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Tiempos de producción e inventarios de lotes
Ribera, Jaume; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-321Service and Operations ManagementEsta nota utiliza las curvas de input/output para analizar la creación de inventario en un proceso de fabricación multinivel. Describe el efecto de los distintos tamaños de lote en el tiempo de producción del proceso. (Also available in English).Starting at €8.20
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Las nuevas tecnologías en el sector cultural
Herrero, Quionia; Marco, Elvira; Riverola, Josep; Munoz-Seca, BeatrizTechnical Note PN-455Knowledge and CommunicationLos museos, como instituciones dinámicas que desempeñan una función social, no son ajenos a las oportunidades que brindan las nuevas tecnologías. Éstas propician el acceso de un público más amplio a los contenidos e información de los museos y favorecen la relación entre la institución y algunos grupos sociales como los jóvenes o las personas con discapacidades. Los estudios sobre la manera en que afectan las nuevas tecnologías al público de los ...Starting at €8.20
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Fundación del Teatro Lírico: Teatro Real - Teaching Note
Riverola, JosepTeaching Note PT-45-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note written to help in the teaching of case P-1064-E. The case describes the management structure, and how the different departments coordinate the highly complex task of producing an opera.Starting at €0.00
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The Truck of the Future: The ENESA Advanced Technology Group
Riverola, Josep; Suárez-Cantón N.Case P-790-EService and Operations ManagementIn 1991, Enasa, a state-owned company that designed and produced trucks and heavy vehicles, was sold by its owner, INI, to an Italian company.The general management of the purchasing company stated that it was considering whether or not to continue with the development of the Truck of the Future, as well as tryinig to determine what could be gotten out of this project. The dilemma that the company faced was the following: Should the product, of w...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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The Eleganzia Group
Ofek, Elie; Corsi, Elena; Sajnani, Bharat; Casian-Botez, Sorina; Tronci, FrancescoCase HBS-511115-EMarketingEleganzia Group management faces tough decisions heading into the summer of 2010. With tourism on the decline due to the global economic recession, General Manager Giannuzzi must decide how to set prices at the Forte Village Resort, the Group's most well-known property. His management team is further divided on whether the pricing model at the resort should change to being all-inclusive (as opposed to one where guests are charged for each additio...Starting at €8.20
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Santander Consumer Finance
Trumbull, Gunnar; Corsi, Elena; Barron, AndrewCase HBS-711015-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. A Spanish company has to decide if they should expand into the fragmented European consumer finance market and has to make important organizational strategy decisions, in the midst of the world economic downturn that followed the 2007 US credit crunch. Since 2002, the consumer finance branch of the Spanish banking Grupo Santander, Santander Consumer Finance (SCF) had grown i...Starting at €8.20
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Chamonix, S.A.
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepCase P-711Service and Operations ManagementUna empresa dedicada al diseño de productos de tecnología avanzada, se enfrenta con ofrecer una carrera profesional a sus técnicos. El caso se presta a discutir las ventajas e inconvenientes del "Modelo Y" de desarrollo profesional y su implementación.Starting at €8.20
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Zara: Managing Stores for Fast Fashion
Ton, Zeynep; Corsi, Elena; Dessain, VincentCase HBS-610042-EService and Operations ManagementPablo Isla, the CEO of Zara, wanted to improve operational efficiencies in managing its store network. In particular, he wanted to improve labor productivity at the stores. He considered outsourcing certain store operations to third parties, changing the way store managers were compensated, and creating formal operating procedures for store operations. But he knew he had to be careful. Could an emphasis on improving labor productivity hurt other ...Starting at €8.20
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Gucci Group: Freedom within the Framework
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Corsi, Elena; Dessain, VincentCase HBS-109079-EAccounting and ControlGucci Group's CEO had to decide if his decentralized management style was the most effective philosophy in an economic downturn. The sharing of customer information across units and its use in the creative process are key initiatives analyzed in the case. CEO Robert Polet joined the high-end fashion Gucci Group in 2004, after 26 years at one of the largest consumer goods companies. Since his arrival, the Group had grown both in revenues and profi...Starting at €8.20