Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Pacific Drilling: The Preferred Offshore Driller
Haiyang Li; Frederic Jacquemin; Toby LiCase IVEY-9B16M061-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded in 2006, Pacific Drilling was a fast-growing offshore drilling company. From the beginning, the company’s chief executive officer was determined to create a unique drilling company by focusing exclusively on ultra-deepwater drilling and technological innovation. By the end of 2014, the company had more than 1,600 employees and was generating US$1 billion in annual revenues. However, the company also faced several challenges, such as being...Starting at €8.20
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GE China Technology Center: Evolving Role in Global Innovation
Haiyang Li; Rebecca ChungCase IVEY-9B15M099-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Bringing Technology to Market Award, 2016 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. This case describes how General Electric has developed its China Technology Center over the past decade. The case also elaborates on the changing role of the China Technology Center in General Electric’s global research and development strategy. In 2000, General Electric set up its China Technology Center ...Starting at €8.20
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Transparency International Ukraine
Lucas Monzani; Andrew Rozhdestvensky; Lindsay BirbragerCase IVEY-9B19C026-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe overarching vision of the global nongovernmental organization Transparency International was to free the world from corruption. Transparency International Ukraine (TIU) was founded in 2014, after three failed attempts, to tackle the high level of corrStarting at €8.20
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Three Cases on Workplace Mistreatment
Karen Harlos; Alison Konrad; Lucas MonzaniCase IVEY-9B20C041-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn the first of three mini-cases on workplace mistreatment, "Casual Fridays Gone Wrong," the vice-president of compliance for a collections company faced the dilemma of how to deal with a complaint about a manager's racist comments. In the second mini-casStarting at €8.20
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Zhuiyi Technology: Develop or Diversify?
Chongqiao Xiong; Haiyang Li; Yijia Tang; Jiana LuCase IVEY-W31059-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case describes how Zhuiyi, a leading conversational artificial intelligence (AI) start-up in China, developed its growth strategy and made transitions in the face of product commercialization challenges. The crux lies in the low customer satisfaction rate of AI products, which could be endogenously attributed to mismatched expectations among customers and the founding team in the product development process as well as to the lack of vertical ...Starting at €8.20
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The Essex Shipwreck: Leadership in the Middle of Nowhere
Stephen Mathew; Charles Ebbers; Lucas MonzaniCase IVEY-9B20C049-ELeadership and People ManagementOn August 12, 1819, a crew set sail for the Pacific Ocean on a three-year voyage on the Essex whaling ship. On November 20, 1820, a giant sperm whale emerged from the ocean and critically damaged the Essex’s starboard hull. The crew consisted of the captaStarting at €8.20