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El Agro Food Cluster en la región Central de Dinamarca (B)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1617Economics, Innovation and Change, StrategyEn el caso se describe una iniciativa en Jutlandia Central que consiste en un parque empresarial que aspira a convertirse en un (micro)clúster. Paul Cornillon, presidente del consejo del Danish Food Cluster, tiene que sacar adelante la iniciativa ahora que el clúster se ha lanzado oficialmente. Para la redacción del caso se han tomado como base datos ya publicados y entrevistas con miembros del Gobierno, el equipo gestor del Agro Food Park y otr...Starting at €5.74
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Programa de Administración Compartida y los Comités Locales de Administración de la Salud (CLAS)
Altobelli, L.; Pancorvo J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1010Service and Operations ManagementDurante los últimos años se ha estado desarrollando e implantando a nivel nacional los CLAS: organizaciones comunitarias sin fines de lucro constituidas para participar y cogestionar establecimientos sanitarios para el cuidado primario del Ministerio de Salud. El caso describe aspectos de la reforma de salud peruana relacionados principalmente con este esquema de gestión compartida que cubre hoy casi el 20% de la planta sanitaria pública. Se trat...Starting at €8.20
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Bang & Olufsen: la innnovación impulsada por el diseño
Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Austin, Robert D.Case HBS-117S02Service and Operations ManagementUna empresa de éxito, reconocido mundialmente por el exquisito diseño de los productos electrónicos de consumo, se esfuerza por integrar mejor diseño de software en sus procesos de diseño de productos físicos tradicionales para satisfacer las demandas de un mundo post-iPod. Detalla el proceso de Bang & Olufsen "impulsada por el diseño de la innovación", que funciona de manera muy diferente que en los procesos de desarrollo de productos de muchas ...Starting at €8.20
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Publish or Protect? (Spanish version)
Shih, Willy; Chai, SenCase HBS-615S15Service and Operations ManagementShould they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and nobody else could patent them? They wish to preserve their freedom to practice, but they are very concerned about competitors' ability to benefit from LEGO Group's R&D investments or alternately interfere with its freedom to operate.Starting at €8.20
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Human-Centered Service Design (Spanish version)
Buell, Ryan W.; Otazo, AndrewCase HBS-617S03Service and Operations ManagementTeach this case online with new suggestions added to the Teaching Note. This case study includes mandatory video elements, which are integrated into the pre-class assignment for students and the classroom teaching plan for instructors. Information on how to access and use these multimedia components is included in the Teaching Note. The case describes IDEO, one of the world's leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and pr...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Responsibility & Community Engagement at the Tintaya Copper Mine (A) (Spanish version)
Rangan, V. KasturiCase HBS-513S02StrategyLocated in the highlands of Peru, the Tintaya copper mine has long been a source of intense conflict between local community members and mine operators. The mine, which was owned and managed first by the Peruvian state and later by BHP Billiton, stands on 2,300 hectares of land expropriated from local subsistence farmers. In 2000, to contest this loss of land, mining-related environmental degradation, and allegations of human rights abuses, a coa...Starting at €8.20
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Quilts of Denmark: Managing Open Innovation
Wim VanhaverbekeCase IVEY-9B16M213-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyQuilts of Denmark was a Danish start-up company founded in 2000 with the goal of producing high-quality, functional quilts and pillows that contributed to healthy sleep. The company’s open innovation with a space agency and technology company resulted in an “intelligent” quilt that regulated body heat, providing users with an elusive but much-desired experience: a good night’s sleep. Selling a premium product in a commodity market was a challenge...Starting at €8.20
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Cembrit Holding A/S: At a Crossroads
Romeo TurcanCase IVEY-9B17M008-EStrategyCembrit Holding A/S (Cembrit), the second-largest producer of fibre cement products in Europe, had experienced a period of restructuring, acquisitions, and consolidation as a result of having acquired fibre cement companies involved in production, sales, and distribution throughout Europe and closing down its own production in Denmark. After years of restructuring and struggling, growth had finally picked up, with turnover reaching an average of ...Starting at €8.20
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Mi Tiendecita de Moda: Selling Fashion Through Facebook in Peru
Matthias A. Tietz; Susan Calderón UrbinaCase IVEY-9B15M065-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA young Peruvian MBA graduate, who previously had worked in international marketing firms, founded an online fashion store and has been selling North American fashion products through Facebook, personal sales events and pop-up stores. The business has been growing profitably with an increasing customer base, overcoming initial supply side issues. Three years after the launch, however, the personal approach to satisfy each customer, a stronghold o...Starting at €8.20
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NKT Photonics A/S: Doing Business at the Technological Frontiers
Torben Pedersen; Githa KurdahlCase IVEY-9B16M055-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTo improve its profitability, NKT Photonics A/S (NKT), a small Danish company operating in the global photonics industry, was getting ready to undertake the commercialization process of its highly advanced optical fibre technology. NKT’s chief executive officer (CEO) was considering two options for accomplishing this goal: (1) establishing strategic partnerships with system integrators in order to gain access to commercial customers, or (2) repos...Starting at €8.20