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Kristen's Cookie Co. (A) (Abridged)
Bohn, Roger E.; Hammond, Janice H.Caso HBS-608037-EServicios y operacionesThe student is starting his or her own business, baking make-to-order cookies. Basic times of each operation are laid out and the student is asked to determine the consequences for the operating system. Serves as an exercise and review of concepts such as capacity, bottlenecks, and throughput times. Students should be able to make several useful suggestions for improving the system.Desde 8,20 €
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Kristen's Cookie Co. (A) (Abridged) (Spanish version)
Bohn, Roger E.; Hammond, Janice H.Caso HBS-611S03Servicios y operacionesThe student is starting his or her own business, baking make-to-order cookies. Basic times of each operation are laid out and the student is asked to determine the consequences for the operating system. Serves as an exercise and review of concepts such as capacity, bottlenecks, and throughput times. Students should be able to make several useful suggestions for improving the system.Desde 8,20 €
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Amazon.com's European Distribution Strategy (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.; Chiron, ClaireCaso HBS-617S04Servicios y operacionesDescribes how Amazon's distribution system evolved from the company's inception. In 2003, Amazon Europe must decide how to reconfigure its distribution network in light of expected growth, products proliferation, and geographical expansion in Europe. Examines how characteristics of suppliers and customers differ across the markets Amazon serves in Europe. The protagonist must consider the degree of centralization appropriate for the European netw...Desde 8,20 €
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Wayfair: Fast Furniture
Hammond, Janice H.; Shih, AnnaCaso HBS-618036-EServicios y operacionesDesde 8,20 €
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Managing Inventory, Teaching Note
Hammond, Janice H.Nota del Instructor HBS-8017-EServicios y operacionesTeaching Note for Product #8016.Desde 0,00 €
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Peak Investment Capital
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCaso HBS-219061-EIniciativa emprendedoraKobbina Awuah (MBA 2014) became intrigued with the possibility of adapting Entrepreneurship through Acquisition in Ghana, where he grew up and where his family still lived. While he knew he could work for a multi-national enterprise located in Ghana, he was confident that buying a small business to run provided an opportunity to have more of an impact. He formed Peak Investment Capital (PIC) at the beginning of 2014 with the goal of finding a bus...Desde 8,20 €
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Unilever: Combatting Global Food Waste
Drake, David; Hammond, Janice H.; Preble, MatthewCaso HBS-615040-EServicios y operacionesThe global consumer goods company Unilever was on pace to hit a number of aggressive targets by 2020 as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Project, including a goal to halve the waste associated with the disposal of its products. Unilever's Chief Supply Chain Officer Pier Luigi Sigismondi and his team were working towards this goal and had chosen to first focus on three key areas-sugar, tomatoes, and tea-and had analyzed where in the 'farm t...Desde 8,20 €
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African American Inequality in the United States
Hammond, Janice H.; Massey, A. Kamau; Garza, MayraCaso HBS-620046-EConocimiento y comunicaciónEducators and students can access this "African American Inequality" note for free. You can obtain the download here: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/tu/3ea60564 This note describes how historical and on-going policies and practices that discriminate against African Americans led to present-day inequality. Topics include slavery, segregation, Jim Crow laws, "black codes," and policies and practices relating to criminal justice, housing, and education.Desde 8,20 €
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Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceArtículo HBS-R1701M-EIniciativa emprendedoraAn increasingly popular route to success as a small business owner is "acquisition entrepreneurship"--buying and running an existing operation. If you're considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. (1) Think it through. Do you have the right qualities for the job (managerial skills, confidence, persuasiveness, persistence, a thirst for learning, and tolerance for stress)? Are you willing to trade the...Desde 8,20 €
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Ozark Feed and Ag Corporation: The ERP Decision
Hammond, Janice H.; Kalmbach, Paul; Bernstein, EricCaso HBS-616019-EServicios y operacionesThis case describes a medium size business that manufactures animal feed for commercial and companion animals. The company has been growing rapidly, and is considering whether or not to implement an ERP system. Ozark currently uses an IT system built and refined in-house, and though less flexible than desired, allowed for some specific functionality the company used, such as a pricing system tied to the company's commodity hedging positions on a ...Desde 8,20 €