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Share Now: Aiming for Profitable Growth (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Moscoso, Philip; Soto, ManuelCase P-1173-PBService and Operations Management, StrategyEl caso describe las recientes decisiones tomadas por la dirección de Share Now, la empresa líder en carsharing (resultante de la integración de car2go con Drive Now). Como parte de su plan estratégico para Madrid (España), la compañía ha decidido ampliar su zona de cobertura en 27 km2 y añadir 450 coches eléctricos a su flota. Además, se implementarán precios dinámicos, en función de la demanda. El principal reto de Share Now consiste en conse...Starting at €8.20
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Companyia Cervesera del Montseny (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Soler, Edi; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-80-PBDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThis case study contains the interview that the authors conducted with the main partners of the brewery Companyia Cervesera del Montseny in June 2018. A decade after being set up, the company had managed to grow but with poor profitability and enormous debt, due to the investments that they had made in the previous few years. However, they had the feeling that they had reached a point where it was no longer possible to grow organically but, rathe...Starting at €8.20
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Learning the Machine: Anovo Ibérica Introduces AI in Operations (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-207-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2018, Anovo, a service provider for technology products, began studying the possibility of introducing AI to improve the efficiency of its operations. In 2020, it was already piloting its first implementation - a new automated diagnostics process that employed machine learning (ML) to optimize the company's smartphone repair business. So far, the results of the pilot had been encouraging: aftersales service was a low-margin business, which mad...Starting at €8.20
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Gas Natural: Improving the Profitability of Servigas (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Guitart, Iván; Rocha e Oliveira, PauloCase M-1234-PPMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementMarta Muriel has recently been promoted to director of residential natural gas service with the mandate of boosting profits for the company's home maintenance services, Servigen. She and her team have designed four measures, among others, that involve a trade-off between cost reduction and improvements in service quality. Now she has to decide which ones to actually implement based on their impact on the company's bottom line.Starting at €8.20
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Suppliers Selection at Pepsico Europe (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Serrano, Alejandro; Nadjia Gassner; Humberto Pardi; Girbal Puig, AlbertCase P-1190-PBService and Operations ManagementIn 2018, Pepsico is considering adding a new supplier of CO2 to its manufacturing process in Eastern European plants. The new supplier offers a very competitive price, but other key aspects, such as reliability, service level, etc. should be carefully pondered before making a decision. Also, adding a new supplier implies removing one of the extant ones. Which one should be removed? The proposal made by Migdalski, head of purchasing in Eastern Eur...Starting at €8.20
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Nelson Pereira - Teaching note (Portuguese)
Fonseca Pires, JoséTeaching Note AESE-FH-A-1004 TN-PPStrategyNelson Pereira é Director Comercial da Green Trip, Agência de Viagens portuguesa, líder de mercado no sub-sector "empresas", e que está a sofrer as consequências da crise financeira de 2008. O Presidente da Green Trip, sogro de Nelson, homem metódico e organizado, contratou o há cerca de 1 ano ciente da sua capacidade de trabalho, da sua dedicação e empenho. Para Nelson, as 24 horas do dia não são suficientes para comportar todas as actividades a...Starting at €0.00
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Nelson Pereira (Portuguese)
Fonseca Pires, JoséCase AESE-FH-A-1004-PPStrategyNelson Pereira é Director Comercial da Green Trip, Agência de Viagens portuguesa, líder de mercado no sub-sector "empresas", e que está a sofrer as consequências da crise financeira de 2008. O Presidente da Green Trip, sogro de Nelson, homem metódico e organizado, contratou o há cerca de 1 ano ciente da sua capacidade de trabalho, da sua dedicação e empenho. Para Nelson, as 24 horas do dia não são suficientes para comportar todas as actividades a...Starting at €8.20
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Barcelona Air Control Center (ACC) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Grasas, Alex; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1052-PBService and Operations ManagementThe case describes air traffic management, taking the Barcelona Air Control Centre as an example. The air traffic controller plays a crucial role in air traffic management. The case also describes this role and details the air traffic controller's functions and responsibilities.Starting at €8.20
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Motores Rivero S.A. (MORSA) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Ribera, Jaume; Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-74-PBService and Operations ManagementThis exercise presents the decisions to be made by a manager related to the management of inventories of an engine part. It is well suited as an introduction to inventory management as it presents different evolving situations and allows the professor to discuss batch inventory, safety inventory, as well as the impacts of uncertainty in the values and the availability of financing in the final decisions.Starting at €8.20
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La Fageda: A Crazy Initiative (A): Challenges of Growth and Governance in 2014 (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1324-PBCorporate Governance, StrategyThe case not only presents the situation of La Fageda in 2014, but also reviews some of the information provided in case M-1218. La Fageda is the third leading brand in market share in the Catalan yogurt market and the one that is consistently growing above the market average. Its uniqueness is that its workers are classified as having intellectual disabilities and/or severe mental disorders. The mission of social and workplace integration of bot...Starting at €8.20