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Queue Management: Methodology for Basic Queue Analysis
Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTechnical Note PN-441-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note gives a brief account of the methodology for dealing with stochastic queue problems in an analytic way. It is intended to be a guide for the reader to follow the process step by step. This document complements technical note PN-427 which gives a more detailed description of queue phenomena.Starting at €8.20
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Allianz: The Iberian Project
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1107-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementIn December 2007, the Allianz Group created a special taskforce to study the possible integration of the subsidiaries in Spain and Portugal. The different alternatives to be analyzed ranged from a complete merger of the two companies to sharing only some key back-office operations. Although companies in both countries had similar products and structures, their operational philosophies were rather different, since Spain had decentralized many acti...Starting at €8.20
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Gestión de colas: Metodología básica para el análisis de colas
Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTechnical Note PN-441Service and Operations ManagementEsta nota técnica describe resumida la metodología para tratar de manera analítica y aproximada problemas de colas estocásticas. La nota es una guía para que el lector pueda seguir el procedimiento paso a paso. El documento complementa la nota técnica PN-427, donde se puede encontrar una descripción más detallada de los fenómenos de colas.Starting at €8.20
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Equitel: The Battle for Mobile Money in Kenya (French Version)
Mazzacani, Giovanni Maria; Lago, AlejandroCase P-1153-FRFinance, StrategyThe case describes the competitive situation in the telecom and mobile money industry in Kenya after 2014. It also presents the strategic options for Equity Bank, the largest retail bank in Kenya, to enter the market as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and challenge the dominant position of Safaricom, the homegrown dominant operator. The entrance of Equity Bank (considered "another 500-pound gorilla") could mean a newly competitive landsc...Starting at €8.20
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Carsharing in Barcelona: Avancar (Chinese Version)
Alegre, M.; Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1088-ZHService and Operations ManagementAvancar started offering car sharing services in Barcelona in 2004. As in most car sharing businesses, customers would typically make car reservations by the hour, and pick up and drop off the cars on their own (self-service). By 2008, the company had 2000 customers sharing more than 100 vehicles. As Avancar kept growing, it had the possibility of modifying the design of the service process and the management of its capacity. This was especially ...Starting at €8.20
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Fundamental Concepts and Parameters of Operations Management (Chinese Version)
Moscoso, Philip; Lago, Alejandro; Sachon, MarcTechnical Note PN-458-ZHService and Operations ManagementThis technical note introduces the fundamental parameters and terminology for analyzing an operations system from a general management perspective. The aim is to provide managers with the precise, practical terminology they need.Starting at €8.20
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M-Pesa - Mobile Banking in Kenya (Chinese Version)
Sieber, Sandra; Lago, Alejandro; GO, TimothyCase SI-192-ZHInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementM-Pesa is an innovative mobile-phone-based money transfer service from Safaricom, the largest mobile network operator in Kenya. M-Pesa allows users with a national ID card or passport to deposit, withdraw and transfer money to other users easily via SMS. Originating from the idea of using mobile technology to help customers make payments to microfinance institutions, M-Pesa had transformed itself into a nationwide money transfer service used by m...Starting at €8.20
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Eurostar and the Channel Tunnel Incident (A) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rocha e Oliveira, Paulo; Lago, Alejandro; Valadas, JorgeCase M-1251-PBMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementThis case describes the ordeal experienced by passengers who were trapped under in English channel on December 2009 and poses questions related to how managers should react to the situation. The main issues that come out in the case relate to how the firm should react to this service failure.Starting at €8.20
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Motores Rivero S.A. (MORSA) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Ribera, Jaume; Lago, AlejandroExercise PE-74-PBService and Operations ManagementThis exercise presents the decisions to be made by a manager related to the management of inventories of an engine part. It is well suited as an introduction to inventory management as it presents different evolving situations and allows the professor to discuss batch inventory, safety inventory, as well as the impacts of uncertainty in the values and the availability of financing in the final decisions.Starting at €8.20
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Boosting Engagement & Commitment
García Pont, Carlos; Canales, J. Ignacio; Rothbard, Nancy; Milliken, Frances J.; Tatge, LarisaDossier DOS-29-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementTo the office and beyond! Find inspiration to reach new heights -- personally and professionally -- in this dossier.Starting at €15.00