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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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Conad, "Persone Oltre Le Cose"
Audicana Arcas, Julio; Rodríguez Bouzo, S.Case IIST-PI-170Service and Operations ManagementConad, ha doblado su facturación en los últimos 10 años. Es la segunda cadena de distribución de productos de gran consumo en Italia, con una cuota de mercado del 12% y la primera en el formato supermercado. Aglutina a más de 2.700 socios detallistas repartidos por todo el país y que pertenecen a siete cooperativas diferentes. El liderazgo del retail italiano parece al alcance de la mano de CONAD. Ejercicio tras ejercicio, arañan cuota al líder. ...Starting at €8.20
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Fiore di Zucca
Serrano, Alejandro; Calvo, EduardCase P-1183-EService and Operations ManagementFiore di Zucca was one of Italy's leading producers of bags of ready-to-eat precooked vegetables. Francesco Ferrati, the chief operating officer, reviewed the results of a new policy of producing goods without waiting to receive orders from customers. He was satisfied with the improvement in customer response time. However, the inventory had expanded so much that one of the warehouses of finished products had almost come to a standstill twice due...Starting at €8.20
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Lamborghini
Díaz, Francisco; Nueno, PedroCase P-821Service and Operations ManagementRecientemente adquirida por Chrysler, Lamborghini tiene problemas relacionados con el desarrollo de producto. El director general de la empresa se plantea la posibilidad de contratar los servicios de una consultora para implantar una metodología de «time-to-market». El equipo directivo se muestra reacio a la entrada de dicha consultora. (Also available in English).Starting at €8.20
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King & Miranda: El proyecto Olivetti
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Suárez-Cantón N.Case P-814Service and Operations ManagementLa concepción del diseño de un nuevo teclado realizada por dos diseñadores afincados en Italia, trabajando conjuntamente con la empresa Olivetti. El nuevo teclado significaba la ruptura, por un lado, con la forma de utilización tradicional del usuario y, por otro, con la estructura de producción de la empresa. El diseño final surgió, no en base a una necesidad detectada, sino a un análisis y estudio profundo de las razones sociales y técnicas que...Starting at €8.20
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Korean Air: The Nut Rage Incident
Thompson S.H. Teo; Mei Jie ZhaoCase IVEY-9B15D017-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn December 2014, after receiving poor service on a flight, a senior vice president at Korean Air lashed out at the flight attendants and delayed the flight’s departure until the chief attendant was returned to the gate. Following a tepid apology from her father, Korean Air’s chief executive officer, her actions drew a public backlash because they exposed the sense of entitlement prevalent among rich family conglomerates in South Korea. How shoul...Starting at €8.20
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Otoyol Motor Company
Jim KayalarCase IVEY-9B09M053-EMarketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyOtoyol Motor Company, a large commercial vehicle manufacturer, is on the verge of being liquidated by its shareholders. Despite all efforts to maintain its competitive position, the company has been caught in a downward spiral. Erosion of its first mover advantages, shifts in industry core competencies and changes in consumer preferences have depreciated the company's value proposition and deteriorated its market share. Utilizing empirical data, ...Starting at €8.20
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Alara Agri: Fresh Cherry Production
Chris J. Piper; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B09D004-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyAlara Agri, based in Bursa, Turkey, is one of the world's foremost cherry and fig producers. The president and chief executive officer (CEO) was concerned about a recurring capacity problem at the end of the process where cherries were packed. On some of the plant's conveyor belts, piles of cherries of one size waited to be packed while other belts had too few cherries to keep workers busy, and thus delayed order fulfillment. Diverting excess che...Starting at €8.20
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Fastjet: Strategy and Expansion
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; James Spillane; Jocelyn Carabott; Cheryl Mok; Nicole WiebeCase IVEY-9B18D018-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn 2012, Fastjet acquired Fly540, a low-cost airline with operations in Tanzania, Kenya, Angola, and Ghana, and began operating as a low-cost carrier with the goal to become the most successful pan-African low-cost airline. Since starting operations, FastStarting at €8.20
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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Upton, David M.; Kim, BowonCase HBS-609018-EService and Operations ManagementExplores the journey of aggressive learning and capability building in the operations of a major Korean Shipbuilder. While DSHM had once used its superior learning capability to topple its Japanese competition, it now faced the potential for a similar attack from new Chinese competitors. Without outsourcing some of its work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transf...Starting at €8.20