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El Seguro Social Campesino en Ecuador
Cárdenas M.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1030Service and Operations ManagementEl Seguro Campesino en Ecuador presenta un interesante ejemplo de enfoque de subsidio de demanda para mejorar la cobertura médica para los pobres y las poblaciones rurales. El caso describe el desarrollo de este esquema en Ecuador y presenta el principal problema que queda aún por resolver una vez el sistema se desarrolle: la falta de oferta. El Ministerio debe afrontarlo, y en este caso se presentan varias alternativas. Uno de los principales ro...Starting at €8.20
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The San Miguel Arcángel Hospital
Bitrán, Ricardo; Vergara, Carles; Má C.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1045-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes a Panamanian public hospital's efforts to overcome two of the most important weaknesses of the health system in Panama: the lack of investment coordination between the ministry of health and social security hospitals, and the divorce between budget and performance. The approach involves sharing hospital financing between the ministry of health and the social security, and linking the hospital budget to the quantity and quality ...Starting at €8.20
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Rural social security in Ecuador
Cárdenas M.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1030-EService and Operations ManagementThe Rural Social Security Plan in Ecuador is an interesting example of a demand subsidy approach to achieving better medical coverage in poor and remote rural populations. The case describes how this scheme was developed in Ecuador and the main problem that remains once that the system is in place: the lack of health care providers. The ministry needs to address this problem, and several alternatives are outlined in the case. One of the health mi...Starting at €8.20
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El Hospital de San Miguel Arcángel
Bitrán, Ricardo; Vergara, Carles; Má C.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1045Service and Operations ManagementEl caso describe la experiencia de un hospital público en Panamá para resolver dos de las más importantes debilidades de los sistemas de salud: la poca coordinación de inversión entre el Ministerio de Salud y los hospitales de seguro social, y el divorcio entre presupuesto y resultados. El enfoque involucra el financiamiento de hospitales compartida por las dos instituciones y el nexo del presupuesto de hospitales con la cantidad y calidad de l...Starting at €8.20
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El Hospital de San Miguel Arcángel - Nota del instructor
Sánchez, Loppacher J.Teaching Note PT-37Service and Operations ManagementEsta Nota del Instructor complementa el caso "El Hospital de San Miguel Arcángel" que describe la experiencia de un hospital público en Panamá para resolver dos de las más importantes debilidades de los sistemas de salud: la poca coordinación de inversión entre Ministerio de Salud y los hospitales de seguro social y el divorcio entre presupuestos y resultados.Starting at €0.00
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The San Miguel Arcángel Hospital - Teaching Note
Sánchez, Loppacher J.Teaching Note PT-37-EService and Operations ManagementThis teaching note accompanies the case "The San Miguel Arcángel Hospital", which describes a Panamanian public hospital's efforts to overcome two of the most important weaknesses of the health system in Panama: the lack of investment coordination between the ministry of health and social security hospitals, and the divorce between budget and performance.Starting at €0.00
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Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model
Zhu, Feng; Acocella, AngelaCase HBS-616062-EService and Operations ManagementFasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders' fares low and charge drivers a flat $0.99 fee per ride as opposed to the 20-30% commission charged by its competition, would help differentiate it and gain the necessary traction in an ostensibly concentrated market between Uber and Lyft. Despite both Uber's and Lyft'...Starting at €8.20
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X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A)
Zhu, Feng; Acocella, AngelaCase HBS-617046-EService and Operations ManagementThree years after launching his brick-and-mortar store, X Fire Paintball and Airsoft, Steve Herbert Sr. and his sons began selling products on Amazon.com's third-party Marketplace and online sales expanded rapidly. Over time, X Fire noticed that products of which it had once been the only seller were now being sold by Amazon straight from X Fire's suppliers, effectively cutting X Fire out. Amazon was also ignoring the minimum advertised price (MA...Starting at €8.20
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X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: is Amazon a Friend or Foe (B)
Zhu, Feng; Acocella, AngelaCase HBS-617047-EService and Operations ManagementThree years after launching his brick-and-mortar store, X Fire Paintball and Airsoft, Steve Herbert Sr. and his sons began selling products on Amazon.com's third-party Marketplace and online sales expanded rapidly. Over time, X Fire noticed that products of which it had once been the only seller were now being sold by Amazon straight from X Fire's suppliers, effectively cutting X Fire out. Amazon was also ignoring the minimum advertised price (MA...Starting at €5.74
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El Seguro Social Campesino en Ecuador - Nota del Instructor
Sánchez, Loppacher J.Teaching Note PT-33Service and Operations ManagementEsta Nota del Instructor complementa el caso "El Seguro Social Campesino en Ecuador" que presenta un interesante ejemplo de enfoque de subsidio de demanda para mejorar la cobertura médica para los pobres y las poblaciones rurales.Starting at €0.00