Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate: B2B and B2C Social Media Marketing
Raymond Pirouz; Emily Chen-BendleCase IVEY-9B12A057-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case explores social media marketing as both business to business (B2B) and business to consumer (B2C) strategies. In spite of a challenging real estate environment, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate (BHGRE) was launched in 2008 by Realogy Corporation, the largest franchisor of real estate brands in the world, to maintain and grow market share with a new type of real estate company centered around lifestyle. BHGRE has grown rapidly and ha...Starting at €8.20
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A Couple of Squares: E-Commerce Opportunities for Growth (B)
Dante Pirouz; Raymond Pirouz; Dina Ribbink; Emily Chen-BendleCase IVEY-9B13A005-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingA small upscale bakery produces artisan-quality, hand-decorated cookies, generating $1 million in annual revenue. In the (A) case 9B13A004, the two co-owners investigate the role of pricing in driving growth for their business and allowing them to achieve several fundamental financial goals. In the (B) case, the partners explore the possibility of a website to drive direct-to-consumer sales on an e-commerce platform. The multimedia elements of th...Starting at €5.74
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DonorsChoose.org: Refining a Successful Brand
Allison Johnson; Emily Chen-BendleCase IVEY-9B15A050-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyMore than a decade after its launch, DonorsChoose.org is a successful, well-known and well-regarded charitable organization that supports U.S. public schools. Yet in the years since the organization’s inception, the charity environment has changed, leading the organization’s chief marketing officer to investigate how to further clarify the brand in a shifting space. The case centres on findings delivered by a branding agency regarding a possible ...Starting at €8.20
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Carefirst: the INTEGRATE Care Model
Linying Dong; Alice MuiCase IVEY-9B20E005-EInformation TechnologiesIn 2019, the chief executive officer of Carefirst Seniors & Community Services Association (Carefirst) was sitting in her modest office near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, looking back on 22 years of providing health care services to seniors and other clients in the Toronto area. Demand for its services had been growing steadily, as Canada’s aging population continued to increase in numbers. The 2016 census reported that seniors outnumbered children f...Starting at €8.20
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SmoothPay: Growing a Mobile Payment User Base
Jacob Halliday; Linying DongCase IVEY-9B16E032-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesSmoothPay, a 14-people start-up in Canada that offered mobile payment and loyalty solutions, enjoyed initial achievements after its launch in 2014. In less than two years, through industry partnerships and community engagement, SmoothPay grew to have over 100 merchants in its system, with over 5,000 users. However, the future was full of risks and uncertainty: businesses and consumers in Canada were both slow in adopting mobile payments, and, as ...Starting at €8.20
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A Couple of Squares: Pricing for the Future (A)
Dante Pirouz; Raymond Pirouz; Dina Ribbink; Emily Chen-BendleCase IVEY-9B13A004-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2012, small upscale bakery produces artisan-quality, hand-decorated cookies, generating $1 million in annual revenue. In the (A) case, the two co-owners investigate the role of pricing in driving growth for their business and allowing them to achieve several fundamental financial goals. In the (B) case 9B13A005, the partners explore the possibility of a website to drive direct-to-consumer sales on an e-commerce platform. The multimedia element...Starting at €8.20
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MediaMath: Positioning a Real-Time Interface for Online Media Planning & Buying
Raymond Pirouz; Emily Chen-BendleCase IVEY-9B13A014-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingMediaMath is a demand-side platform that provides a single interface from which online media buyers can buy display media advertising from multiple advertising exchanges. The company’s chief executive officer is contemplating the strategic direction of his new business after its first full year of operation. Specifically, he needs to determine which clients he should most actively pursue and how that decision will affect the strategic direction o...Starting at €8.20