Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Otago Museum
Ralph W. Adler; Jing SongCase IVEY-9B10B007-EAccounting and Control, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyIn existence since 1868, the non-profit Otago Museum in New Zealand had undergone several changes and expansions during its history and was regarded as curator of a broad-based collection of Maori and South Pacific artifacts. In January 2010, the Otago Museum's chief financial officer (CFO) was instructed by the museum's chief executive officer (CEO) to create a balanced scorecard (BSC) for the museum. The current CEO had brought a sense of custo...Starting at €8.20
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Exotic Expeditions Tanzania Ltd.: Competing in Highly Saturated Markets
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Serena Virani; Caroline Wu; Victoria Stopar; Fatima HaqCase IVEY-9B20A006-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyBased in Mwanza, Tanzania, family-owned and operated Exotic Expeditions Tanzania Ltd. was a leading tour operator in East Africa. The company was purchased in December 2014 and experienced considerable success the following year. The owners felt that there was an opportunity for growth within the company and believed that the best way to realize this growth was to improve their marketing efforts and service offerings. The family wanted to remain ...Starting at €8.20
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Salty Snacks
John DawesExercise IVEY-9B10A015-EMarketingThe Salty Snacks case is a data analysis exercise using Excel. The case uses real data from a consumer goods panel. It presents the student with a table of purchase duplications for a set of salty snack brands, and the student's task is to identify the competitive structure of the market, that is, which brands compete more intensely with each other. The task is similar to what brand managers in consumer goods companies face on a regular basis. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Gold Crest Hotel: Filling Room Vacancies
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Mackenzie Schmidt; Matt Bradley; Glen Thomson-Bullock; John Paul BelmonteCase IVEY-9B18A028-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2015, the general manager of the Gold Crest Hotel (Gold Crest) in Mwanza, Tanzania, had only three days to present a compelling marketing strategy for the hotel at the executive board meeting. Though the hotel had recently experienced revenue growth from its conference room bookings, management wanted to increase average yearly hotel occupancy. A new marketing strategy had to include a target consumer segment, a marketing plan, and options tha...Starting at €8.20