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Cataumet Boats, Inc., Teaching Note
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Davis, MarkTeaching Note HBS-917510-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for case 917509.Starting at €0.00
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Cataumet Boats, Inc.
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Davis, MarkCase HBS-917509-EService and Operations ManagementJaime Giancola, an MBA student, has recently completed an operations management course in which aggregate production planning (APP) was one of the topics. She believes that that her family's business, Cataumet Boats, which her grandparents started and which her mother and uncle now own, might benefit from applying APP concepts to identify the different ways they might schedule workers, which could be especially valuable during the peak demand sea...Starting at €8.20
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Rackspace Hosting in Late 2000
Heskett, James L.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.Case HBS-808166-EEntrepreneurshipThe leadership team of Rackspace, faced with accommodation of its service offering and dwindling financial reserves, decides to make customer focus the rallying cry of its new strategy. This short case was designed as the discussion igniter for a series of short video clips describing the shift to a more customer-focused approach.Starting at €8.20
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Southwest Airlines: In a Different World, Teaching Note
Heskett, James L.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.Teaching Note HBS-910426-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 910419.Starting at €0.00
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Playa Dorada Tennis Club: Expansion Strategy, Teaching Note
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Kazan, BrentTeaching Note HBS-4222-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 4221.Starting at €0.00
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Build a Strong and Adaptive Ownership Culture
Heskett, James L.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Wheeler, JoeBook Chapter HBS-3831BC-EService and Operations ManagementWhy is it that many of the same companies appear on lists of the best places to work, the best providers of customer service, and the most profitable in their industries? What do managers at the best places to work understand that others don't? They understand that the identification of organization values is meaningless without a determination of the behaviors, measures, and actions that reinforce the values. They understand that strong and adap...Starting at €8.20
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Allianz Turkey: Focus on the Customer (A)
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-316093-EService and Operations ManagementAt the age of 39, Solmaz Alt n took over the helm at Allianz Turkey. Solmaz quickly realized that, although the insurance market was thinly penetrated in Turkey, the company was operating in a very competitive environment with pressure on prices and, hence, cost control. Consequently, customer satisfaction was suffering. Despite the growing Turkish economy and a favorable regulatory environment, Solmaz was struggling to grow the company without ...Starting at €8.20
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Leverage Value Over Cost: Developing Customer and Employee Ownership
Heskett, James L.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Wheeler, JoeBook Chapter HBS-3827BC-EService and Operations ManagementOrganizations that foster customer and employee ownership gain an edge on the competition by designing their operating strategies and systems to leverage value over cost. They carefully align all the elements of the strategic value vision to create a unified, self-reinforcing enterprise focused on ownership-and in the process they achieve enviable margins. They pay particular attention to what the authors call "deep indicators," or key value leve...Starting at €8.20
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Thomas Green: Power, Office Politics, and a Career in Crisis, Teaching Note
Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Beckham, HeatherTeaching Note HBS-2096-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 2095.Starting at €0.00
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Sustain Your Success: Foster Employee and Customer Ownership to Lock in Success
Heskett, James L.; Sasser, W. Earl, Jr.; Wheeler, JoeBook Chapter HBS-3832BC-EService and Operations ManagementGoogle, the company "Fortune" magazine recently identified as the best place to work in the U.S., offers an inspiring example of management practices that engage employee and customer owners to help create the value that both groups desire. But Google, like so many other companies, faces the challenge of how to lock in this success. According to the authors, the key to overcoming this challenge is a relentless focus on innovating and improving th...Starting at €8.20