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Bolster Electronics: Dealing with Dealer Demands
Michael Taylor; Mark B. VandenboschCase IVEY-9B12A050-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThis B2B case describes a common situation that arises when channel partners gain success and the perceived balance of power shifts from the supplier to the channel. The manager for Bolster Electronics, one of the largest suppliers in Canada of state-of-the-art industrial video equipment for harsh environments, must consider a request from Vickers Industrial Supplies, a regional dealer, to be upgraded from a dealership to a distributor. Vickers w...Starting at €8.20
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TELUS: The Public Mobile Brand Acquisition Decision
Michael Taylor; Brooke Cooper; Sarah DicksonCase IVEY-9B17A049-EMarketingIn 2014, TELUS Communications (TELUS) acquired Public Mobile Holdings Inc., a small, money-losing, wireless carrier that operated in the lower, price-sensitive tier of the market. TELUS had not previously competed in the lower tier of the market, which had a history of low revenues per customer and low customer retention. The director of Mobility Marketing at TELUS faced the decision of what to do with this newly acquired brand. He was considerin...Starting at €8.20
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Healing Through Humour: Mixing Mental Health, Comedy and Business
Michael Taylor; Tatiana LevitCase IVEY-9B13A033-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn June 2013, the founder of Healing Through Humour, a comedy school for people with mental illness, considered his options to overcome the barriers to growth for his not-for-profit organization. The school, located in donated space in the offices of the Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan in Regina, was designed to build self-esteem and life skills for people suffering from mental illness, to raise public awareness about mental health issues a...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Western Agribition: Beefing up the Growth Strategy
Tatiana Levit; Michael TaylorCase IVEY-9B15A002-EMarketing, StrategyIn early June 2014, the chief executive officer of Canadian Western Agribition, a not-for-profit organization, is reviewing the results of its 2013 agricultural show, a fair that takes place every November in Regina, Saskatchewan. The week-long event includes the largest livestock show in Canada, an extensive agribusiness tradeshow, a large marketplace of home products, a rodeo competition, and entertainment and educational programs that have a f...Starting at €8.20
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Paramount Distributing Inc.: The Popcorn Predicament (Role Play)
Michael TaylorCase IVEY-9B12A021C-ELeadership and People Management, MarketingThis is a supplement to The Popcorn Predicament: Competition, Conflict and Buying Behaviour.Starting at €8.20
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Oasis of the Seas: The Largest Cruise Liner in the World
Michael Taylor; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11A006-EMarketingThe Oasis of the Seas is the largest cruise ship ever built and was launched in 2009 in the midst of the financial crisis. Two analysts from ELP Equities, a Florida-based research firm, are trying to determine which cruise customer segments the Oasis is targeted at. The information they have gathered allows them to conduct a customer segmentation analysis in preparation for a hypothetical meeting with the marketing director of Royal Caribbean Int...Starting at €8.20
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Space Data Corp. (Spanish Version)
MacCormack, AlanCase HBS-603S15StrategyPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Espacio Data Corp. planea asociarse con el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de EE.UU. para colocar transmisores-receptores en los globos meteorológicos y de ese modo crear una red de comunicaciones móviles nacionales. La compañía está en las etapas finales de desarrollo y está previsto poner en marcha una prueba regional que demostrar su capacidad para proporcionar paginació...Starting at €8.20
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Research In Motion: The Mobile OS Platform War
MacCormack, Alan; Dunn, Brian; Kemerer, Chris F.Case HBS-613001-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case describes competition in the market for smartphones in the US, and the position of one player, Research in Motion (RIM) who manufacture the popular Blackberry line of products. Early in 2011, RIM is in trouble. Its stock price has plummeted, amidst poor business results, and its future as an independent company is in doubt. A new Chief Executive Officer, Thorsten Heins, must decide how to position the company for the future. The case all...Starting at €8.20
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Hill & Levene Schools of Business : 2020s Business Education
Dwight Heinrichs; Michael TaylorCase IVEY-W26088-EMarketing, StrategyThe Hill & Levene Schools of Business (HLSB) Paul J. Hill Business School at the University of Regina, were considering widely divergent strategic alternatives, in what was expected to be a new and permanently altered post Covid-19 competitive environmentStarting at €8.20
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Living on Internet Time: Product Development at Netscape, Yahoo!, NetDynamics, and Microsoft (Spanish Version)
Iansiti, Marco; MacCormack, AlanCase HBS-602S21Service and Operations ManagementDescribe cómo cuatro empresas en el desarrollo enfoque de mercado de productos de software de Internet. Basándose en estudios de caso cortos de tres proyectos recientes, los estudiantes están invitados a sintetizar los atributos comunes de la práctica del desarrollo en entornos turbulentos.Starting at €8.20