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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Scholtes Waterservices
Vanessa M. Strike; Lisa BarendseCase IVEY-9B12M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyHIGHLY COMMENDED CASE - Family Business Runner-up, 2012 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. Scholtes Waterservices was a second-generation family firm in the Netherlands that specialized in installing and selling water pipes, primarily for the horticultural industry. In 2008, Rijk Scholtes Jr. and his brother, Ben, took over management of the firm from their father and gradually assumed ownership throug...Starting at €8.20
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Host Europe: Advancing CSR and Sustainability in a Medium-sized IT Company
Rüdiger HahnCase IVEY-9B10M042-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe case deals with issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in the specific setting of a medium-sized enterprise (Host Europe) in the IT industry. Host Europe is the third largest webhosting company in German-speaking Europe. In recent years, the company has put substantial efforts into living up to its CSR and improving sustainability. The case presents the IT sector in Europe and Germany and highlights several industr...Starting at €8.20
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Dow's Acquisition Program
Koen H. Heimeriks; Stephen GatesCase IVEY-9B10M058-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case illustrates how Dow Chemical acquired and integrated Wolff Walsrode, a German specialty chemicals firm that was part of the Bayer Group. This acquisition, combined with Dow's existing cellulosics unit, helped it create a new specialty business with a forecasted $1.1 billion in annual sales and strengthen its footprint in Central and Eastern Europe. The main challenge in this case concerns the complexities of acquisition integration, whi...Starting at €8.20
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Conflict Over Leadership and Succession in a Successful Family Business: The Lakkard Leather Company
Simon Parker; Matthias A. TietzCase IVEY-9B11M043-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of the Lakkard Leather Company was proud of his business, and attributed much of its success to his own leadership style, which did not allow for anyone else’s participation in important decisions. When he was badly injured in a car accident, his son stepped in and kept the business going. Without any intention to take over, the son altered the leadership and operations of the company in the space of a few months, so that by the time ...Starting at €8.20
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Sany's Cross-Border Acquisition, Integration, and Strategic Renewal
Libo Fan; Paul W. Beamish; Bess (Huifang) GengCase IVEY-9B16M191-EStrategyIn 2012, Germany-based Putzmeister was acquired by China-based SANY, the largest concrete machinery manufacturer in the world. By early 2015, the degree and extent of integration was still incomplete, which put pressure on SANY’s management. SANY focused mainly on the Chinese domestic market, whereas Putzmeister had an established brand and good experience in international markets. Should the acquisition integration focus only on Putzmeister, or ...Starting at €8.20
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Wolters Brewery (B): Traditions for the Future
Klaus MeyerCase IVEY-9B12M010-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Wolters Brewery (A): Negotiating Restructuring. It gives a debriefing of the (A) case. It is also an independent case on small- and medium-sized enterprises facing issues of local brand marketing in an industry increasingly dominated by global players, and of developing exports from scratch.Starting at €5.74
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Rebranding DSM: Creating Sustainable Shared Value
Steve Muylle; Niraj DawarCase IVEY-9B15A039-EMarketing, StrategyDSM, a global life sciences, business-to-business company, is in the midst of a massive multi-year corporate rebranding exercise to incorporate the concept of creating sustainable shared value. With few precedents in this industry, the company must develop its own processes and implementation. Students are challenged to define the next steps in the rebranding, including the promotion of DSM’s sustainability positioning as its key differentiator....Starting at €8.20
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True Fruits: A Juiced-Up Internationalization Strategy
Marc Fetscherin; Patrick SellCase IVEY-9B17A058-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2017, True Fruits, a German smoothie company, was operating in three European markets. The company had developed flash pasteurization, which was an efficient and gentle production process that made their product one of the highest quality smoothies in the world. The company successfully exported its product to premium Austrian and Swiss supermarkets, and was planning further expansion within Europe. True Fruits had strong brand loyalty, and a ...Starting at €8.20
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Royal FloraHolland: The Dutch Floriculture Supply Chain
P. Fraser Johnson; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16D015-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn January 2016, the program director of Royal FloraHolland and a supply chain consultant met to develop a supply chain strategy that would allow Royal FloraHolland to adapt to the changing competitive environment that jeopardized its business model. Royal FloraHolland was the largest floriculture auction organization in the world, selling more than 30 million flowers and plants daily. Located in the Netherlands, Royal FloraHolland was a co-opera...Starting at €8.20
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Philips NV: Dealing with a Global Financial Crisis
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13M011-EStrategyPhilips NV, a multinational organization based in the Netherlands, is facing strategic dilemmas. The company has been in the middle of a transformation involving a shift in focus from lighting and health care products towards consumer products and services when a financial meltdown, triggered by a crisis in the U.S. housing market, leads to a credit crunch in financial markets. Countries that have traditionally sustained the demand for Philips me...Starting at €8.20