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This case presents the problem of whether a major mutual life insurance company should alter its historic strategy of … concentrating on the sale of life insurance as its principal activity and diversify into a range of financial service products. The … pedagogical objective is to familiarize the student with the insurance industry and the trends affecting financial services …
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This note is an experiential exercise designed for 240 students divided into eight companies of 30. The exercise uses minimal setup yet explores issues of leadership, organizational design, organizational change, and building a learning organization. It is designed for a five-hour session...
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Tom Jenkins, manager of the filling line for Amore Frozen Foods' beef-noodle-casserole product, must determine the proper fill rate and production rate for three filling machines. An on-line simulation requires the student to perform a number of tests using statistical design of experiments to...
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This note is an experiential exercise designed for 240 students divided into eight companies of 30. The exercise uses minimal setup yet explores issues of leadership, organizational design, organizational change, and building a learning organization. It is designed for a five-hour session...
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According to PETWORLD financials, the year 2012 had seen a dip in sales, fewer people coming into its stores, and comparable store sales that were weaker than expected. Competition in the pet-care market was increasingly fierce with a variety of players, big and small, fighting for market share....
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Asea Brown Boveri, Mannheim, is considering the purchase of an East Berlin maufacturer of turbines from the Treuhandanstalt. It is an opportunity to start in East Germany and to work for markets in Eastern Europe. Low productivity, high pollution, potential inablity of Eastern customers to buy,...
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This case is designed to be used as a role play in conjunction with Star Enterprises (A), (B), and (C). The company banker is preparing to discuss with Star's management the company's financial requirements
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