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El Celler de Can Roca: Best in the World - Teaching Note
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacTeaching Note MT-45-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingThis note serves as an instructor's guide to the case study "El Celler de Can Roca: Best in the World" (M 1357 E). The case sets out the monthly schedule of one of the three Roca brothers - the managers of the world-renowned haute cuisine restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. Through this schedule, the case reveals the inner workings of the business: its strategy, structure, positioning, corporate culture, and performance. In many ways, El Celler de ...Starting at €0.00
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Digital Competition in Fashion & Luxury Goods: YNAP versus Farfetch - Teaching Note
Sastre Boquet, Isaac; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Baldo, AndreaTeaching Note SMT-120-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn 2015, Yoox CEO Federico Marchetti spearheaded the deal of a lifetime, merging Yoox Group with Net-a-Porter Group. But in 2017, two years later, the financial community was expecting him to deliver results. Moreover, a new threat had emerged. Farfetch, a luxury platform that aggregated the inventories of over 500 luxury boutiques all over the world, had reached US$800 million in sales after less than 10 years of operations, with a staggering 70...Starting at €0.00
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Amazon.com, Inc: The AI Transformation
Samila, Sampsa; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1724-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes the development and application of AI at Amazon. This case has been used to discuss in class the wide range of AI applications at Amazon, the competitive effects of those AI applications, the process to develop those AI applications, and the current state of Amazon organization.Starting at €8.20
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Standardization and Innovation, The Adventures of an IT Leader, Teaching Note
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonTeaching Note HBS-5507-EInformation Technologies"The Adventures of an IT Leader" invites readers to "walk in the shoes" of a new CIO, Jim Barton, as he spends a difficult year learning effective information technology leadership, sidestepping the pitfalls that make the CIO job the most volatile, high-turnover job in the business. This chapter addresses the problem of proliferating IT technologies.Infrastructure complexity increases the cost of overhead and the demand for IT support; it increas...Starting at €0.00
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Big Bank Experiments With Artificial Intelligence
Zamora, Javier; Virgili, Joaquim; Bandach, Natalia; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-203-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, Finance, Information Technologies, StrategyFlorence Smith, CEO of Millennials Bank, was heading towards the board meeting where the directors of Big Bank (owner of Millennials Bank) where going to review the results of the newly created Millennials Bank, a digital branch of the main bank which targets the millennial generation. This initiative also serves as a pilot on how to make the bank a more dynamic entity. However, despite high hopes for change, the new digital bank is so far not me...Starting at €8.20
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El Celler de Can Roca: Best in the World
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1357-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingEl Celler de Can Roca is a three-Michelin star restaurant that has been named the best restaurant in the world by several specialist publications and has won several awards. The case sets out the schedule for one month of El Celler operations, showing the multiple activities in which the three Roca brothers - the visible heads and driving forces of the organization - are engaged on a daily basis. The restaurant's unconventional way of operating a...Starting at €8.20
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Bodegas PRADOREY: Keys to the Future of a Family Business in the Winemaking Industry
Elvira, Marta; Proaño Vicente, Ángel; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1708-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn 2022, after several tough years turning the company around, Bodegas PRADOREY was finally looking towards the future. Founded in 1989, this family-owned winery had become an important winemaker within Ribera del Duero, one of Spain's Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) winemaking regions. But PRADOREY's road had not been an easy one. The winery had gone through difficult times in the 2010s, which could easily have ended the company. Thanks to...Starting at €8.20
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Anovo Ibérica: introduciendo IA en las operaciones
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-207Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementEn 2018 Anovo, un proveedor de servicios posventa para productos de tecnología, empezó a estudiar la posibilidad de utilizar IA para mejorar la eficiencia de sus operaciones. En 2020, ja estaba en marcha la prueba piloto de su primera implementación: un nuevo proceso de diagnóstico automatizado, que empleaba aprendizaje automático (machine learning o ML) para optimizar las operaciones de la empresa en reparación de smartphones. Hasta el momento l...Starting at €8.20
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Paack: Harnessing Data in the Logistics Industry
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-213-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeIn early 2021, Jan de Tienda, Chief Strategy and Data Officer (CSO/CDO) of Paack and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Fernando Benito were discussing the next steps for the rapidly growing company, which was becoming more and more complex as it grew in scale. Paack was a parcel delivery company that allowed final customers to schedule their deliveries. This reduced the number of failed delivery attempts and resulted in more convenience and efficienc...Starting at €8.20
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The DIA of Tomorrow: Can New Ownership Turn Around the Business?
Calleja, Luis Manuel; Elvira, Marta; Proaño Vicente, Ángel; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1712-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIn 2019, seven years after going public, DIA, the third largest supermarket chain in Spain in revenue, was going through the most important crisis in its history. That year it had narrowly avoided bankruptcy, thanks to the intervention of LetterOne, the investment fund of Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman who, after a long, complex and controversial takeover, had become the largest shareholder in the company. One of LetterOne's first decisions, in M...Starting at €8.20