the changes promoted by the new president Donald Trump, as well as in other markets. There is also trouble in the domestic market and at the heart of the Mexican a...Starting at €8.20
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Monsanto y Bayer: “Avanzando juntos” Para impulsar la producción agrícola en el mundo
Villafuerte Martín, A.; Duhart, Mª E.Case IIST-MI-170MarketingEn febrero de 2018, el sector agrícola mundial estaba expectante ante la evolución de la compra de Monsanto por parte de Bayer. Las opiniones en contra del acuerdo habían sido muy numerosas y fuertes por parte de grupos de interés ecologistas. A su vez, el mundo, y especialmente el sector agrario, se enfrentaba al gran reto de producir alimentos suficientes para alimentar a la población mundial. En paralelo, el cultivo de transgénicos seguía crec...Starting at €8.20
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EC2CE: Artificial Intelligence in the Agribusiness. Teaching Note
Nwelati Artillo, B.; Villafuerte Martín, A.Technical Note IIST-MITN-174-E-EMarketingEc2ce is a start-up founded in 2014 by senior executives of multinational companies to focus on a new goal: reducing uncertainty in agricultural production and streamlining the management of the agri-food supply chain using artificial intelligence algorithms. With a turnover of barely 600,000 EUR in 2017, their first year in the market, ec2ce’s founders and managers are considering options to drive growth as quickly as possible, not jeopardizing ...Starting at €8.20
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TONA Foundry
Laseter, Timothy M.; Byme, Silas; Swerdlow, DorianCase DARDEN-OM-1348-EService and Operations ManagementThis case and “DOSA Motor Manufacturing” (UVA-OM-1349) provide data for the parties in a negotiation exercise. DOSA is seeking to buy a die-cast aluminum housing for a new motor design and has initiated negotiations with TONA Foundry, the incumbent supplier, for half of the housing in the current design. The new design will reduce some costs according to a cost model developed by TONA, and there are several potential additional opportunities for ...Starting at €8.20
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DOSA Motor Manufacturing
Laseter, Timothy M.; Byme, Silas; Swerdlow, DorianCase DARDEN-OM-1349-EService and Operations ManagementThis case and “TONA Foundry” (UVA-OM-1348) provide data for the parties in a negotiation exercise. DOSA is seeking to buy a die-cast aluminum housing for a new motor design and has initiated negotiations with TONA Foundry, the incumbent supplier, for half of the housing in the current design. The new design will reduce some costs according to a cost model developed by TONA, and there are several potential additional opportunities for collaboratio...Starting at €8.20
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Canyon Mining Corporation: Heavy Mobile Equipment Procurement
Laseter, Timothy M.; Katz, Arnon; Choi, SihyunCase DARDEN-OM-1392-EService and Operations ManagementCanyon Mining intends to negotiate a long-term contract for haul trucks to use for surface mining, and a team from Censeo Consulting Group is tasked with developing a methodology to track cost changes over the past contract as input into the negotiation. The current project’s primary objective is to estimate the year-over-year trend in factory manufacturing margins for two different capacity trucks from two different equipment suppliers. These es...Starting at €8.20