Ivey Business School (Canada)
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The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program: Impact on Stakeholders
Theodore L. Hill; Rebecca DeWhitt; Claire Thanh Tran; Lynne AnderssonCase IVEY-9B19M084-EStrategyIn 2018, a new challenge confronted the executive director of the Inside-Out Center in Philadelphia, who was also the founder of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program, an international network of educators providing university courses in prisons for both incarcerated individuals and university students. Despite the program’s many success stories, to gain new funders, the founder needed to communicate the program’s impact through measurable effec...Starting at €8.20
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Empresas La Polar, S.A. (B)
Edward Waltzer; Matko KoljaticCase IVEY-9B16C033-ELeadership and People Management, StrategySupplement for product 9B16C032.Starting at €5.74
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Empresas La Polar, S.A. (A)
Edward Waltzer; Matko KoljaticCase IVEY-9B16C032-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyOn June 9, 2011, Empresas La Polar S.A., a Chilean retailer, informed the Chile’s securities commission that it had detected irregularities in its accounting for credit card receivables. A fraudulent credit card scheme masterminded by key executives and missed by directors and auditors was going to result in an estimated write-off in excess of US$300 million. On June 17th, the company advised the commission that the write-off would, in fact, be d...Starting at €8.20
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IBM Newco: A High-Stakes Spinoff Amid a Battle of the Tech Titans
Bertrand Guillotin; Theodore L. Hill; Munir Mandviwalla; Julianne SellinCase IVEY-W33970-EInformation Technologies, StrategyTwo months after his January 1, 2021, appointment as chief executive officer (CEO) of NewCo, the code name for the soon-to-be spun off managed infrastructure services portion of Strategy Machines Corporation (IBM), Martin Schroeter was faced with the daunting prospect of creating a distinct strategy and identity for a huge company in a very short time frame. Announced on October 8, 2020, by IBM’s CEO, Arvind Krishna, NewCo was a high-stakes strat...Starting at €8.20