Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Grand River University Water Buffalos: Activity-Based Costing of University Sports
Kun Huo; Ian BurtCase IVEY-9B18B022-EAccounting and ControlOn April 30, 2018, the athletic director of Grand River University was drafting a plan for his department to be reviewed by the school’s board of trustees. Grand River University was a small university supporting several varsity sports teams that competed regionally and nationally. The men’s hockey, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball programs had struggled in recent years. In fact, the women’s hockey program had been cut several years earli...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Transformation at GE: What Went Wrong
Robert D. Austin; Genevieve PelowCase IVEY-9B19M110-EStrategyAs recently as 2017, General Electric (GE) had been touted as an example of how established companies could pre-emptively transform their businesses digitally, without waiting to be forced to do so by their competition. But in 2018, the wheels appeared to fall off GE's transformation, amid a crisis that included leadership changes, dividend cuts, credit downgrades, and a stock price crash. The company announced that it would sell GE Digital, the ...Starting at €8.20