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Service Improvement: A Thousand Small Improvements
Munoz-Seca, BeatrizTechnical Note PN-494-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementImplementing a "thousand small improvements" approach depends on three essential factors: desire, opportunity and method. Desire involves identifying what self-interested objective is being pursued. Opportunity refers to the physical and mental space needed for an idea to emerge and be put forward. Method is the structural support that helps people think about and come up with improvements. Without these three elements, it will be impossible to a...Starting at €8.20
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New Features Demand
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Arenas, RocioTechnical Note PN-489-EService and Operations ManagementNew Features Demand is a new activity for the firm's service operational structure. Its purpose is to unleash all the potential in the agent-client service encounter. This will translate into new services or new service features. Companies can benefit greatly from their service workforce by extracting new ideas that can help them improve their competitive advantage. This note describes observation and active listening as the two main techniques t...Starting at €8.20
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The National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM)
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepCase P-1129-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes the challenges that Miguel Ángel Recio, director-general of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, INAEM) must overcome to introduce a 21st-century approach to operations. The INAEM is a public institution with 14 affiliated units, from the Teatro de la Zarzuela (TZ) to the Spanish National Orchestra and Choir (OCNE). The case is presented mainly through a ...Starting at €8.20
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Miles Everson at PricewaterhouseCoopers
Eccles, Robert G.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-410062-ELeadership and People ManagementMiles Everson, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), is the Global Engagement Partner (GEP) for a large U.S. financial institution and about to take over this role for a much larger global financial institution. The GEP role is a critical one at PwC. GEPs have responsibility for the firm's largest and most important clients. They must manage a vast external network of client employees and an equally vast internal network of the firm's employ...Starting at €8.20
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Mayhem on Madison (B)
Kohn, A. Eugene; Lane, DavidCase HBS-208102-EFinanceExplains the approvals and construction process for a building to be constructed against neighborhood opposition above an operating bank branch in New York City.Starting at €5.74
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A Model for Configuring Operations in Service Companies
Munoz-Seca, BeatrizTechnical Note PN-495-EService and Operations ManagementThis note presents the Service Problem Driven Management (SPDM) model for the overall configuration of operations in service companies. SPDM is an integrative approach that helps managers classify and order the measures that need to be taken to ensure that operations are fully in line with company strategy. A distinguishing feature of SPDM is the use of knowledge, which is integrated in the overall operations scheme. SPDM encompasses measures tak...Starting at €8.20
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Abridged)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-613003-EService and Operations ManagementThis case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assessed the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through informal knowledge marketplaces and sharing networks, Danone had helped managers connect with each other and share good practices peer-to-peer, rather than relying on traditional hierar...Starting at €8.20
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High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital, Teaching Plan
Rose, Clayton; Lane, DavidTeaching Note HBS-313048-EThis teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case "High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital," (A) and (B), HBS Nos. 312-007 and 312-008, to help faculty deepen student comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion.Starting at €0.00
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Overview of Service Design in the Performing Arts
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Rodriguez, MartaTechnical Note PN-479-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note intends to provide an overview of the existing studies on service design in the performing arts, which are mainly focused on the world of theater, as well as some practical cases to find out what issues should be approached or examined more deeply in further research.Starting at €8.20
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Chrysler Fiat 2009
Harreld, J. Bruce; Marshall, Paul W.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-811030-EEntrepreneurshipIn spring 2009, Chrysler entered a prepackaged bankruptcy and exited 40 days later in a deal with Fiat, the U.S. Treasury, and the UAW that kept the automaker alive. Looking forward, what was necessary for Chrysler to move beyond the life support it had received? What was possible? Looking back, how should the company's restructuring be assessed?Starting at €8.20