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Guillaume Roels

Professor of Technology and Operations Management
The Editor-in-Chief of a scientific journal is wondering how to reduce the review cycle times to offer timely feedback to authors and improve the stature of the journal. The journal is fictional, but the data is real. Through the analysis, it appears that with parallel activities having random durations, one should not trust averages because one is constrained by the slowest activity.

Published 28 Mar 2025

Reference 6980

Topic Operations

Industry Research

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The case discusses supply chain risk management: how to leverage the structure of a supply network to assess its resilience, focusing on the consequences of disruption rather than the causes, as is traditionally done.

Published 23 Jan 2019

Reference 6394

Topic Operations

Industry Telecommunications

Region North America

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At the end of 2017, Disney announced it would acquire the majority of 21st Century Fox’s assets including its movie studio, TV production company, cable channels and regional sports networks. If approved, the deal would give Disney the scale and content to develop its own streaming service by 2019, when its contract with Netflix expired.

Published 30 Nov 2018

Reference 6400

Topic Operations

Industry Entertainment Media Production

Region Global

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Supply Chain Management, Service Management, Entrepreneurial Operations Management