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Formvac A/S
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Tryggestad, S.Case P-848-EService and Operations ManagementStarting at €8.20
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HMS Thetis and Apollo XIII (Spanish Version)
Upton, David M.; Carp, SariCase HBS-606S28Service and Operations ManagementExplora la gestión de desastres técnicos en los que el tiempo juega un papel central. Utiliza la experiencia de HMS Thetis y Apolo 13 a mirar a ambos enfoques exitosos y no exitosos.Starting at €8.20
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Fate of the Vasa (Spanish version)
MacCormack, Alan; Mason, RichardCase HBS-608S28Service and Operations ManagementIn 1628, the royal warship Vasa was launched. It was Sweden's most expensive naval vessel ever built, costing over 5% of GNP. On its maiden voyage, the ship sailed 1,400 yards in its own harbor, heeled over to the side, and then sank. One third of the 150 crew and officers were killed. An inquiry was convened to establish the cause of the disaster, with testimony taken from, among others, the ship's captain, its officers, the ship's designer, and...Starting at €8.20
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Purchasing Consortium for the BMS Industry in Singapore
Mei Qi; Siew Hwa OngCase IVEY-9B12D014-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategySince November 2011, the director and chief scientist for Acumen Research Laboratories (ARL) had been conferring with Spring Singapore — a government agency devoted to the city-state’s economic growth — on ways to improve the current procurement practices of the biomedical science (BMS) industry in Singapore. As a senior chief scientist and the founder of ARL, she saw and experienced tremendous purchasing inefficiency and quality problems in the ...Starting at €8.20
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Kjell & Company: Electronics Accessories Retail in the Nordics
Palepu, Krishna G.; Narayandas, Das; Herman, KerryCase HBS-116009-EService and Operations ManagementSwedish electronics accessories retailer Kjell is considering several issues as it plots its next stage of growth. How should it balance opportunities to expand retail stores into a new market (Oslo, Norway) with additional growth in its home market-Sweden-with decisions about investments to build out its nascent online channel? Simultaneously, the company is piloting a new sales associate performance management system: should store associates be...Starting at €8.20
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Shangri-La Hotels
Campbell, Dennis; Kazan, BrentCase HBS-108006-EService and Operations ManagementIn November 2006, Symon Bridle, the newly appointed chief operating officer of Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, was thinking about a number of organizational issues that presented challenges to Shangri-La's rapid expansion strategy. There were three major iStarting at €8.20
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United Overseas Bank: Branch Crowd Analytics
Joel Goh, Rachel Seah, Karl Ann TooCase IVEY-W28415-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementThis case focuses on the use of modern data analytics to alleviate crowding at the branches of United Overseas Bank, a full-service bank headquartered in Singapore. The case is set in 2020 against the backdrop of the COVID-19 global pandemic when vaccines were not yet available and social distancing was a key tool in the fight against the spread of the disease. How should the bank develop and deploy predictive analytics to accurately anticipate f...Starting at €8.20
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Project Management Basics, Faculty Debrief Slides
Austin, Robert D.Case HBS-PPT004-EService and Operations ManagementTo view the presentation, add it to My Library. Next, go to My Library and click View PPT. Supplemental Powerpoint debrief slides to 3356. Download only. See main product for abstract.Starting at €8.20
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McDonald's Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain-From Amazon Soya to Cage Free Eggs, Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.Teaching Note HBS-616021-EService and Operations ManagementThis case provides an opportunity for students to consider how large, multinational corporations should respond when targeted by activists regarding environmental and social concerns in their supply chains. Greenpeace targeted McDonald's because its chicken supplier was purchasing soya (soybeans for chicken feed) that were grown on recently deforested land in the Amazon rainforest. Although its supply chain purchased a very small amount of this c...Starting at €0.00
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Lexoo: Building a Long-Lasting Platform
Farronato, Chiara; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-619019-EService and Operations ManagementLexoo, a UK-based online marketplace for legal services, was facing the strategic choice of how to grow from early start-up to mature platform. Daniel van Binsbergen, Lexoo's CEO, and web developer Chris O'Sullivan, CTO, had set up Lexoo to help Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to find legal advice at low prices. At the time of the case in 2018, Lexoo had just started attracting larger companies in need of specialized legal advice as new...Starting at €8.20