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Mobile Payments: A Framework for Success
Calvo, EduardArticle ART-2922-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementPaying for your coffee, getting on the subway or splitting dinner with friends are everyday actions that can now be done using a mobile phone. But there is a lot more to mobile payments than merely substituting a phone for a card when performing a financial transaction. Managers need to think less about the technology per se and more about how the new functionalities of m-payments can enable superior value propositions for their customers. Doing ...Starting at €8.20
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Fashiop: A Box of Surprise
Calvo, EduardCase P-1150-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementFashiop was a start-up whose objective was to dress men who didn't like going to shops or who didn't have the time to go. Its new online personal shoppers service eliminated all the inconveniences about shopping: after a phone interview, a personalized selection of clothes would be sent to the customer's home, who after trying them, would decide which ones to keep and which to return. Delivery and styling were free and the clothes were sold at th...Starting at €8.20
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Additive Manufacturing at Etnia Barcelona
Calvo, Eduard; Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FedeCase P-1155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementEtnia Barcelona, a niche manufacturer of high-quality fashion eyewear, is considering its next move in light of the advances being made in additive manufacturing, which could require the company to rethink everything from product design to capacity footprint and logistics. The case covers the company's design-to-sale process, raw material procurement, and manufacturing operations. Etnia Barcelona has seen steady growth in revenues since its found...Starting at €8.20
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Arlanzones National Park
Calvo, EduardCase P-1167-EService and Operations ManagementThis case study analyzes the capacity of Arlanzones National Park, a natural reserve that attracts a large number of visitors thanks to its many points of interest. In an effort to limit the impact that this may have on the park's flora and fauna, group packages that limit access to the park have been created. These new packages establish timed visits to points of interest in a specific order. Through a series of questions, participants are then ...Starting at €8.20
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Fiore di Zucca
Serrano, Alejandro; Calvo, EduardCase P-1183-EService and Operations ManagementFiore di Zucca was one of Italy's leading producers of bags of ready-to-eat precooked vegetables. Francesco Ferrati, the chief operating officer, reviewed the results of a new policy of producing goods without waiting to receive orders from customers. He was satisfied with the improvement in customer response time. However, the inventory had expanded so much that one of the warehouses of finished products had almost come to a standstill twice due...Starting at €8.20
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Aernnova: Industrial Turbulence Ahead
Calvo, Eduard; Orozco, Jesús Arturo; Estrada, MiguelCase P-1136-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIt is February 2007, and the Spanish aerostructure company Aernnova is going through difficult times. Less than a year earlier, the company broke away from the Gamesa industrial group in an operation led by the former management team. The team put together a strategic plan to the get business, which was heavily leveraged and reporting losses, back on track. The main goal was to establish the company as a Tier 1 supplier in the aerospace industry,...Starting at €8.20
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Bioco
Calvo, Eduard; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1119-EService and Operations ManagementSitting in his office in Saint Gabriel's Hospital, Dr. Monteagudo, the head of the hospital's pharmacy, was mulling over his possibilities for reducing spending: "It's the first week of February and the hospital's general manager has already given me an ultimatum. I have no clue how we are to free up resources and achieve the savings we'll need to adjust to the budget cuts that the Ministry of Health has made for 2011." Having to comply with dra...Starting at €8.20
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Bioco - Teaching Note
Calvo, EduardTeaching Note PT-53-EService and Operations ManagementBioco is a biotechnology company that sells various drugs with oncology, nephrology and hematology applications in Spain. Due to wait time and inventory issues at the San Gabriel Hospital pharmacy, their director proposes that Bioco begin to distribute its flagship drug, Lempura, to the homes of outpatients rather than to the pharmacy directly. Bioco Spain's CEO believes that the home delivery operation will be costlier, more complex and riskier ...Starting at €0.00
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Artificial Intelligence at Arriaga Asociados: Paralegal or partner
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Calvo, Eduard; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase OIT-23-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2023, Jesús María Ruíz de Arriaga, founder and CEO of Arriaga Asociados, was debating with Alejandro López Berraquero, the general manager, and Pedro López, the director of Transformation, about the digital transformation process that the law firm was undergoing. Specifically, Arriaga had just successfully tested an AI model that could read the text of the thousands of judicial notifications that arrived at the firm weekly, and it was time to ...Starting at €8.20
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Hurry! Only 3 left in stock! When scarcity signals are most powerful
Calvo, Eduard; Cui, Ruomeng; Wagner, LauraArticle ART-3397-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementMany retailers disclose product availability to get customers to buy, but does it really boost sales and profits? By studying this effect in online retail, we identify the contexts where scarcity signals are most powerful.Starting at €8.20