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Adquisición estratégica en Haití para mejorar los sistemas sanitarios: por qué pagar por inversiones cuando se puede pagar por resultados
Eichler R.; Savedoff B.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1043Service and Operations ManagementResponsabilizar a las instituciones de salud de la consecución de objetivos relacionando el pago a los resultados obtenidos, puede ser una potente estrategia para mejorar la eficacia de un sistema de salud. El director de un proyecto patrocinado por USAID, que financia ONG en Haití para la provisión de atención primaria básica, utiliza la compra estratégica para mejorar la eficiencia del sistema mediante el pago por resultados. El sistema de pago...Starting at €8.20
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Best Buy Co., Inc.: Customer-Centricity, Teaching Note
Lal, RajivTeaching Note HBS-509074-EMarketingTeaching Note for [506055].Starting at €0.00
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Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti
Kaplan, Robert S.; Shah, Mahek A.Case HBS-118051-EAccounting and ControlPartners in Health, a global NGO focused on delivering health care to residents of rural underserved communities, conducts a project on the cost of primary care at five sites in the Central Highlands of Haiti. It devises a simple approach for tracking the resources used by patients being treated for diverse medical conditions, as an input to a time-driven activity-based costing model. The results show considerable cost diversity across the five s...Starting at €8.20
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Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand, Teaching Note
McFarlan, F. WarrenTeaching Note HBS-310051-ETeaching Note for [308052].Starting at €0.00
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Marketing the "$100 Laptop" (C)
Quelch, John A.; Chen, DavidCase HBS-508065-EMarketingIn October 2007, the OLPC reported production delays and missed its shipment date. In early November, the $100 PC finally went into production, with initial shipments planned for Uruguay and Mongolia, and mid-month launched the "Give One, Get One" program. It enabled consumers in the U.S. and Canada, who had the option of purchasing an OLPC for $400, more than double the estimated production cost of $188 for each laptop. Roughly half of the $400 ...Starting at €5.74
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Haiti: Energizing Socio-Economic Reform
Gwyneth Edwards; Rene Jean-JumeauCase IVEY-9B17M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe minister of Haiti’s Department of Energy Security needed to prepare a presentation for the country’s prime minister that proposed a solution for transforming Haiti’s energy infrastructure. Haiti wanted to attract foreign direct investment that would spur socio-economic reform; however, the opportunities depended on a solid energy infrastructure providing reliable electricity to businesses, which Haiti did not have. Also, the residents of Hait...Starting at €8.20
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Hopital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Partners In Health in Haiti
Kaplan, Robert S.; Mistry, Bipin; Bertrand, KarlaCase HBS-116041-EAccounting and ControlThe case describes the application of time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) at a new tertiary hospital operated by Partners-in-Health in Mirebelais, Haiti. A project team mapped the clinical processes for use in estimating the direct costs of personnel, equipment, and facilities for obstetric and breast cancer care. The accurate cost information revealed opportunities to optimize resource-utilization and reduce costs by establishing more eff...Starting at €8.20
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Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-308052-ESetting up the goal to become one of the top 20 enterprises in the world dairy industry by 2010, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group had ambitious plans. As one of China's biggest national dairy companies, its main challenge was competing as a local company against joint venture rivals who benefited from perks granted to "foreign" companies. To set itself apart, Yili focused on research and development and innovative ways to improve the industry. Provi...Starting at €8.20
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KayTek: Manufacturing Housing and Livelihoods in Haiti
David Wood; Taylor SekhonCase IVEY-9B13M040-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter a massive earthquake destroyed many buildings in Haiti in 2011, reconstruction has become a source of opportunity and competition for non-governmental organizations, international business and local companies. The Haitian chairman and CEO of a very successful, multi-million dollar information technology company wants to provide affordable quality housing, especially for the disadvantaged poor, using steel frame technology from his start-up,...Starting at €8.20
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Rio Tinto and Mining in Mongolia: The Oyu Tolgoi Deposit, Teaching Note
Werker, EricTeaching Note HBS-715031-EEconomicsTeaching note for 714018.Starting at €0.00