Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Jamaica Macaroni Factory: Capital Budgeting for Renewable Energy
Ryan Hudgins; Zach ChenCase IVEY-W34511-EAccounting and Control, StrategyIn January 2022, Nicholas Chen had to decide whether to invest in one of two solar power systems to reduce the energy cost of the manufacturing company, Jamaica Macaroni Factory Ltd.’s (JMF). He could purchase a 100kW solar power system and generate some of the energy JMF used while also selling back electricity to the grid when the factory was not operating, or he could purchase a 230kW system, which would produce more energy but, due to regulat...Starting at €8.20
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Born Global: Timeless Herbal Care Prepares to Supply Medical Marijuana to Canadians
Brian C. Pinkham; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16M212-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2012, a former crown attorney for Canada’s Department of Justice started Timeless Herbal Care, a company that was intended to capitalize on Jamaica’s deregulation of marijuana for medical purposes. The entrepreneur and his family relied on their ties to Jamaica and his legal expertise to create a legislative framework for Jamaica’s medical marijuana industry to meet international standards. Concurrently, Canada was readying legislation to allo...Starting at €8.20
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Fundación IDEL: Building Dignity for Argentinians with Disabilities
Moriah Meyskens; Roxanne Miranda; Karolina RzadkowolskaCase IVEY-9B17M077-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFundación Inclusión y Desarrollo Laboral (IDEL) was a not-for-profit organization in Buenos Aires, Argentina, whose mission was to enhance the dignity of and improve the quality of life for people with intellectual disabilities by promoting their inclusion in the formal labour market. IDEL did this by providing a sheltered work environment, projects, and wages for participants in its programs. In 2016, IDEL was seeking to increase the number of i...Starting at €8.20
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Chauvco Resources Ltd.: The Argentina Decisions (C)
David W. ConklinCase IVEY-9B12M084-EStrategyThis follow-up to Chauvco Resources Ltd.: The Argentina Decisions (A) and (B) encourages students to analyze Argentina’s macroeconomic policies in 2012. Of particular interest are the lessons for Greece if it exits from the Eurozone, with the perhaps inevitable pursuit of the Argentine paradigm.Starting at €5.74
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Rio Tinto and Ömnogovi: A Community Cooperation Agreement
Byambajav Dalaibuyan; Sarah Lord Ferguson; Eric WerkerCase IVEY-9B20M005-EStrategyThis case examines the business decisions around managing the community impact of a mining development in the Gobi Desert region of Mongolia at Oyu Tolgoi—one of the larger copper and gold deposits in the world, and a flagship project of Rio Tinto. In 2009, a mining development agreement was reached with the Government of Mongolia on the national level, but negotiations were just ramping up at the local level. New legislation mandated the creatio...Starting at €8.20
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Bajaj Auto Limited: Trouble with Argentine Peso
Ganesh Kumar Nidugala; Rashmi ShuklaCase IVEY-9B19N010-EFinance, StrategyIn December 2015, the new government in Argentina lifted capital controls, leading to a sudden drop in the value of the Argentine peso. This depreciation of the peso had the potential to significantly affect companies that exported goods to Argentina. One such company was Bajaj Auto Limited (Bajaj Auto), an Indian exporter of motorcycles to Argentina. On December 18, 2015, Bajaj Auto’s shares dropped 2.43 per cent and lost over US$212 million in ...Starting at €8.20