Ivey Business School (Canada)
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SIC Insurance Company Limited: Corporate Governance
Joshua Yindenaba Abor; Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor; Agyapomaa Gyeke-Dako; Lydia AdzobuCase IVEY-9B18N007-EFinanceIn March 2013, SIC Insurance Company Limited (SIC), a Ghanaian insurance company, appointed its first female chief executive officer, Doris Awo Nkani. Under her tenure, SIC issued a credit guarantee bond to ITAL Construct International in favour of Ivory Finance for a six-month period. However, ITAL Construct International defaulted on the loan, and Ivory Finance called on SIC to redeem its credit guarantee bond. Due to the failure of SIC and ITA...Starting at €8.20
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Asante Teaching Hospital: Activity-Based Costing
Melissa Jean; Courtney YoungCase IVEY-9B16B012-EAccounting and Control, StrategyIn August 2015, an intern at Asante Teaching Hospital, a prestigious not-for-profit hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, wanted to organize the cost data she had gathered from staff interviews into clear recommendations for the hospital's chief executive officer. Asante Teaching Hospital's maternity ward competitors had begun offering bundled pricing for natural births, and the intern wondered if Asante Teaching Hospital should do the same. In...Starting at €8.20