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Problemas de calidad en La reina de la gamba. Nota del Instructor
Llano Irusta, Miguel AngelTeaching Note IIST-PINT-127Service and Operations ManagementTeaching Note del caso PI-127 “Problemas de calidad en La reina de la gamba”Starting at €0.00
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Sociable Labs (A) - (C) - Teaching note
Siegelman, RL; Han, ATeaching Note SGSB-E435A-CTN-EEntrepreneurshipSociable Labs was conceived as a start-up business attempting to use friend recommendations to curate and recommend purchase opportunities on the internet. Much as his Facebook social events app helped friends discover events based on their friends’ events, founder Nisan Gabbay wanted to show users what their friends were buying or “liking,” in the hope that such knowledge would help guide their purchases and even enable merchants to use Facebook...Starting at €0.00
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Sociable Labs (A)
Siegelman, RL; Han, ACase SGSB-E435A-EEntrepreneurshipSociable Labs was conceived as a start-up business attempting to use friend recommendations to curate and recommend purchase opportunities on the internet. Much as his Facebook social events app helped friends discover events based on their friends’ events, founder Nisan Gabbay wanted to show users what their friends were buying or “liking,” in the hope that such knowledge would help guide their purchases and even enable merchants to use Facebook...Starting at €8.20
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Factory #539: China Star Technology Electronics Ltd. (A)
Yemen, Gerry; Weiss, Elliott N.; Simko, Paul J.; Modica, Marc W.Case DARDEN-OM-1473-EService and Operations ManagementWith a cross-disciplinary perspective, this field-based case series uses the purchase of a manufacturing company based in China to set the stage for an analysis of cost accounting, operational effectiveness, and cross-cultural communication. It offers a discussion about the strategy to purchase a Chinese firm to enter a promising business line for the Chinese market and provides an opportunity to introduce basic accounting, management communicati...Starting at €8.20
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SunTrust Banks, Inc.: Coke Refreshes Tier 1 Capital
Frank, Mary Margaret; Thompson, SylvieCase DARDEN-C-2337-EAccounting and ControlAs the 2008 financial crisis continued to intensify, a SunTrust executive was preparing for a presentation she would make to the rest of her team. SunTrust’s CEO had put together the team to review selling the bank’s large holding of Coca-Cola shares to obtain much-needed cash. Cash was needed because in the second quarter of 2008, SunTrust had experienced continued deterioration of its assets.Starting at €8.20
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Chick-fil-A: Bird of a Different Feather
Simko, Paul J.; Farris, Paul W.; Weiler, Virginia; Gerardo, Peter;Case DARDEN-G-0632-EStrategyIn 2011, sales at Chick-fil-A (CFA) surpassed $4 billion; however due to ownership’s aversion to debt, the pace of expansion was significantly slower than the fast-food-segment average. And the biggest differences between CFA and other fast-food chains were its private, family-controlled ownership structure and its management philosophy. This case explores the relationship between an enterprise’s philosophy and its long-term viability. This case ...Starting at €8.20
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The Judgment of Princeton
Pfeifer, Phillip E.Case DARDEN-QA-0813-EDecision AnalysisThe case descirbes a wine-tasting competition held in Princeton, New Jersey, in 2012. The competition pitted the best wines from New Jersey (NJ) against the best wines from France in blind taste tests. The case stops after the scores of nine judges tasting 20 wines have been recorded. Students are asked to take these 180 scores and determine the best red and best white and to also compare the performance of the 12 NJ wines to the 8 French wines.Starting at €8.20
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Empresario o inversor
Olaya Esteffan, EduardoCase IIST-ASNI-14Innovation and ChangeUn empresario que frente a la crisis de la construcción y las inmobiliarias en España reflexiona sobre su futuro, analizando básicamente tres alternativas: 1) seguir siendo empresario del sector inmobiliario y de la construcción; 2) convertirse en inversor; 3) dedicarse a ser simplemente directivo.Su difícil experiencia de despedir 142 empleados lo ha impactado de manera importante y los pocos años que lleva como directivo de una empresa en la qu...Starting at €8.20
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Empresario o inversor - Nota del Instructor
Olaya Esteffan, EduardoTeaching Note IIST-ASNINT-14Innovation and ChangeUn empresario que frente a la crisis de la construcción y las inmobiliarias en España reflexiona sobre su futuro, analizando básicamente tres alternativas: 1) seguir siendo empresario del sector inmobiliario y de la construcción; 2) convertirse en inversor; 3) dedicarse a ser simplemente directivo.Su difícil experiencia de despedir 142 empleados lo ha impactado de manera importante y los pocos años que lleva como directivo de una empresa en la qu...Starting at €0.00
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The Ins and Outs of Open Innovation
Chao, Raul O.Technical Note DARDEN-OM-1495-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note explores open innovation--initiatives that are executed with organizations or individuals outside the typical boundaries of the R&D organization. Through a broadening of the interpretation of open innovation, the note aims to help managers who are trying to be more open with their innovation initiatives. Understanding what works or what doesn’t work in different settings helps answer questions such as these: What types of proj...Starting at €8.20