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Integromics: Science in Search of Business
Bercetche, María; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-139-EInnovation and ChangeIn June 2000, to much excitement and fanfare, scientists announced the completion of the first working draft of the entire human genome. The high-quality reference sequence was completed in April 2003, marking the end of the Human Genome Project. Available to researchers worldwide, the human genome reference sequence provided a magnificent and unprecedented biological resource. Scientist reported that the human genome contained 3.2 billion chemic...Starting at €8.20
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Implantación de SAP en Celsa (A)
Jiménez F.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Sieber, Sandra; Subirana Vilanova, Brian; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-139Information Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationEl caso plantea la situación de una empresa con múltiples centros de trabajo, fruto de adquisiciones y absorciones, que decide implantar SAP. Presenta la problemática de puesta en marcha de un sistema complejo en un entorno distribuido. El caso (A) debe ir acompañado del caso (B), a entregar en clase, donde se describe la solución adoptada que llevó a una mejora de la situación competitiva de la empresa.Starting at €8.20
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Unilever Food Solutions
Audicana Arcas, Julio; Boccherini Bogert, Jose AntonioCase IIST-PI-139Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEn junio de 2011, Unilever plantea a su división de food service (Unilever Food Solutions) en España el reto de duplicar su volumen, creciendo agresivamente en un mercado en retroceso por la crisis. La dirección de UFS ha de decidir cómo conseguirlo, desarrollando el route-to-market para llegar a la hostelería independiente, que suponía la mayor parte del mercado.Starting at €8.20
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Unilever Food Solutions - Teaching Note
Audicana Arcas, Julio; Boccherini Bogert, Jose AntonioTeaching Note IIST-PINT-139Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEn junio de 2011, Unilever plantea a su división de food service (Unilever Food Solutions) en España el reto de duplicar su volumen, creciendo agresivamente en un mercado en retroceso por la crisis. La dirección de UFS ha de decidir cómo conseguirlo, desarrollando el route-to-market para llegar a la hostelería independiente, que suponía la mayor parte del mercado. "Qué segmentos debía priorizar? "Cómo desarrollar la red de distribuidores para lle...Starting at €0.00
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Grupo de Empresas Fortuny (E)
Álvarez, E.; Tàpies, JosepCase F-606FinanceExplica cómo acabaron los acontecimientos que se describen en los casos (A), (B) y (C).Starting at €5.74
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Implementation of SAP at Celsa (A)
Jiménez F.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Sieber, Sandra; Subirana Vilanova, Brian; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-139-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationThe case describes the situation of a company with a large number of centres of operations, as a result of acquisitions and takeovers, that decides to implement SAP. It presents the problems associated with the implementation of a complex system in a distributed environment. Case (A) should be accompanied by case (B), to be handed out in class, which describes the solution eventually adopted, which leads to an improvement in the company's competi...Starting at €8.20
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Random House: Shifting to E-Books in a Globalized World
Sarah Bickert; Volker Diestegge; Thorsten Knauer; Katja Möslang; Andrea Schroer; Friedrich SommerCase IVEY-9B13M083-EStrategyThe publisher Random House, a fully owned subsidiary of the German family company Bertelsmann SE & Co. KgaA, faces significant changes in its markets and internal structure. While printed books have been the company’s core competence from its earliest years, with the advent of the Internet, customers, especially in the West, are beginning to prefer electronic books. Will printed books be completely replaced by digital ones, or will e-books remain...Starting at €8.20
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The E-Line Cityboard
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-784-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipSix months after incorporating the company, the two founders of the firm E-Line Cityboard Supply Ltd. (ELC) were preparing the first Board of Directors meeting. ELC was a London-based distributor and online retailer of the E-Line Cityboard, a portable and rechargeable battery-powered self-balancing wheeled board, commonly referred to in the market as a "hoverboard." Increased competition and legislation prohibiting the use of hoverboards in publi...Starting at €8.20
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E-Cigarettes: Marketing Versus Public Health
Quelch, John A.; Rodriguez, MargaretCase HBS-514059-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) were heralded by some as a healthcare game changer, enabling smokers to switch to a new product which carried lower risk of cancer. However, there were concerns about the public health risk of e-cigarettes, particularly the chance that teens would easily develop nicotine addictions from smoking the fruit-flavored products. Manufacturers a...Starting at €8.20
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Healy Hudson: e-Sourcing Solutions
Sachon, MarcCase P-1019-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBased in Munich, Bavaria, the company is a pioneer in the world of e-procurement. It has developed an online purchasing system for the Business-to-Business sector. In the fall of 2000 it is selling two e-commerce products: Impact Ordering and Impact Sourcing. The former is a simple electronic catalog ordering system; the latter is designed for the sourcing of complex goods.Starting at €8.20