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S&P Indices and the Indexing Business in 2012
Viceira, Luis M.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCaso HBS-213049-EFinanzasIn June 2012, Standard & Poor's Indices is finalizing a deal with the CME Group, the largest global exchange for futures and options and majority owner of Dow Jones Indexes, to combine their respective indices business into a new joint venture called S&P Dow Jones Indices. This case discusses the index provider business model through the lenses of this transaction: sources of revenue and profitability, business valuation, uses of indexes in the m...Desde 8,20 €
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Nota Tecnica en Direccion de Proyectos (Spanish version)
Robert Klassen; P. Fraser JohnsonCaso IVEY-9A98DS12Servicios y operacionesLos fundamentos en la administracion de proyectos son descriptos y aplicados en un simple problema didactico. Tambien se presentan los pasos necesarios para la administracion de proyectos, incluyendo el caculo del camino critico, usando CPM.Desde 8,20 €
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Metropolitan College
P. Fraser Johnson; Robert KlassenCaso IVEY-9B09D012-EServicios y operacionesA manager of Student Services at a small college was very concerned about the delays and costs of processing student registrations during the annual orientation week. She glanced at recently collected data on processing times for the six major steps that the registration process required. She wondered how the process might be improved while balancing budgetary pressures to reduce costs.Desde 8,20 €
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Unicon Concrete Products (H.K.) Ltd. (Spanish version)
Robert Klassen; P. Fraser JohnsonCaso IVEY-9A98DS06Dirección estratégica, Servicios y operacionesLa empresa Unicon provee productos de concreto premoldeados al floreciente mercado de la construccion de Hong Kong. El subdirector se encuentra evaluando una oportunidad para obtener una carta blanca en la aprobacion regulatoria para los productos a medida disenados por Unicon para su cliente mas importante, la Autoridad de la Vivienda de Hong Kong. Esta oportunidad promete una reduccion de costos tanto a Unicon como a este cliente, aunque quedan...Desde 8,20 €
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Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pisano, Gary P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCaso HBS-610036-EServicios y operacionesExamines the process used by a major motion picture studio to develop and select movie projects. Warner Bros.' strategy is to focus its efforts on a small number of major "event" films (i.e., films with the potential to generate gross box-office receipts of $300 million or more). This strategy--which has worked for the past two years--entails risks. The studio is now asking how it can better manage these risks and, specifically, how it can improv...Desde 8,20 €
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Dividend Policy at Linear Technology (Spanish version)
Baker, Malcolm P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCaso HBS-209S19FinanzasIn 1992, Linear Technology, a designer and manufacturer of analog semiconductors, initiated a dividend. The firm increased its dividend by approximately $0.01 per share each year thereafter. In fiscal year 2002, Linear experienced its first significant drop in sales since its 1986 initial public offering. Sales dropped by 47%, and profits fell by 54%. In the spring of 2003, CFO Paul Coghlan is deciding whether to recommend yet another increase in...Desde 8,20 €
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Amyris Biotechnologies: Commercializing Biofuel
Pisano, Gary P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCaso HBS-610031-EServicios y operacionesIn 2009, Amyris Biotechnologies was building a plant in Brazil that used synthetic biology to convert sugarcane into both renewable fuels and renewable chemicals. The Amyris' marketing team was investigating the commercial interest for both types of products, while the research and development team and the operations group were building processes that could accommodate both as well. CEO John Melo hoped to have commercial product available in 2011...Desde 8,20 €
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Building Sustainable Distribution at Walmart Canada
Robert Klassen; P. Fraser Johnson; Asad ShafiqCaso IVEY-9B13D010-EDirección estratégica, Servicios y operacionesThe director of logistics at Walmart Canada, was developing plans for a new distribution centre in Alberta. Senior management had presented her with a challenge: why not build the most sustainable distribution centre in the world? Yet, much remained unclear about how to translate this challenge into specific actions, while keeping in mind corporate goals for sustainability. Her team now was exploring three options that promised to be significantl...Desde 8,20 €