August 5, 2010, 700 tons of some of the most difficult breeds in the world lost a century mine in Chile's San Jose. The collapse of the 33 miners were buried at a depth of nearly twice the height of the Empire State Building, a 600 meters (2,000 feet) underground. Never recovery were made at such depths, not to mention the face of problems, such as those related to the mine in San Jose unstable terrain, rock so hard that defied conventional drills, a strictly limited time, potentially immobilizing fear that suffers buried miners. Can mobilize the miners and rescuers before the air and resources have been exhausted? The case describes the subsequent efforts to attract resources of countless individuals and several organizations in Chile and around the world.
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by Amy C. Edmondson, Faaiza Rashid, Herman Leonard Source: Harvard Business School 19 pages. Publication Date: November 1, 2011. Prod. #: 612046-PDF-ENG
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