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LYFEN: Building a Supply Chain to Create Competitive Advantage - Teaching Note
Haitao Yin; Ruiyu Zhu; P. Fraser JohnsonTeaching Note IVEY-8B19D007-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19D007.Starting at €0.00
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Six Sigma at Cintas Corporation
P. Fraser Johnson; Adam BortolussiCase IVEY-9B10D009-EService and Operations ManagementThe green belt specialist at the Cintas Torlake facility near Toronto had four days before he was to present his recommendations to the executive steering committee (ESC) for correcting the capacity problem in the mat department, which was causing product shortages and negatively affecting customer satisfaction. The case provides data that students can use to analyze the processes used at the company for cleaning and replacing mats for its approx...Starting at €8.20
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group: The Agile Transformation - Teaching Note
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Teeta ErikateTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M006-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M006.Starting at €0.00
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Medicom: Building A Resilient Supply Chain - Teaching Note
P. Fraser Johnson; Ramasastry ChandrasekharTeaching Note IVEY-8B21D011-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for product 9B21D011.Starting at €0.00
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Medicom: Building A Resilient Supply Chain
P. Fraser Johnson; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B21D011-EService and Operations Management, StrategyGuillaume Laverdure, chief operating officer at Medicom Group (Medicom), was evaluating a potential investment in a new facility that would manufacture melt-blown polypropylene (melt-blown PP), a key raw material for surgical and respirator masks. It wasStarting at €8.20
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CoolIT Systems: Developing an Operations Strategy
P. Fraser Johnson; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20D019-EService and Operations ManagementIn February 2020, the executive vice-president of Manufacturing and Supply Chain at CoolIT Systems (CoolIT), met with the company's chief executive officer (CEO) in their Calgary office. The company had recently developed a new range of products that provStarting at €8.20
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Wilderness Safaris: Ecotourism Entrepreneurship
Austin, James E.; Epler Wood, Megan; Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-318040-EStrategyWilderness Safaris sees itself as a conservation company that is built on a business model of providing high-end, premium-priced wildlife safaris in various locations in Africa. Dependent on functioning, healthy ecosystems for its long-term survivability as a business, it invests heavily in conservation efforts, both directly, with communities and governments, and with partners and competitors. It may be reaching saturation of the high-cost, high...Starting at €8.20
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Threats to the Global Market System: Ten Potential "Disruptors" of Global Capitalism
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Book Chapter HBS-8617BC-EThe World Bank forecast for the year 2030 provides reason for optimism. The forces of global market capitalism seem to be gathering strength, and long-term prospects show reasonable economic growth. But there are also challenges. As we have already seen, the benefits of growth will not be evenly spread across countries--or even within countries--and collateral damage to the environment will be significant. Scarce resources will be consumed, and t...Starting at €8.20
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The Business Response: Five Views of the Role of Business in Ensuring a Viable Future for Market Capitalism
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Book Chapter HBS-8619BC-EWhat should be done about the challenges facing market capitalism? And more specifically, what is the role of business in combating potential disruptors and ensuring the system's health and future viability? In this chapter, Harvard Business School professors Joseph Bower, Herman Leonard, and Lynn Paine examine four views that emerged from their discussion forums with prominent business leaders in Europe, East Asia, Latin America, and the United ...Starting at €8.20
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Commerce and Justice (Spanish version)
Austin, James E.; Leonard, Herman B.; Quinn, James W.Case HBS-312S08Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilityhow to measure the impact of its social justice activities and how to export its values-based strategy abroad. Focuses on strategic management of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program. The development of Timberland's innovative commerce and justice strategy sheds light on ways in which strategic alignment can provide energy, synergy, and resources critical to developing a successful CSR program within a for-profit company.Starting at €8.20