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Healy Hudson: e-Sourcing Solutions (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Sachon, MarcCase P-1019-PBInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementBased in Munich, Bavaria, the company is a pioneer in the world of e-procurement. It has developed an online purchasing system for the Business-to-Business sector. In the fall of 2000 it is selling two e-commerce products: Impact Ordering and Impact Sourcing. The former is a simple electronic catalog ordering system; the latter is designed for the sourcing of complex goods.Starting at €8.20
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Barona S.A. (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Fraguas, Rafael; Tàpies, JosepCase SM-1526-PBCorporate GovernanceJoaquín Machado, owner of the company Barona S.A., is forced to activate the board of directors when a new partner joins the company. In this situation, Machado considers the possibility of giving a broader perspective to the board's approach.Starting at €8.20
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Constructors & Co. Chicago USA (B) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rus, Salvador; Tàpies, JosepCase SM-1545-PBInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyLa empresa Constructors & Co. es una empresa de construcción que a lo largo de las generaciones ha conseguido establecerse en el mercado y que también ha sido capaz de diversificarse. Durante tres generaciones la empresa ha tenido éxito a lo largo de los años. Pero en el paso de la tercera a la cuarta generación la empresa está estancada, sin capacidad para generar beneficios y sin un plan claro de sucesión del líder. El accionariado de la empres...Starting at €5.74
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Unilever (2017): The Board of Directors and the CEO in Governance and Strategy (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Canals, JordiCase SM-1671-PBCorporate GovernanceThe Kraft Heinz takeover offer to buy Unilever in February 2017 is an inflection point for a leading company in the global consumer goods industry that has been doing quite well for the past few years. Unilever is a multi-stakeholder company that has become the leader in sustainability strategy in the fast moving consumer goods landscape. This case allows for a discussion on what the board and the CEO should do in facing and preparing a formal a...Starting at €8.20
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Gas Natural: Improving the Profitability of Servigas (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Guitart, Iván; Rocha e Oliveira, PauloCase M-1234-PBMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementMarta Muriel has recently been promoted to director of residential natural gas service with the mandate of boosting profits for the company's home maintenance services, Servigen. She and her team have designed four measures, among others, that involve a trade-off between cost reduction and improvements in service quality. Now she has to decide which ones to actually implement based on their impact on the company's bottom line.Starting at €8.20
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The Matrix Organization: Basic Aspects, Problems, Competencies, and Tools (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Lavezzolo, Sebastián E.; Rodríguez-Lluesma, CarlosTechnical Note DPON-122-PBLeadership and People Management, StrategyThe matrix structure is envisioned as a way to overcome the limitations of functional and divisional organizational models, making the best use of each of them while also avoiding their main flaws. We identify a matrix organization fundamentally by recognizing two or more dimensions, implementing a dual reporting system with responsibilities assigned to functional and production departments, pertaining to customers or markets, where matrix manag...Starting at €8.20
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Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel Incident (A) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Lago, Alejandro; Valadas, JorgeCase M-1251-PBMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementThis case describes the ordeal experienced by passengers who were trapped under in English channel on December 2009 and poses questions related to how managers should react to the situation. The main issues that come out in the case relate to how the firm should react to this service failure.Starting at €8.20
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Relevant Costs for Decision Making (III): Product Decisions at Capacity (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rosanas Martí, Josep MariaTechnical Note CN-144-PBAccounting and ControlThis is the third of a three-note series (CN-155-E, CN-143-E and CN-144-E). This note introduces decision rules for situations where the company is working near capacity. The basic rule of contribution per unit of capacity is stated and applied to a variety of situations.Starting at €8.20
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Relevant Costs for Decision Making (II): Product Decisions at Under Capacity (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rosanas Martí, Josep MariaTechnical Note CN-143-PBAccounting and ControlThis is the second of a three-note series (CN-155-E, CN-143-E and CN-144-E). This note deals with the use of cost accounting data for decision making purposes. After classifying business decisions between investment and operating decisions, and the latter between pricing and production decisions, the note studies production decisions in situations where the firm is working below production capacity. The special order problem, dropping and adding ...Starting at €8.20
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Tessile Milano, SpA (B) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Chinchilla, Nuria; San Martín, ÁlvaroCase DPO-433-PBLeadership and People ManagementPart B describes the sales director's analysis of the situation and his immediate action plan. This document is based on the "Tessuni Dalmine" case (FH-649-E).Starting at €5.74