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Williams Coffee Pub: The Franchising Opportunity
Gregory S. Zaric; Hui ZhangCase IVEY-9B07E020-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipAn entrepreneur is looking for business opportunities since she immigrated to London, Ontario. She has come across a franchising opportunity with Williams Coffee Pub (WCP). The promotional material for WCP indicates that annual sales for a typical restaurant can be up to $1,700,000 with a profit margin of 17.5 per cent. This business opportunity seems very attractive, however, she must do some additional investigation. The purpose of this case is...Starting at €8.20
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Gold Claim at Sturgeon Lake
Peter C. Bell; Gregory S. ZaricCase IVEY-9B09E018-ECorporate GovernanceAWARD WINNING CASE: 2009 INFORMS Case and Teaching Materials Competition, 3rd place. A freelance geologist was asked for advice regarding two mining claims to property on Sturgeon Lake, near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, he was asked if there was enough gold on the property to pursue an economically feasible mining opportunity. The geologist determined that an analytical approach would best aid the analysis of the multiple factors he would ...Starting at €8.20
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Radiation Treatment Machine Capacity Planning at Cancer Care Ontario
Jonathan Wang; Gregory S. ZaricCase IVEY-9B15E014-ECorporate GovernanceA planning analyst at Cancer Care Ontario has been tasked to recommend a strategy for allocating new linear accelerator capacity to the province’s cancer treatment centres over a five-year period. Because the introduction of additional capacity requires the investment of capital resources and long implementation timelines, accurate and timely predictions are critical to the treatment of cancer patients. The planning analyst needs to devise an all...Starting at €8.20
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Pulling the Goalie in Hockey
Gregory S. Zaric; Michael LeffCase IVEY-9B08E001-ECorporate GovernanceThe assistant coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, had just seen the team lose. In order to increase their chance of scoring, they had added a sixth offensive skater to the ice by sending their goaltender to the bench (known as pulling the goalie) in the last 60 seconds of the game. Doing this did not give the team an advantage, in fact, a member of the opposite team was able to shoot the puck into the unguarded net, which cost the Leafs the game. T...Starting at €8.20
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La Fageda: A Crazy Initiative (B): Challenges of Growth and Governance in 2014
Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1325-ECorporate Governance, StrategyCase (B) details the important legal changes made to the initiative. Cristóbal Colón, chairman of La Fageda, reflects on the reinforcement of the organization and the corporate governance to ensure the continuity of the project and its depersonalization.Starting at €5.74
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La Fageda 1982-2008: An Outrageous Initiative
Segarra, Montse; Ochoa, I.; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1218-ECorporate GovernanceLa Fageda is a social initiative which employs the mentally disabled and mentally ill in the Garrotxa region (Girona), helping them integrate into society through production and marketing of top quality yogurt. The case study raises growth alternatives and their consequences. La Fageda and its leadership are epitomized in the person of Cristóbal Colón, its founder and chairman. What started as a work cooperative is now a complex structure consist...Starting at €8.20
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Sociedad Deportiva Eibar S. A. D.: A Modest Club in the Elite of a Unique Sector
Segarra, José Antonio; Fernández, Albert; Aguirreamalloa Arizaga, JavierCase SM-1626-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIt was the summer of 2015. Sociedad Deportiva Eibar S.A.D. was playing in the First Division in the same years it was celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding--a unique case in the history of Spanish football. The club had several characteristics that set it apart: the town where it was based was smaller than any other that had produced a First Division team; austerity was a defining feature of the club, which strived to live and dissemin...Starting at €8.20
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David contra Goliath. Decisiones comerciales en La Fageda
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1321MarketingLa Fageda es una iniciativa social y cooperativa que fabrica y vende yogures (además de helados y mermeladas). A mediados de 2014 han de tomar tres decisiones importantes dentro del ámbito comercial: cómo responder a una bajada de precios en una cadena importante; cómo ayudar a los distribuidores que se ven afectados por la caída de su negocio (fruto de la centralización logística de las principales cadenas); y qué hacer con algunas cuentas del c...Starting at €8.20
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Benati Solares
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1318MarketingEn 2013 el departamento de fotoprotección de Benati se plantea si debe responder a las promociones de la competencia. Pese a que estas promociones (ya en su tercer verano consecutivo) no hacen mucho daño en la cuota de mercado de Benati, la empresa identifica cierto descontento entre las farmacias, que son quienes venden el producto al cliente final.Starting at €8.20
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Tergasa (B)
Segarra, José Antonio; Carrillo, JordiCase M-1297Accounting and Control, Corporate GovernanceLa dirección de Tergasa reflexiona con su consultor acerca de la necesidad de confeccionar un sistema de información para el control de las operaciones de negocio, ya que los sistemas utilizados hasta ahora por la compañía son muy rudimentarios y no dan pistas sobre el desempeño de las distintas actividades.Starting at €5.74