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Embraer 2010: from a Dream to a Global Player
Cerquinho, Fábio; Barros, Renato; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1110-EService and Operations ManagementEn 1994 EMBRAER se encuentra ante una grave crisis financiera agravada por la situación del sector y de Brasil. La empresa, de capital público, es privatizada. El caso plantea la estrategia de turn-around a seguir. En Embraer 1994 permite discutir las opciones que se le abren a un fabricante de aviones en una economía emergente. En principio parecería que "este no es el tipo de producto a fabricar en Brasil". En principio solo respuestas poco con...Starting at €8.20
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The Musée de La Cassette
Riverola, JosepCase P-1096-EService and Operations ManagementChrisine de La Cassett et Saint-Sulpice, director of the Musée de La Cassette in Paris, was worried by the results of a visitor survey that she had recently commissioned from company specializing in studying customer attitudes. The survey showed a remarkable degree of satisfaction with the visit to the museum, but at the same time, and for the first time, pointed out defects that had not been clearly identified previously. Some visitors, especial...Starting at €8.20
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Restructuring the Local Health System, Financing and Health Care Model: the case of Camaragibe
Levcovitz E.; Machado de Souza H.; Sánchez, J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-999-EService and Operations ManagementThis case describes the process of applying a new financing system and assistance model in the municipality of Camaragibe in north-east Brazil, in the framework of the restructuring of the Brazilian Basic Health System, demonstrating the advantages and implications of this new local health-care system. It also analyzes the attributes and shortcomings of programs of this type, and, especially, the precautions that must be taken, and their implicat...Starting at €8.20
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Developing the health services purchasing function in the Sao Paulo Health Secretariat
Vicente R.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1041-EService and Operations ManagementAfter the initial stages of implementation of an innovative solution to solve the problem of launching several new hospitals under severe labor hiring constraints (achieved through new legal entities using the framework of the Philanthropic Organizations), the Health State Secretary faces new challenges: how to consolidate the different contracts of the Organizaciones Sociales de Salud, how to advance in the existing payment systems, and how to c...Starting at €8.20
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Dimensión
Nueno, Pedro; Sagarra R.Case P-873Service and Operations ManagementDimensión es una empresa de reciente creación que nace en Sao Paulo, Brasil. Se dedica a la fabricación de los diferentes elementos, rótulos, paneles y cartelones, que surgen del desarrollo de una nueva imagen corporativa. El manual de implementación que elabora la empresa de comunicación especializada en imagen corporativa, da las especificaciones para la fabricación de dichos elementos. Su peculiar aparición en el mercado, y el reto que debe af...Starting at €8.20
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Inventory-Driven Costs (Spanish version)
Callioni, Gianpaolo; De Montgros, Xavier; Slagmulder, Regine; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.; Wright, LindaArticle HBS-R0503JService and Operations Managementcomponent devaluation costs for components still held in production; price protection costs incurred when product prices drop on goods distributors still have on their shelves; product return costs that have to be absorbed when distributors return and receive refunds on overstock items; and obsolescence costs for products still unsold when new models are introduced. By developing metrics to track those costs in a consistent way throughout the PC...Starting at €8.20
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Total’s Carbon Capture and Storage Project at LACQ (A): Risk Opportunity in Public Engagement
Devin McDaniels; Frances BowenCase IVEY-9B10M105-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThis case series outlines the strategic choices facing Jean-Michel Gires, Total E&P France’s (TEPF) vice president of sustainable development, in designing and implementing a community engagement strategy. Case (A) begins with the approval of a pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) system at TEPF’s Lacq facility in France, and outlines the strategic context for the community engagement process. Case (B) is positioned three years later.The case i...Starting at €8.20
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BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead...
Lakhani, Karim R.; Sundararajan, Arun; Billaud, Emilie; Caltagirone, CarolineCase HBS-617050-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2017, the co-founders of BlaBlaCar-the world's largest long-distance carpooling company-reflected on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. BlaBlaCar had reached critical mass and size; yet staying still was not going to be enough to be relevant and competitive in the hyper competitive sharing economy sector. The co-founders felt that the time was now to capitalize on the trust that the platform had built with its members and expl...Starting at €8.20
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Dore-Dore (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.; Wong, AudrisCase HBS-604S10Service and Operations ManagementDore-Dore, a French manufacturer of socks and children's knitwear, has just converted a portion of its knitwear operations to a flexible modular system to allow faster response and greater flexibility. The case provides an opportunity to assess the changes in knitwear operations, and to evaluate whether a similar conversion to modular is appropriate for socks. Other opportunities for lead-time reduction can also be examined. Can be used to illust...Starting at €8.20