Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Primacy: Global Design from India
Ajith J. Kumar; Sivakumar AlurCase IVEY-9B13M027-EStrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Best case in the Innovation Management category, 2012 ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition. An Indian company was planning to set up a Global Design Competence Centre (GDCC) in India. The company offered scented candles and holiday and gift products primarily for the U.S. market. Through its two American subsidiaries, it made and sold its products to large American mass-merchandisers and independent retailers. In-house design cap...Starting at €8.20
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Otsuka Kagu Ltd: Saving the Furniture Business
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin Roxas; Karina Iris YuvallosCase IVEY-9B18M195-EStrategyFounded in 1969 as a small operation, Otsuka Kagu, Ltd. became Japan’s largest furniture retailer and was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1980. A membership program in 1993 managed to revitalize the company’s sales at a time when Japan was in a receStarting at €8.20
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Cubo Modular Inc.: Managing Demand for Bamboo Houses
Andrea Santiago; Al Rosenbloom; Fernando Martin RoxasCase IVEY-W25411-EMarketingCUBO Modular Inc. (CUBO) was a start-up social enterprise in the Philippines that emerged shortly after its chief executive officer, Earl Forlales, received a substantial cash award for besting 1,200 entries in a competition. The concept behind Forlales’sStarting at €8.20
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Takata Bankruptcy: Failure of Leadership or Innovation Gone Rogue
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin RoxasCase IVEY-9B20C003-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyTakata Corporation was a business-to-business firm based in Japan, whose logo once symbolized safety. In 2013, however, the company mishandled its airbag recall crisis, which was Japan’s largest automotive safety recall. The crisis led to the largest corporate bankruptcy filing of a Japanese firm and impacted Japanese banks involved in a collateral-free syndicated loan. How could the company have better managed the crisis?Starting at €8.20
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SAP Labs: Staff Requirements
Ajith J. Kumar; Amit Kumar PansariCase IVEY-9B13E015-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThe associate project manager for the Indian branch of SAP Labs, a multinational enterprise that provides software and software-related services, has been meeting with his manager to discuss ways to estimate staff requirements across shifts for the company’s provisioning team. The team works three shifts, 24 hours a day, seven days a week and services multiple types of requests in the form of tasks, which have one of seven priorities assigned to ...Starting at €8.20