Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Spitzberg Elevators Corporation: Responding to Antitrust Legislation
Brian C. Pinkham; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B17M172-EStrategyIn April 2015, a legal associate at Spitzberg Elevators Corporation, a U.S. corporation operating in Hong Kong, was tasked with recommending how the company should respond to Hong Kong’s new anti-competition legislation, which was scheduled to be enacted within eight months. The legal associate first needed to review the legislation, specifically the key portions that could have an impact on her company's imminent plans to bid on several elevator...Starting at €8.20
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Coaching for Exceptional Performance Workshop: Associate, Capital Markets, Robert Woo
Jane M. Howell; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11C026-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis is role play #2 (Robert Woo) for Coaching for Performance Management: Asia Edition (#9B11C024).Starting at €8.20
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Coaching for Exceptional Performance Workshop: Senior Associate, Institutional Investor Relations, Kelly Tan
Jane M. Howell; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11C030-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis is role play #6 (Kelly Tan) for Coaching for Performance Management: Asia Edition (#9B11C024).Starting at €8.20
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BMW Mini: Big Decisions Under the Brexit Cloud
Klaus Meyer; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19M013-EStrategyIn April 2017, BMW AG (BMW) faced a big decision regarding which plant should receive the mandate to produce the first electric version of BMW’s iconic Mini car. The leadership team of BMW’s UK operations was determined to keep the Mini at its historical home base in the United Kingdom. However, given the uncertainty arising from the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union—a move commonly known as “Brexit” —how would the team be abl...Starting at €8.20
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Doing Business in Sierra Leone: Graeme Hossie at London Mining (A)
Brian C. Pinkham; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16M228-EStrategyIn 2008, Graeme Hossie, co-founder and chief executive officer of London Mining, an iron-ore mining firm, was preparing to assist the London Mining team in its negotiations for a project in Sierra Leone. Hossie was to meet with representatives from the government of Sierra Leone, a local city mayor, and landowners to acquire a property that included an old iron-ore mine. The mine was a potentially high-grade iron-ore mine that would be lucrative ...Starting at €8.20
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Coaching for Exceptional Performance Workshop: Associate, Wealth Management, Steven Leung
Jane M. Howell; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11C028-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis is role play #4 (Steven Leung) for Coaching for Performance Management: Asia Edition (#9B11C024).Starting at €8.20
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Coaching for Performance Management: Asia Edition
Jane M. Howell; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11C024-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis role-play case involves a series of sessions in which the student (and each member of his or her team) will play the role of Benjamin Cheung, the vice president of HCM Asia Private Limited, a financial services firm based in Hong Kong. Cheung has an open-door policy where any manager can drop by to see him, on their own initiative, to ask for ideas, guidance, or a decision on an issue. He has only six minutes to see each manager in this info...Starting at €8.20
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MTR Corporation Limited: Measuring the Cost of Capital
Larry Wynant; Stephen R. Foerster; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07N001-EFinance, StrategyTwo MTR Corporation (MTRC) managers are participating in a week-long program in financial management. For their next class, they need to calculate the cost of capital for MTRC. First, they will review the concepts of investor expectations and cost of capital. Then, they must calculate the cost of capital by using the financial statements provided to them by the instructor. The two managers discuss their understanding of these concepts as they pre...Starting at €8.20
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Kaupthing Bank hf Acquires Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07BS13Accounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe managing director of investment banking for Kaupthing Bank hf (Kaupthing) was considering what he would need to do if he accepted a new appointment as chief executive officer of Kaupthing's latest acquisition, U.K.-based investment bank Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Singer). He would have to deal with the fact that the two merging companies had very different cultures, the possibility that some employees may leave as a result of the change ...Starting at €8.20
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Kaupthing Bank hf Acquires Singer & Friedlander Group plc
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07B013-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe managing director of investment banking for Kaupthing Bank hf (Kaupthing) was considering what he would need to do if he accepted a new appointment as chief executive officer of Kaupthing's latest acquisition, U.K.-based investment bank Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Singer). He would have to deal with the fact that the two merging companies had very different cultures, the possibility that some employees may leave as a result of the change ...Starting at €8.20