Ivey Business School (Canada)
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APLO: Optimal Supply of Street Lights
Singfat Chu; Nicole Lo; Clark Hsu; Masahiro Okumura; R.J. Guzman; Lisa SantosoCase IVEY-9B16E001-ECorporate Governance, StrategyAPLO was a reputable supplier of LED lighting systems for diverse countries from Taiwan to the United Kingdom. In 2015, APLO signed a contract to supply and install 30,000 pieces of 60-watt ecological street lights in several towns within one of Indonesia’s provinces. With over 250 million inhabitants, Indonesia was in dire need of modernizing its infrastructure as it expanded economically. Having already been contracted for street lighting in se...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