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Pain in the (Supply) Chain (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Butman, JohnArticle HBS-R0205A-EService and Operations ManagementIt's the end of the quarter, and the sales staff at Exceso Corp. is scrambling to meet CEO R. Foley Vinton's overheated 9% sales target. Sure, the sales team has always hit its target in the past, and yes, that number was based on its forecast data. But the fact is, the projection was based on raw data. And as Martin Wu, the company's head of sales, warns Vinton, sales will do well to hit 3%. Vinton remains unconvinced. He has already given that ...Starting at €8.20
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Just in Time for the Holidays (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
McNulty, Eric; Johnson, M. Eric; Brandstatter, Horst; Hausman, Warren H.; Omrod, AnneArticle HBS-R0512A-EService and Operations ManagementIt's the busiest time of year for North Pole Workshops. Production is in high gear, and the elves are on overtime in the sprint toward Christmas. But an unexpected spike in demand for one toy may leave children around the world disappointed on Christmas morning, whether they've been naughty or nice. At the same time, another toy's popularity threatens to plummet, leaving Santa and his elves faced with the prospect of millions of unloved plaything...Starting at €8.20
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The AS/AD Model
Pastor, AlfredoTechnical Note ECONN-243-EEconomicsThe Aggregate Supply-Aggregate Demand model (AS/AD for short) is designed for analyzing the short-run behavior of a closed economy. The main feature of such an economy is the following cycle: output Y oscillates around its potential or full-employment level Y*. If Y is more than Y*, higher inflation is the result; if Y is less than Y*, unemployment is unnecessarily high. Stabilization policies ¿ monetary and fiscal ¿ aim at keeping Y as close as ...Starting at €8.20
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Unhaggle: Putting Customers in the Driver's Seat
Neil Bendle; Sarah Chiu; Justin LeungCase IVEY-9B12A014-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingUnhaggle is a business model that uses a website to link up consumers with automobile dealers. The consumer describes the sort of vehicle they are looking for and the dealers compete to serve the consumer at the lowest possible price. The case illustrates how power in a negotiation comes from supply and demand. By bringing dealers to the consumer, Unhaggle helps drive down the cost of the vehicle to the consumer while reducing the dealer’s market...Starting at €8.20
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Hurricane Sandy: Supply, Demand and Appropriate Responses to the Gas Shortage
Olsen, Morten; McBride, EmilyCase ECON-420-EEconomicsThe Hurricane Sandy case focuses on understanding how markets work, supply and demand, market equilibrium and the role of prices as a coordination mechanism. To this end, we use the aftermath of the hurricane that hit New York and New Jersey in 2012, and in particular the gas shortages that caused long lines and frayed tempers. Hurricane Sandy interrupted gas supplies, resulting in many stations around the city shutting down when their supply ran...Starting at €8.20
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Hurricane Sandy: Supply, Demand and Appropriate Responses to the Gas Shortage - Teaching Note
Olsen, Morten; McBride, EmilyTeaching Note ECONT-11-EEconomicsThe Hurricane Sandy case focuses on understanding how markets work, supply and demand, market equilibrium and the role of prices as a coordination mechanism. To this end, we use the aftermath of the hurricane that hit New York and New Jersey in 2012, and in particular the gas shortages that caused long lines and frayed tempers. Hurricane Sandy interrupted gas supplies, resulting in many stations around the city shutting down when their supply ran...Starting at €0.00
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GidaExpress: Grocery Delivery in Turkey
Yildiz, Ozlem; Goldberg, Rebecca; Stouras, Kostas; Weiss, Elliott N.Case DARDEN-OM-1635-EService and Operations ManagementThis fictional, international case explores online delivery models through the voices of two female protagonists: Melis Aydin, COO, who is from Turkey; and Athena Galini, CEO, who is from Greece. They have recently begun an online grocery-delivery (OGD) service called GidaExpress (i.e., Express Food) by closing on a TRY300,000 low-interest loan and entering a start-up incubator in Istanbul, Turkey. Aydin and Galani are evaluating three models for...Starting at €8.20
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Ascend Behavior Partners: Hiring in a Tight Labor Market
Carroll, Glenn; Montgomery, LucyCase SGSB-SM355-EStrategyAscend Behavior Partners provided applied behavioral analysis (ABA) services to families with children with autism. The growing autism services market presented a massive opportunity for Ascend to provide quality care to families in need. Ascend’s delivery model relied on board certified behavior analysts (BCBAs), who were the backbone of providing care to families with children with autism. But the severe imbalance between supply and demand f...Starting at €8.20
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Children’s HeartLink: Reducing Health Care Disparities
Roy, Dwai; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OM-1770-EService and Operations ManagementAs the country director for Children’s HeartLink (CHL), an international medical nongovernmental organization, Adriana Dobrzycka was reviewing the draft of the 2021 annual report—and dreaming big. CHL existed for the sole purpose of providing high-quality surgical care to children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) who suffered from a common, and often deadly, birth defect called congenital heart disease (CHD). CHL successfully paired sp...Starting at €8.20
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Apple Inc.: The Second Green Bond
Lipson, Marc L.; O'Brien, RobbyCase DARDEN-F-2022-EFinanceLisa Jackson, vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives at Apple Inc. (Apple) and, previously, the first African American administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, was preparing for questions that might arise in relation to Apple's upcoming 10-year $1 billion green bond issue, Apple's second such offering. The case explores the economics of bond pricing in general, and green bonds in particular, by describing the re...Starting at €8.20