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Activity-Based Management at Stream International
Kaplan, Robert S.; Klein, NormanCase HBS-196134-EAccounting and ControlStream International's Crawfordsville, Indiana facilities undertake the design and implementation of an activity-based costing project. After analyzing the costs assigned to 161 work activities, Crawfordsville managers present five proposals for change based on ABM results, then meet to decide which to implement.Starting at €8.20
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Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System (Spanish version)
Applegate, Lynda M.; Montealegre, Ramiro; Nelson, H. James; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-303S31StrategyDescribes the events surrounding the construction of the BAE baggage-handling system at the Denver International Airport. It looks specifically at project management, including decisions regarding budget, scheduling, and the overall management structure. Also examines the airport's attempt to work with a great number of outside contractors, including BAE, and coordinate them into a productive whole, while under considerable political pressures. A...Starting at €8.20
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Implementing the Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System (Spanish version)
Applegate, Lynda M.; Montealegre, Ramiro; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-303S32StrategyDescribes the negotiations between the City of Denver officials, airlines, consulting companies, and BAE for the construction of a backup baggage system to enable the Denver International Airport (DIA) to open. When DIA finally opens in February 1995, 16 months behind schedule, it has three separate baggage-handling systems instead of a single state-of-the-art, integrated baggage-handling system.Starting at €8.20
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Look First to Failure (Spanish version)
Petroski, HenryArticle HBS-F0410ALeadership and People ManagementWhy shouldn't engineers study success? Because failures tell you so much more, civil engineering professor Henry Petroski contends.Starting at €8.20
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Crap Circles (Spanish version)
Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0511CMarketingThe most dubious business plans can appear solid, even smart, when illustrated with snappy circle-and-arrow graphics. Look closely, though, and you'll see that many of these diagrams are full of it.Starting at €8.20
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Sales Learning Curve (Spanish version)
Leslie, Mark; Holloway, ChuckArticle HBS-R0607JMarketingThe company--marketing, sales, product support, and product development--and its customers transfer knowledge and experience back and forth. As customers adopt the product, the firm modifies both the offering and the processes associated with making and selling it. The more a company learns about the sales process, the more efficient it becomes at selling, and the higher the sales yield. As the sales yield increases, the sales learning process u...Starting at €8.20
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Corruption in Germany
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-709006-EWhy do managers become corrupt? Does corruption ever pay? When do friendly relations cross into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany: at the global engineering firm Siemens, the automaker VW, and the chemical giant BASF. While German law not only permitted overseas bribery but even made it tax deductible until 1999, it was not we...Starting at €8.20
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Yieldex (B)
Stuart, Toby; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-809091-EEntrepreneurshipYieldex CEO Tom Shields was hired by the company's technical founder, Doug Cosman, in October 2007. One of Shields' top priorities is finding a vice president of engineering to manage the company's software development efforts. Shields and Costman disagree about the ideal profile of the new hire. Shields found a candidate that he likes, and he wonders about the implications of hiring the person against Cosman's wishes.Starting at €5.74
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AMD Dresden: Copy Inexactly!, Teaching Note
Shih, WillyTeaching Note HBS-609091-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [609004].Starting at €0.00
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Genzyme Center (A), (B) & (C), Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.Teaching Note HBS-610011-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [610008], [610009]. and [610010].Starting at €0.00