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Modern Agricultural Farm: Budgeting for Control
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B13B025-EAccounting and Control, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn May 2011, the managing partner of the Modern Agricultural Farm in rural Pakistan was reviewing the set of performance reports for the previous month sent by the farm accountant. These reports had been designed by a management analysis and research consultant to convert the farm system to that used by the head office of the Alamgir Group of businesses, of which the farm was a part. There were two concerns: how to handle the fluctuations in the ...Starting at €8.20
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem (Abridged)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-620071-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes the efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lower the cost of production of vaccines to prevent polio infections. It is an abridged version of Case No. 620-021 with less emphasis on comparison between traditional and the new compact modular process developed with the Foundation's funding. It focuses more on the lowering of entry barriers to vaccine manufacture and some of the perceived risks associated with that.Starting at €8.20
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IFP, Indonesia
Shapiro, Roy D.Case HBS-610052-EService and Operations ManagementIFP, Ltd. is a Europe-based multinational mining and minerals company contemplating an investment to produce forest products in Indonesia. The primary case decisions are 1) how to assess political and operating risk, 2) how to integrate economic and political risk analysis in order to select among the alternative spatial and operating configurations, and 3) how to manage operations in order to minimize risk. This case is an effective vehicle for ...Starting at €8.20
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IFP, Indonesia (Spanish version)
Shapiro, Roy D.Case HBS-617S05Service and Operations ManagementIFP, Ltd. es una empresa multinacional de la minería y los minerales basados en Europa contemplando una inversión para producir productos forestales en Indonesia. Las decisiones de los casos principales son 1) la forma de evaluar político y operativo de riesgos, 2) la forma de integrar el análisis del riesgo económico y político con el fin de seleccionar entre las configuraciones espaciales y operativos alternativos, y 3) la forma de gestionar ...Starting at €8.20