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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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Think Customers Hate Waiting Not So Fast...
Buell, Ryan W.; Norton, Michael I.Article HBS-F1105B-EService and Operations ManagementManagers typically look for ways to reduce wait time to increase customer satisfaction. New research suggests there's a better approach: showing customers a representation of the effort, whether literal or not, being expended on their behalf while they wait. (The prototypical example is the travel website Kayak, which shows customers each airline it searches.) Studies show that customers prefer waiting when the work being done is transparent-even...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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El sector cultural
Herrero, Quionia; Marco, Elvira; Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepTechnical Note PN-453Economics, Service and Operations ManagementLa cultura en sí misma es una actividad económica que genera empleo e ingresos fiscales y que compra bienes y servicios. Se perfila como un campo en expansión dentro de la economía de los países industrializados donde ha crecido en los últimos años por encima del PIB con un volumen de generación de empleo superior a la media.Starting at €8.20
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People Often Trust Eloquence More Than Honesty
Rogers, Todd; Norton, Michael I.; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1011D-ELeadership and People ManagementThough we'd like to think that it always pays to be honest, new research from Harvard proves that it doesn't necessarily. A new study that compared viewers' reactions to a candidate's answers to questions in a debate reveals that when the candidate dodged a question eloquently, people liked and trusted him nearly as much as when he gave a direct response. What's more, they preferred artful dodges to honest but less articulate answers. That findin...Starting at €8.20
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Juan Valdez: Innovation in Caffeination
Norton, Michael I.; Dann, JeremyCase HBS-513090-EMarketingCorporate entrepreneurs attempt to revive Colombia's famous Juan Valdez brand in the age of Starbucks, with caf chain and packaged coffee ventures. In the 1970s and '80s, the iconic Juan Valdez ingredient brand was the most recognized in the world of coffee. The success of advertising based on this character garners the Colombian coffee industry price premiums in international markets, especially the US. By the 2000s, Colombia's coffee sector i...Starting at €8.20