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Vaccination in Bogotá before the decentralisation and reform of the Health System in Colombia (A)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1028-EService and Operations ManagementDecentralization as part of the reform of the health system has had a significant impact on the effectiveness of the public health system. The case shows the difficulties encountered in regional management and the decisions that have been made to achieve the goals that have been set. The case provides a general description of certain government initiatives in the context of the reform of the health system in Colombia, subsequently focusing on the...Starting at €8.20
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Improving Health Care Access for the Poor: A Case Study of the Washington DC Public Health Care System Reforms (A)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1046-EService and Operations ManagementThe Major of Washington must decide how to restructure the health care of the District of Columbia, which has suffered from severe financial crisis. The availability of resources contrasts with its poor health outcomes. The main provider of health care to the uninsured, the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation is forecasted to exhaust its FY2001 subsidy by the middle of March. A commission has submitted its recommendations, which inclu...Starting at €8.20
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Improving Health Care Access for the Poor: A case Study of the Washington DC Public Health Care Systems Reforms (B)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1047-EService and Operations ManagementThe Major of Washington must decide how to restructure the health care of the District of Columbia, which has suffered from severe financial crisis. The availability of resources contrasts with its poor health outcomes. The main provider of health care to the uninsured, the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation is forecasted to exhaust its FY2001 subsidy by the middle of March. A commission has submitted its recommendations, which inclu...Starting at €5.74
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Martian Rocket Products
Serrano, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase OIT-36-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the situation faced by MRP, a manufacturer of parts for the aerospace industry. Mamagers have to decide how many parts of each component should be ordered from the suppliers.Starting at €8.20
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NJOY, Inc.
Allison Johnson; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B15A032-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingNJOY, Inc., an electronic-cigarettes enterprise based in Phoenix, Arizona, conducted some Experiential Concept Tests (ETCs) on a sample size of 215 panelists. The sample included a mix of gender, age, education and income. It also included a mix of users and non-users of electronic cigarettes. In light of the consumer insights gained from the ETCs, NJOY Inc. wants to leverage the results to resolve three particular issues and pave the company’s w...Starting at €8.20
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GM: The Opel Decision
Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M022-EStrategyIn July 2009, General Motors Company (GM),the world's second largest automotive enterprise, has come out of a bankruptcy orchestrated by the U.S. federal government. Leaner and focused after a 40-day exercise, GM is still a long way from a full-fledged financial recovery. The company is under a mandate to concentrate first on its U.S. market. Its European subsidiary, which manufactures the Opel cars, has been struggling for nearly a decade. The b...Starting at €8.20
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Xerox Innovation Group - From Products to Services
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14M034-EStrategyThe world's leading documents company is in a transformation mode. From being a provider of cutting-edge technology products for decades, it is moving towards providing product-service combinations. As a person driving this enterprise-wide change, the head of Xerox Innovation Group (XIG) is facing two specific issues. How should XIG become more customer-centric? How should the company build new competencies to provide consistent services across d...Starting at €8.20
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Salesbrain LLC - B2B Communications
Dante Pirouz; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B12A005-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn May 2010, the “chief pain officer” of SalesBrain, a neuroscience-based marketing research and coaching company located in California, has been approached for advice by the marketing head of Digital Technology International (DTI), a Utah-based provider of technology solutions for the global publishing industry. DTI has been struggling with communicating the core value proposition of its offerings to customers, including leading newspaper publis...Starting at €8.20
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Security Breach at TJX
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B08E003-ECorporate Governance, Information TechnologiesThe chief security officer of TJX Companies Inc. (TJX) faces a dilemma on his first day on the job. The company has discovered in December 2006, a computer intrusion dating back to 2005. There is an ongoing investigation, involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the attacks. The company is also in the middle of several class action law suits over losses suffered by financial institutions due to breaches of customer privacy. The ch...Starting at €8.20
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Vacunación en Bogotá ante la descentralización y reforma del sistema de salud en Colombia (A)
Gallardo H. M.; Camacho M.; Tono T.; Pancorvo J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1028Service and Operations ManagementLa descentralización dentro de la reforma del sector salud ha tenido un gran impacto en los resultados de la salud pública. El caso muestra las dificultades encontradas a nivel regional y las decisiones que se han tomado para lograr los objetivos trazados. El caso presenta una descripción general de algunas intervenciones públicas en el contexto de la reforma de salud en Colombia, y se concentra en el análisis descriptivo de la evolución, decisio...Starting at €8.20