Ivey Business School (Canada)
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To Brew or Not to Brew: The Corkford Brewery Acquisition
Mary Gillett; Chris Sturby; Brittney MacKinnonCase IVEY-9B19B007-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipIn 2017, the president and co-owner of MacKinnon Industries was considering the opportunity to diversify his business and bring a former family business back into the MacKinnon family. With an extensive background in acquiring and managing manufacturing bStarting at €8.20
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Claw and Kitty: Gripping a Potential Expansion
Ian Dunn; Helen LangCase IVEY-W34750-EAccounting and Control, FinanceIn April 2021, the owner and founder of Claw & Kitty (CK) in Markham, Ontario, was considering moving his claw machine arcade to a larger location to continue growing his business. The owner had managed to grow his business despite the challenge of numerous pandemic-related shutdowns, and now he wanted to expand. He needed to decide whether this was a good time to do so. Would CK be able to survive if the Ontario government implemented future loc...Starting at €8.20
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Stone Rock Golf & Country Club: Wedding Bells
Mary Gillett; Yaqi Shi; Brittney MacKinnonCase IVEY-9B20B017-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipIn 2016, the general manager of Stone Rock Golf & Country Club (SRGCC) in Ainslie, Ontario, was considering an opportunity to grow the club’s weddings and special events business. SRGCC, a popular 18-hole golf course in a small town, was owned and operateStarting at €8.20
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The DAO Hack: A Blockchain Dilemma
Robert D. Austin; Helen LangCase IVEY-9B20E017-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesOn June 17, 2016, the founders of the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), an experimental venture capital network based on blockchain technology, discovered they had been victims of an attack—a theft of investors' cryptocurrency worth about US$55 million. Because the attacker ingeniously exploited a flaw in the rules that governed the operations of the DAO, as written into a smart contract, it was possible to argue, as the attacker did, ...Starting at €8.20