Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Managing a Severe Crisis: PharmaCorp in Ukraine
Phillip C. Nell; Renate Kratochvil; Patricia KlopfCase IVEY-9B17M085-EStrategyIn early 2015, the newly appointed country head of PharmaCorp’s operating unit in Ukraine faced internal and external challenges in managing the global pharmaceutical company’s operations in the crisis-ridden country. Since November 2013, Ukraine had undergone massive disruptions, including riots in Kiev, the annexation of Crimea by Russia, and a war in its easternmost region. Amid these economic and political turbulences, PharmaCorp Ukraine expe...Starting at €8.20
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ATB: Digital Disruption in the Parking Meter Industry
Matthias Baumann; Stephan StubnerCase IVEY-9B16M165-EStrategyIn 2015, Automaten Technik Baumann (ATB) was dismayed to learn that Volkswagen Financial Services had acquired a 92 per cent stake in Sunhill Technologies, one of Europe’s largest providers of mobile parking and ticketing solutions. ATB had focused on the production of parking meters for several decades, but was now seeing a threat to its existing business due to the rise of mobile parking providers. Consumers could now use their smartphone to pa...Starting at €8.20