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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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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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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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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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Essent: From a State-Owned Utility to a Commercial Company (B)
Raman, Ananth; Corsi, ElenaCase HBS-621038-EService and Operations ManagementA formerly state-owned Dutch energy utility transforms itself to compete in a dergulated environment.Starting at €5.74
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Euroflowers Holding BV
Zantinga J.Case P-695-EService and Operations ManagementThis is an intermediary in the cut flowers and plants industry in Holland. The company is vertically integrated with wholesale and retail subsidiaries. Two UK based supermarket chains offer possibilities for expansion. The case analyses the influence of pricing, transport and logistics issues in an international setting.Starting at €8.20
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Caesar IT Services: Marketing Multiple Value Propositions in One Firm
Stremersch, Stefan; Bellezza, SilviaCase M-1227-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementCaesar, a professional IT services firm, has competed in the Dutch IT market since 1993. Its initial value proposition was providing its customers with qualified human capacity at a low hourly or daily rate (often referred to as "body-shopping"). To escape the increasing commoditization of this type of service, the company formulated a new value proposition in 2003, so called TimeValue projects, consisting of the delivery of complete IT projects,...Starting at €8.20
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Etrip
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Julian Heere; Robert SpitalarCase IVEY-9B09D002-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn February 2008, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Fly Open Sky Ltd. was finalizing a business plan for Etrip, a proposed online travel startup in the European travel market. He wanted to use the plan to convince investors to commit $100,000, which would provide the first round of financing in a lead up to a further investment of $500,000. The CEO had a vision of developing Etrip as a superior online travel reservation system and desired to i...Starting at €8.20