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Petróleos del Mediterráneo, S. A.: Systems Department
Ribera, JaumeCase P-1074-EService and Operations ManagementThis case presents the situation in the information systems department of a small gasoline supply company, which receives a large number of requests for projects and has a hard time prioritizing, planning and controlling them. The departmental manager decides to create a projects office to help him manage the project flows and to put the department in order. The case offers a snapshot of the department's situation, with the list of outstanding pr...Starting at €8.20
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Ken Durham and Unilever as a 'Multi-Local Multinational'
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Decker, StephanieCase HBS-808025-EStrategyExplores the opportunities and threats to Unilever's global business in 1978 based on the commercial and political challenges faced by three of its subsidiaries, Lever Brothers in the United States, Hindustan Lever in India, and United Africa Company in West Africa. Management faced several problems: criticism of multinational companies, anti-trust legislation, expropriations, and rising competition from international and local rivals. Focuses on...Starting at €8.20
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Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808133-EEntrepreneurshipConsiders the creation of one of the world's largest beauty and fragrance companies by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. The case opens with the creation of a new Russian subsidiary in the wake of the global financial crisis, and examines how a virtually new company was created over the previous years. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of de...Starting at €8.20
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Willy Jacobsohn and Beiersdorf: Managing Expropriation and Anti-Semitism
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Lubinski, ChristinaCase HBS-811060-EEntrepreneurshipThis case examines the management of home and host country risk by Beiersdorf during the interwar years. It can be used both in business history courses and more generally to teach political risk management by multinational corporations. Beiersdorf, a German personal products company, expanded globally before 1914, but had its foreign factories and intellectual property expropriated during World War 1. After 1919 ceo Willy Jacobson rebuilt the in...Starting at €8.20
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Mútua de Terrassa: Rollout of the Health Care Information System (HCIS)
Mitchell, Jordan; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1087-EKnowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementAs of autumn 2006, a major Spanish hospital outside of Barcelona, Grup Mútua de Terrassa (MT), is implementing the second major phase of a new Health Care Information System (HCIS) along with Hewlett-Packard (HP) at eight centers for primary care. The HCIS project is a multi-year and multi-phase initiative which is the first in many steps towards a "paper-less" hospital. The hospital's management are wondering how the HCIS will change the way peo...Starting at €8.20
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The Learning process in the Health Care Reform in Estonia
Soone I.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1042-EService and Operations ManagementThe Chairman of the Board of the Tartu University Clinics Foundation reflects on the changes his institution has undergone in the last few years. The 17 clinics that existed under the Soviet system have been brought together under the Tartu University Clinics Foundation and now have a unified organization with a Governing Council that includes government representatives. The dual managerial structure (reporting to the Ministry of Higher Education...Starting at €8.20
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Puig Doria Microcasting Process
Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-824-EService and Operations ManagementPuig Doria is a well-known jeweler in Barcelona. The case presents the process of jewelry design, manufacturing and sales. In some pieces where large productions are expected, the microcasting process can be used. The case describes the different manufacturing phases and allows for a computation of the process, basic characteristics: throughput time, capacity, bottlenecks, etc.Starting at €8.20
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Puente Aéreo Iberia - Exercise
Ribera, JaumeExercise PE-30-EService and Operations ManagementGiven the schedule of the Iberia Air Shuttle between Barcelona and Madrid, it is required to compute the number of planes needed to run the operation. Under the alternative of one of the planes being unavailable on a given day, the students are required to reassign the remaining planes to achieve the «best possible» service.Starting at €8.20