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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00
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Saga Falabella: Investing in a New Store
Hepp R.; Prada A.; Martínez Abascal, EduardoCase F-776-EFinanceSaga Falabella, the largest department store chain in Latin America, is considering opening a new store in Arequipa. The profit-loss accounts, balance sheets and asset and shareholder cashflows are analyzed, as well as profitability, project risks, and other factors which could influence the decision. A discussion is presented of which cashflows should be included in the project, and which should not.Starting at €8.20
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Programa de Administración Compartida y los Comités Locales de Administración de la Salud (CLAS)
Altobelli, L.; Pancorvo J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1010Service and Operations ManagementDurante los últimos años se ha estado desarrollando e implantando a nivel nacional los CLAS: organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro constituidas para participar y cogestionar establecimientos sanitarios para el cuidado primario del Ministerio de Salud. El caso describe aspectos de la reforma de salud peruana relacionados principalmente con este esquema de gestión compartida que cubre hoy casi el 20% de la planta sanitaria pública. Se trat...Starting at €8.20
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La flor y el volcán: cómo el Eyjafjallajökull alteró la industria keniata de las flores
Chaturvedi, Aadhaar; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1106Service and Operations ManagementEn la mañana del 19 de abril de 2010, el señor Eduard Ngugi, gerente de la finca de rosas Uraidi, se planteaba qué hacer con las rosas que, durante dos días ya, colmaban la cámara frigorífica. Para entonces, las flores, sedentes en aquel cuarto frío situado a orillas del keniata lago Naivasha, debían estar en camino hacia los hogares de los clientes de Europa occidental. Sin embargo, la erupción explosiva del volcán islandés Eyjafjallajökull, ac...Starting at €8.20
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Exportflowers BV
Zantinga J.Case P-653-EService and Operations ManagementA small export company in the Dutch cut flower industry finds itself confronted with a series of demands from a large UK supermarket. Issues include channel integration and control, the types of risks encountered in this type of industry, as well as purchasing policies at an auction center and large company. The case includes a description of the Dutch Auction System as used in the flower trade. A video can be supplied through the Flower Bureau i...Starting at €8.20
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Endemol Entertainment
Lupo D.; Mendez M.; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-736-EFinanceThis case deals with financial analysis of a fast growing company. It highlights the relationships between the firm´s growth rate and its short-term financial needs.Starting at €8.20
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Human-Centered Service Design (Spanish version)
Buell, Ryan W.; Otazo, AndrewCase HBS-617S03Service and Operations ManagementTeach this case online with new suggestions added to the Teaching Note. This case study includes mandatory video elements, which are integrated into the pre-class assignment for students and the classroom teaching plan for instructors. Information on how to access and use these multimedia components is included in the Teaching Note. The case describes IDEO, one of the world's leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and pr...Starting at €8.20
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New Earth Mining, Inc. (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Wang, WeiCase HBS-917S19FinanceNew Earth Mining is one of the largest producers of precious metals in the U.S. While the firm operates mines primarily in the U.S. and Canada, it has also made substantial investments in gold exploration projects in Australia and Chile. New Earth has been very successful and has a large amount of cash on the balance sheet, a simple debt structure, and a reasonable leverage ratio with liquidity risk. With a strong financial position, the firm con...Starting at €8.20