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El nuevo hospital para Heredia Colaboración Pública-Privada para la atención sanitaria
Cercone J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1003Service and Operations ManagementEl director de un hospital regional de Costa Rica elabora, junto con un alto funcionario de la CCSS, la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, un nuevo modelo de colaboración publico-privada en la atención sanitaria, ante unas estrictas limitaciones de inversión publica. El caso sigue el proceso del proyecto, presenta los diferentes problemas encontrados y muestra como ha logrado asegurar el soporte de los distintos grupos involucrados. La CCSS ha...Starting at €8.20
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A New Hospital for Heredia. A Public-Private Partnership for Health Care
Cercone J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1003-EService and Operations ManagementTogether with a senior official from the CCSS, the Costa Rican Social Security organization, the principal of a regional hospital in Costa Rica draws up a new model for public-private cooperation in health care, given the stringent limitations on public investment. The case follows the project's progress, presents the various problems encountered, and shows how it has succeeded in gaining the support of the various stakeholders involved. The CCSS...Starting at €8.20
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AGROESSA: An LP Optimization Model for Coffee Sales in La Esperanza AgroIndustrial
de Waal P. N.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-299-EService and Operations ManagementRufino Herrera, the president of AGROESSA, was pondering the implications of the recommendations which came out of the work of Nico de Waal, an MBA student who worked for AGROESSA as a summer intern in 2004. The recommendations focussed on AGROESSA's cash flow management during the coffee harversting season. It was argued that AGROESSA could improve its profits by carefully considering when and to which market it should sell its coffee production...Starting at €8.20
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Introducing DRGs as an Instrument for Clinical Management
Cercone J.; Márquez G.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1048-EService and Operations ManagementThe case focuses on the use of DRGs in Costa Rica from the original motivation to use them, the implementation steps, the difficulties found and how they were addressed. The case describes the changes that occurred as a result of DRG introduction, and how the ?perverse incentives? were managed. The emphasis is on the lessons learnt in order to define the following implementation steps. The DRG system can be a useful tool to better organizing medi...Starting at €8.20
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Tiburon
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Sean CautermanCase IVEY-9B09D003-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn April, 2008, the president of Tiburon, a manufacturer of camouflage components based in the Dominican Republic, met with Tiburon's parent company and sole customer, GMA. GMA, based in Guelph, Ontario, was an equipment supplier to the United States Army. Tiburon had only been in business one month, and the president was analyzing the current production process in each of the Dominican and Guelph plants. There were noted differences between the ...Starting at €8.20
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Introducción de los Grupos de Diagnóstico Relacionado (GDR) como instrumento de gestión clínica
Cercone J.; Márquez G.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1048Service and Operations ManagementEl caso se concentra en el uso de los GDR en Costa Rica, desde la motivación para comenzar a usarlos, los diferentes pasos a seguir, las dificultades en la implementación y cómo se resolvieron. Se discuten los cambios que ocurrieron como resultado de la introducción de los GDR, y cómo se manejaron los "incentivos perversos". Se hace énfasis en las lecciones aprendidas con el objeto de definir cómo seguir adelante a partir de este punto. El sistem...Starting at €8.20