Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria Stakeholder Simulation: Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC)
Oana Branzei; David WheelerCase IVEY-9B08M075E-EStrategyThe goal of the Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria Stakeholder Simulation is to illustrate the challenges in anticipating points of common interest, and the difficulties of overcoming initial antagonistic conditions in order to work together to develop better positions. The simulation illustrates the tensions, trade-offs, and challenges involved in mapping and addressing competing stakeholder demands in a long-standing conflict where players' positions...Starting at €8.20
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Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria Stakeholder Simulation: The Ogoni
Oana Branzei; David WheelerCase IVEY-9B08M075F-EStrategyThe goal of the Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria Stakeholder Simulation is to illustrate the challenges in anticipating points of common interest, and the difficulties of overcoming initial antagonistic conditions in order to work together to develop better positions. The simulation illustrates the tensions, trade-offs, and challenges involved in mapping and addressing competing stakeholder demands in a long-standing conflict where players' positions...Starting at €8.20
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Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria Stakeholder Simulation: Human Rights Watch
Oana Branzei; David WheelerCase IVEY-9B08M075A-EStrategyThe goal of the Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria Stakeholder Simulation is to illustrate the challenges in anticipating points of common interest, and the difficulties of overcoming initial antagonistic conditions in order to work together to develop better positions. The simulation illustrates the tensions, trade-offs, and challenges involved in mapping and addressing competing stakeholder demands in a long-standing conflict where players' positions...Starting at €8.20
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Phil Chan (B)
Paul W. Beamish; Jean-Louis SchaanCase IVEY-9B08M039-EStrategyEn route to Nigeria the decision maker learns that he is walking into a scam and must decide whether to show up for the scheduled meetings or to return home immediately. The case illustrates ways of being drawn into unethical situations, and the severe implications for both the individual and organization if they do participate. This (B) case can be distributed part way through the class (with undergraduates) or at the same time as the (A) case(9...Starting at €5.74
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Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (B)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B08M065-EStrategyThis supplement to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (A), product # 9B08M064, looks at the two years post-acquisition and examines a major risk which, as it unfolded, brought the viability of the business model into question.Starting at €5.74
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Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (A)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B08M064-EStrategyDr. Reddy's Laboratories (Dr. Reddy's), a large pharmaceutical company in India, is trying to acquire the fourth largest generics manufacturer in Germany. Dr. Reddy's quoted $570 million in a competitive bidding situation. The company's chief negotiator is getting ready to close the deal if selected. Students will examine the issues for the chief negotiator, such as: is the price right, is the fit strategic, will the acquisition add value, how ca...Starting at €8.20
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Leisure Gardens: Expanding a Tourism Business in Ghana
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Jenny Min; Gena Zheng; Christine WardCase IVEY-9B18M125-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Leisure Gardens, a restaurant and accommodation business in a small town in Ghana, faced problems with his business. Approximately 40 per cent of his restaurant customers were paying on credit and not paying on time, causing cash flow problems. His sole employee was unreliable, often absent when the restaurant was busy. This two-part problem hindered the restaurant's success and owner’s ability to expand the business. Moreover, the o...Starting at €8.20
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Boehringer Ingelheim: Leading Innovation
J. Robert Mitchell; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14M168-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe newly appointed director of Innovation Management & Strategy at Boehringer Ingelheim, a German-based multinational pharmaceutical company, is finding his way forward in his firm’s new, first-of-its-kind role, which is central to the company’s growth rejuvenation strategy. His job has a threefold mandate: to build internal networks, to establish internal structures and to leverage internal ideas. His biggest challenge, however, may be transfor...Starting at €8.20
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Rosch Innovations: Preparing the Biggest IPO Ever
Matthias A. TietzCase IVEY-9B16M131-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of Rosch Innovations and his team had developed a kinetic power plant that used the buoyancy force of air in water to generate electricity. This breakthrough innovation defied old principles of physics and was therefore difficult to comprehend and communicate. The CEO and his team had grown their network behind the scenes, careful not to raise too much attention from the powerful German energy lobby in the beginn...Starting at €8.20
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mymuesli: New Markets for Customized Breakfast Cereal
Marc Fetscherin; Elena KasperCase IVEY-9B17A055-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2017, the German company mymuesli GmbH (mymuesli) was operating in six European countries. Having begun to successfully distribute its customizable organic breakfast cereals online, mymuesli built on its growing popularity by opening stores in various cities across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Sweden, where the most popular versions of the product were sold. The relatively young company differentiated itself with its cus...Starting at €8.20