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Glovo: Expanding Quick Commerce
Moreno, Antonio; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-621094-EService and Operations ManagementIn March 2021, delivery app CEO Oscar Pierre and his team consider strategies to grow Glovo's quick commerce delivery service and to approach their expansion in Kenya.Starting 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
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Rural Electrification in Nicaragua (Abridged)
Shiekh, Tahir; Gomez-Ibanez, JoseCase HBS-HKS483-EService and Operations ManagementIn the fall of 2001, officials of the National Energy Commission of Nicaragua were reviewing a pilot study of the options for electrification in three rural communities. Rural electrification was an important issue in Nicaragua since 40 percent of the population, mostly in rural areas, was without power. Many of those lived too far from the main high-voltage grid to be served easily with grid extensions. The consultants were recommending subsidiz...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