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CFWshops
Friedman, Jared; Mungai, Edward; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1104-EService and Operations ManagementCFWshops is a network of pharmacy franchises in Kenya, managed by the Sustainable Healthcare Foundation (SHF). The parent company of SHF is the Healthstore Foundation based in Minnesota, US. The non-profit HealthStore Foundation (HS) (formerly Sustainable Healthcare Enterprise Foundation) was founded in 1997 by Scott Hillstrom to ¿prevent needless death and illness by improving access to essential medicines in a sustainable way¿. Based on the bas...Starting at €8.20
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Helio Polymer Enterprises
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Juma Wagoki; Clarke Eaton; Wesley Hunt; Matthew SmartCase IVEY-9B14D002-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyHelio Polymer Enterprises, located in Nakuru, Kenya, is a company that manufactures synthetic polymer gunny bags used in the transportation and handling of animal feed. The owner wants to expand her business operations so she can serve more clients. She has three options: to add a night shift, buy a new printing machine or start producing laminate gunny bags for other markets. Before she makes the decision, she must understand her current operati...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
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Caesar IT Services: Comercializar múltiples propuestas de valor en una sola empresa
Stremersch, Stefan; Bellezza, SilviaCase M-1227Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementCaesar Group, una empresa de servicios informáticos profesionales, competía en el mercado holandés de tecnología de la información desde 1993. La propuesta de valor inicial de la empresa consistía en ofrecer a sus clientes una capacidad humana cualificada (puesta a disposición de capital humano, o body-shopping) a un precio económico por hora o día. La reacción de la compañía a la creciente evolución del servicio de body-shopping fue formular pro...Starting at €8.20
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Enbos
Bol, J.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1060Service and Operations ManagementEnbos era la sucesora de una empresa holandesa de titularidad estatal parcialmente privatizada en 1994, aunque el Estado continuó controlando el precio de la energía y el mercado geográfico al que se podía suministrar. A partir de 2003, el sector energético se privatizaría totalmente, por lo que las empresas tendrían que competir por los clientes. El director del proyecto de implementación y desarrollo del software organiza y controla el equipo n...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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Samsung Electronics: TV in an Era of Convergence
Lakhani, Karim R.; Iansiti, Marco; Herman, KerryCase HBS-614034-EService and Operations ManagementFrom the late 1990s to 2006/2007, Samsung Electronics moved from one of 170 TV manufacturers to gain dominant TV market share year over year from 2007-2013. As digital technologies increasingly converged in 2013-2014, the industry faced new questions: What was the future of TV? The case considers Samsung Electronics TV Group's product development processes, as the company's mobile and TV offerings increasingly converged and consumer demands and b...Starting at €8.20
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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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Euroflowers Holding BV
Zantinga J.Case P-695Service and Operations ManagementEl holding Euroflowers es un intermediario en la industria de plantas y flores. En Holanda la compañía está integrada verticalmente en mayoristas y detallistas subsidiarios. Dos cadenas británicas de supermercados ofrecen posibilidades de expansión. El caso analiza la influencia de los precios, del transporte y de los resultados logísticos en un emplazamiento internacional. [El caso es una versión ampliada de Export-Flowers BV (P-653)].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