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Royal FloraHolland: The Dutch Floriculture Supply Chain
P. Fraser Johnson; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16D015-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn January 2016, the program director of Royal FloraHolland and a supply chain consultant met to develop a supply chain strategy that would allow Royal FloraHolland to adapt to the changing competitive environment that jeopardized its business model. Royal FloraHolland was the largest floriculture auction organization in the world, selling more than 30 million flowers and plants daily. Located in the Netherlands, Royal FloraHolland was a co-opera...Starting at €8.20
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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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&Samhoud Service Management (Spanish Version)
DeLong, Thomas J.; Nanda, Ashish; Mullick, MonicaCase HBS-804S12Service and Operations ManagementY Samhoud, una pequeña empresa de consultoría de gestión de servicios en los Países Bajos, se enfrenta con el dilema de despedir a su mayor cliente, mientras que la introducción de la teoría de la cadena de beneficios servicio de Heskett.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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Enbos Neuro: la app de pacientes
Ribera, JaumeCase OIT-38Service and Operations ManagementEl caso presenta la situación de una gestora de proyectos encargada de la implementación de una app para seguimiento de pacientes neurológicos, a la que se le pide que justifique el avance de su proyecto a las pocas semanas de su lanzamiento. Ella cree que todo va bien, incluso un poco adelantado respecto a lo previsto, pero las percepciones de su jefe difieren bastante. El caso proporciona información sobre el cronograma original, el avance en l...Starting at €8.20
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Enbos
Bol, J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1060-EService and Operations ManagementEnbos was the successor to a state-owned Dutch energy company that was partly privatized in 1994, although the state continued to control energy prices and the geographic market to which it could be supplied. From 2003 the energy sector would be wholly privatized and companies would have to compete for customers. The leader of the software implementation and development project at Enbos organizes and supervises the team whose job is to deal with ...Starting at €8.20
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Philips: From Products to Platforms
Darren Meister, Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W25545-EInformation Technologies, StrategyIn March 2020, the chief innovation and strategy officer (CISO) of Amsterdam-based Koninklijke Philips NV (Philips), a global leader in health technology, was surveying the distance that Philips had traversed in its transition from products to platforms.Starting at €8.20
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FBTO
Ribera, JaumeCase P-892Service and Operations ManagementThe FBTO insurance company is evaluating the results of its Customer Loyalty Program, aimed at reducing the defection rate of its customers. For the last three years the company has provided premium discounts in insurance policies to customers who had several policies with FBTO and who had a long standing relation. Now the company tries to evaluate several alternatives to the exiting program that could provide equivalent or higher value to the cu...Starting at €8.20
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Telkom South Africa: Business Model Innovation in a Changing Industry
Albert Wöcke; Morris MthombeniCase IVEY-W25729-EInformation Technologies, StrategyIn May 2021, the chief executive officer of Telkom SA SOC Limited (Telkom) in South Africa was facing a dilemma. Fifth generation (5G) technology was about to be introduced to the country’s communications industry. While Telkom had fared well during the COVID-19 global pandemic, even managing to gain market share from its much larger competitors, the anticipated release of additional coverage spectrum for the new 5G technology was going to put pr...Starting at €8.20