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Comviva: Exploring New Frontiers (B)
Roscini, Dante; Rao-Kachroo, Mahima; Ramachandran, ShreyaCase HBS-721010-EService and Operations ManagementAfter articulating its ambitious growth plans, mobile services provider Mahindra Comviva, active in over 90 countries, is thinking about how to titrate and re-plan its growth strategy given the coronavirus pandemic. Its India headquarters considers its people costs, financial investments in acquisitions, and its uncertain future as India continues to remain under lockdown and more people are working from home at Comviva than ever previously in it...Starting at €5.74
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Axis My India
Raman, Ananth; Winslow, Ann B.; Dey, KairaviCase HBS-621075-EService and Operations ManagementPradeep Gupta founded Axis My India (AMI) as a printing and publishing company in 1998. In 2013, AMI expanded into consumer research and election forecasting. Although a relatively unknown entity, AMI predicted several election results accurately. Gupta describes AMI's rigorous process of research, primary data collection from each constituency, quality checking of data by auditors and data analysis. AMI partnered with India Today Group to broadc...Starting at €8.20
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Deepa Bachu (A): Design Thinking at Pensaar Design
Graeber, Thomas; Schwartzstein, Joshua R.; Migdal, AmramCase HBS-923026-EService and Operations ManagementIn this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company's zero-accident goal. The case contains information on the conglomerate ITC and its subsidiary, ITC Paperboard and Specialty Papers (PSPD), along with background on worker safety trends in India. During Pensaar...Starting at €8.20
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TCS: From Physical Offices to Borderless Work
Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Sen, MaliniCase HBS-621081-EService and Operations ManagementWhat should the norms be for 25% in-person and who should determine them-senior managers, associates, clients, government regulators? How should the company convince veterans that virtual mentoring was as effective-if not more so-in preserving and further enriching the culture of mentorship? How should TCS deal with labor regulations around the world, if 'Talent on the Cloud' led to workers relocating and living in different geographies? Finally...Starting at €8.20
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Hub and Spoke, HealthCare Global, and Additional Focused Factory Models for Cancer Care
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Ghorawat, Amit; Krishnan, Meera; Saggi, NaiyyaCase HBS-313030-EService and Operations ManagementThis case compares and contrasts four different models for delivering cancer care in India and the US. Students are asked to select the best model in its alignment with the Six Forces in those two countries and Africa, to which one of the models is considering expansion, and intrinsic business characteristics. The Indian models are all focused factories, but one is a hub and spoke model, with a radiology hub and ambulatory spokes, while the other...Starting at €8.20
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Intel: Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A)
Alcacer, Juan; Herman, KerryCase HBS-713406-EService and Operations ManagementIn mid-2005, Intel is examining its options for where to locate its next assembly and test plant. On its short list of potential sites includes locations in China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each country has its own unique benefits and risks related to infrastructure, governance, education, business culture, intellectual property protection, labor markets, experience working with Western firms, and tax breaks and other incentives. Intel's Gene...Starting at €8.20
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ISRO: Explore Space or Exploit CubeSats
Choudhury, Prithwiraj; Khanna, Tarun; Lakhani, Karim R.; Tahilyani, RachnaCase HBS-617062-EService and Operations ManagementThe Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) achieved global acclaim by launching successful missions to the moon and Mars at a fraction of the cost of prior Western missions. It is now faced with an important strategic dilemma-whether to continue exploring deep space in collaboration with NASA and other leading agencies, whether to leverage its infrastructure for societal uses, or whether to exploit a commercial opportunity related to launching...Starting at €8.20
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Oberoi Hotels: Train Whistle in the Tiger Reserve
Buell, Ryan W.; Raman, Ananth; Muthuram, VidhyaCase HBS-615043-EService and Operations ManagementCelebrated as one of the world's premiere luxury hotel brands, Oberoi Hotels attracts and serves some of the most quality sensitive guests in the world. The case considers the challenge of how an organization, with a standardized service model, can repeatedly delight customers whose expectations grow with every interaction. To explore this question, the case details the design elements of Oberoi's complex service operation, including its approa...Starting at €8.20
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The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time , Teaching Note
Thomke, StefanTeaching Note HBS-613062-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 610059Starting at €0.00
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The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time
Thomke, Stefan; Sinha, MonaCase HBS-610059-EService and Operations ManagementThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Describes the Mumbai-based Dabbawala organization, which achieves very high service performance (6 Sigma equivalent or better) with a low-cost and very simple operating system. The case explores all aspects of their system (mission, information management, material flows, human resource system, process...Starting at €8.20