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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem (Abridged)
Shih, WillyCase HBS-620071-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes the efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lower the cost of production of vaccines to prevent polio infections. It is an abridged version of Case No. 620-021 with less emphasis on comparison between traditional and the new compact modular process developed with the Foundation's funding. It focuses more on the lowering of entry barriers to vaccine manufacture and some of the perceived risks associated with that.Starting at €8.20
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Singapure National Kidney Foundation
Ribera, JaumeCase P-1090-EService and Operations ManagementThe NKF in Singapore has been very successful in fundraising and supporting its main beneficiaries: patients with kidney diseases. Under the leadership of its CEO it has achieved excellent levels in the areas of fundraising, marketing, patient care and so on. It has even been able to extend its support to children's diseases. However recent criticisms in the press about a business deal with an insurance company and the high level of reserve funds...Starting at €8.20
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Gelato: Sustainable production on demand: Facilitating global trade through local production
Jané, Joan; Torrell, MarcCase OIT-20-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementGelato was launched in 2012, and it has since created the world's largest network for local production and distribution of customized products. Through Gelato's marketplace platform, e-commerce sellers and creators can drive print-on-demand business models by working with printing suppliers to customize products with their own designs to sell them on a per-order basis under their own brand. With the latest funding round of $240 million in August...Starting at €8.20
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SMRT: Getting Back on Track
Thompson S.H. Teo; Cherie Heng; Cheryl Lee; Zhuoran Liu; Shi Qing Ng; Xinyi Sherry YuanCase IVEY-9B18D004-EService and Operations ManagementOn July 7, 2015, a power fault during the evening commute led to a system-wide disruption on SMRT, Singapore’s heavily used mass rapid transit lines. Train service on both lines was shut down for more than two hours, affecting more than 413,000 commuters. The public was outraged at the scale of the breakdown and how ineffectively it was handled. Detailed investigations revealed the breakdown to be a result of maintenance lapses, and SMRT was crit...Starting at €8.20
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Seeking Market Based Solutions
Zenios S; Denend L; Elliott TCase SGSB-OIT106-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Improving Access to Safe Water Through Innovative Sales and Distribution Models
Zenios S; Denend L; Elliott TCase SGSB-OIT108-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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Cinco pilares para hacer negocios en África
Mudida, Robert; Lago Esteban, AlejandroArticle ART-2670Economics, Service and Operations Management, StrategyÁfrica está cada vez más en el punto de mira de las empresas. Es la nueva frontera de los negocios, pero, como ocurre con otras regiones emergentes, los no iniciados necesitan un mapa. Este artículo presenta los cinco pilares de la actividad empresarial en el contexto africano. Tras detenerse en las principales tendencias macroeconómicas, los autores ofrecen una hoja de ruta para la entrada en los mercados del continente. La propuesta es fruto de...Starting at €8.20
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Ébola: cuando una buena gestión salva vidas
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676Service and Operations ManagementEl ébola se ha cobrado más de diez mil víctimas en apenas un año y durante varios meses la epidemia amenazó con extenderse sin control por todo el mundo. ¿Cuáles han sido los principales errores y escollos en la gestión de la crisis?Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Número 10. Tercer trimestre 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-10Economics, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyHoy, las empresas que piensan en internacionalizarse, innovar y crecer tienen muy claro que deben dirigirse a los mercados que llamábamos emergentes, y que ahora se conocen como de alto crecimiento. Pero las realidades de estos mercados ya no son como hace una década. Los artículos de este número de IESE Insight apuntan algunos aspectos que las empresas harían bien en tener en cuenta. Mauro F. Guillen y Esteban García-Canal repasan la...Starting at €22.00
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Provein: Decisiones en la Gestión de Stocks
Garrido Martínez, EnriqueCase IIST-PI-121Information Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementPROVEIN era una pequeña empresa sevillana que se dedicaba a la venta al detalle de piezas de recambio para vehículos industriales. En el momento del caso se encontraba en una situación complicada, debido a la bajada de la actividad económica y, por lo tanto, al incremento de la presión competitiva. Adicionalmente, los proveedores del sector (multinacionales) habían ido cerrando sus almacenes en España, para pasar a servir desde Centroeuropa y los...Starting at €8.20