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Comfort Class Transport: Does Customer Service Need an Overhaul, Teaching Note
Roberts, Michael J.; Morrison, Paul E.Teaching Note HBS-4377-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for Product #4377.Starting at €0.00
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Comfort Class Transport: Does Customer Service Need an Overhaul
Roberts, Michael J.; Morrison, Paul E.Case HBS-4374-EService and Operations ManagementThe general manager of a chauffeured limousine transport company is concerned about underperformance at the company's customer service call center. The eight-person call center handles almost all customer interaction including discussing company services with prospective customers, scheduling pickups, providing pricing, confirming appointments, and handling billing inquiries. Customers have complained about extended wait times to speak with someo...Starting at €8.20
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Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics
Narayandas, Das; Palepu, Krishna G.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-516013-EVita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how to develop an e-commerce strategy to supplement the company's traditional retail strategy, and how best to grow the company in Sweden. While both of these are potentially important future growth drivers, they also entail large investments in new capabi...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon.com--2002 (Spanish version)
Leschly, Stig; Roberts, Michael J.; Sahlman, William A.; Thedinga, ToddCase HBS-805S17EntrepreneurshipDescribe la evolución de Amazon.com y su modelo de negocio desde su fundación. En concreto, se analiza la transformación del Amazonas desde un e-Tailer a una plataforma de comercio y su iniciativa de mercado, que ha llevado a esto. También describe los aspectos económicos de diferentes modelos de comercio que Amazon emplea y discute una decisión confrontar Jeff Bezos con respecto a cómo la empresa debe participar en el segmento de ropa.Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Department of Energy & Recovery Act Funding: Bridging the "Valley of Death"
Roberts, Michael J.; Lassiter, Joseph B.; Nanda, RamanaCase HBS-810144-EEntrepreneurshipThe case focuses on the US Dept. of Energy and the $38 billion dollars of stimulus funding the DOE received to encourage clean tech. They focus on "bridging the valley of death" i.e., helping young, innovative companies finance technically risky and very capital intensive development and commercialization programs. The case focuses on two DOE programs in particular, the Loan Guarantee Program and ARPA-E. The case raises the question of why these ...Starting at €8.20
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Pinduoduo
Zhu, Feng; Palepu, Krishna G.; Yining Cao, Bonnie; Lau, DawnCase HBS-620040-EService and Operations ManagementFounded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur, Colin Huang, Pinduoduo Inc. (PDD) had become China's fastest-growing e-commerce platform in history. PDD pioneered a new approach to online shopping that allowed shoppers to share products, invite friends to form shopping teams, and purchase together at discounted prices. The company's rapid development helped it debut on the Nasdaq in July 2018, only three years after its inception. The fast growth was par...Starting at €8.20
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Floward
Palepu, Krishna G.; Arora, NamrataCase HBS-124010-EStrategyIn 2022, Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani, CEO and co-founder of Floward, an online flower and gifting company established in Kuwait in 2017, contemplated the firm's growth trajectory. Floward, an e-commerce enterprise that offered fresh-cut flowers sourced directly from global growers and had control over the entire delivery chain, had expanded its footprint to 32 cities across nine MENA countries and had ventured into the UK. Witnessing a remarkable CA...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Transformation at Tata Steel
Palepu, Krishna G.; Narayandas, Das; Kak, RadhikaCase HBS-323053-EStrategyT.V. Narendran, CEO of Tata Steel, India's oldest steel manufacturing firm, had taken concrete business and cultural transformation steps to future-ready the firm since taking over in 2013. He had deleveraged and instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, entered new segments and adjacent businesses, and launched digital transformation, agility, safety, and sustainability programs. At the heart of his transformation program lay the ...Starting at €8.20
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InPart (Spanish version)
Lassiter, Joseph B.; Roberts, Michael J.; Biotti, Jon M.Case HBS-815S15EntrepreneurshipStacey Lawson, HBS 1996, comenzó a piezas CAD representaciones compañía de base de datos para los diseñadores e ingenieros de ayuda con el proceso de diseño. La compañía ha completado su producto y está empezando a venderlo. El caso examina cuestiones relacionadas con la organización de la fuerza de ventas y el precio del producto.Starting at €8.20
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CVD Incorporated versus A.S. Markham Corporation (A) (Spanish Version)
Roberts, Michael J.; Walton, Ennis J.Case HBS-310S21EntrepreneurshipDescribe la odisea legal de dos ingenieros que dejaron su antiguo empleador para iniciar una empresa que era directamente competidor. Los temas incluyen los contratos de trabajo, licencias de tecnología, competencia económica, secretos comerciales e información confidencial. Proporciona una buena oportunidad para que los estudiantes exploren los aspectos legales y éticos que rodean el concepto de propiedad intelectual.Starting at €8.20