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Siemens ShareNet: Building a Knowledge Network (Spanish Version)
MacCormack, Alan; Herman, Kerry; Voelpel, SvenCase HBS-609S05Service and Operations ManagementDescribe el desarrollo de Sharenet, un innovador sistema de gestión del conocimiento utilizado por una división de Siemens. Sharenet intentos para capturar el conocimiento y la experiencia de muchos de ventas y de marketing unidades dispersas de Siemens en todo el mundo, por lo que es accesible a todos. Sharenet hasta la fecha ha sido financiado como una iniciativa corporativa, libre para todos los que lo utilizan. Pero a medida que el mercado de...Starting at €8.20
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BMW: The 7-Series Project (B) (Spanish Version)
Pisano, Gary P.; Rossi, SharonCase HBS-612S08Service and Operations ManagementDescribe la decisión tomada en el proyecto de la serie 7 con respecto a la creación de prototipos y su impacto en la calidad.Starting at €5.74
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Zara: Managing Stores for Fast Fashion (Spanish Version)
Ton, Zeynep; Corsi, Elena; Dessain, VincentCase HBS-614S07Service and Operations ManagementPablo Isla, el CEO de Zara, quería mejorar la eficiencia operativa en la gestión de su red de tiendas. En particular, quería mejorar la productividad laboral en las tiendas. A su juicio, la externalización de ciertas operaciones de la tienda a terceros, cambiando la forma fueron compensados gerentes de las tiendas, y la creación de procedimientos formales de operación para operaciones de la tienda. Pero sabía que tenía que tener cuidado. Podría...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona (Spanish version)
Ton, Zeynep; Harrow, SimonCase HBS-610S26Service and Operations ManagementThis case presents the predicament of a company trying to do right by its customers and its employees as the economic crisis of 2008 hits home. Fifteen years earlier, this Español supermarket chain had adopted its own version of total quality management, called the Total Quality Model, switching from the industry's traditional high-low pricing to "always low prices" and continuous improvement. These changes called for a well-trained, empowered, a...Starting at €8.20
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MorphoSys AG: The Evolution of a Biotechnology Business Model
Pisano, Gary P.; Johnson, Ryan; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-611046-EService and Operations ManagementIn the biotech world, the 18-year-old Munich-based company MorphoSys was a rarity: it was profitable. The company achieved this profitability not by developing and selling its own drugs, but by licensing access to its proprietary library of human antibodies. Recently, the company decided to deviate from this model, and attempt to develop its own proprietary products. The case allows analysis of "license vs. vertically integrate" business model de...Starting at €8.20
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Carl Zeiss and Free-Form Production: Can We See Clearly Yet, Teaching Note
Shih, WillyTeaching Note HBS-612009-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 614-007.Starting at €0.00
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Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (B)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-613040-EService and Operations ManagementThe intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) business at Carl Zeiss Meditec had struggled with growth since the time of the (A) case. Though the unit had grown revenues in excess of 50% and had exceeded its EBIT target, it faced several key strategic choices. Should it continue to specialize in the breast cancer segment, or should it focus more on surgery with radiotherapy as one technical solution. Should it continue its focus on more mature markets, ...Starting at €5.74
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Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI)
Pisano, Gary P.; Weber, James; Szydlowski, KaitlynCase HBS-615024-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2010, Pfizer established four small research units in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and San Diego located close to several premier Academic Medical Centers (AMCs), or hospitals with adjoining medical schools. The goal of these units was to redesign collaboration with Pfizer and academic medical researchers with the purpose of developing new, innovative drugs candidates for testing in patients. Project teams consisted of Pfizer scientists an...Starting at €8.20
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TSG Hoffenheim: Football in the Age of Analytics
Zhu, Feng; Lakhani, Karim R.; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-616010-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2015, Dietmar Hopp, owner of Germany's Bundesliga football team TSG Hoffenheim and co-founder of the global enterprise software company SAP, was considering how to ensure long-term sustainability and competitiveness for TSG Hoffenheim. While historically a small team from bottom rungs of the league, TSG Hoffenheim, with revenues of 60 million to 70 million, reached the top division of the Bundesliga in the 2008-2009 season thanks to a de...Starting at €8.20
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McDonald's Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain-From Amazon Soya to Cage Free Eggs, Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.Teaching Note HBS-616021-EService and Operations ManagementThis case provides an opportunity for students to consider how large, multinational corporations should respond when targeted by activists regarding environmental and social concerns in their supply chains. Greenpeace targeted McDonald's because its chicken supplier was purchasing soya (soybeans for chicken feed) that were grown on recently deforested land in the Amazon rainforest. Although its supply chain purchased a very small amount of this c...Starting at €0.00