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The Yukon Soaps Company: Indigenous Business Growth
Dominic Lim; Victor LalCase IVEY-9B21M055-EStrategyIn February 2019, the owner of the Yukon Soaps Company (Yukon Soaps), based in Mayo, Yukon, was contemplating the path forward for her business. Founded in 1998, Yukon Soaps was a provider of hand-crafted artisanal soap featuring Indigenous artwork. Yukon Soaps had been experiencing double-digit annual sales growth over the past several years, and demand was steadily exceeding supply. The owner felt that her business had reached a critical point,...Starting at €8.20
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Freshii Inc.: Scaling Up Culture
Dominic Lim; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B18M175-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of Freshii Inc., a leading Canadian-based, international franchised restaurant chain, had developed a distinctive corporate culture at the restaurant’s head office. In July 2017, Freshii was expanding its healthy food, faStarting at €8.20
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Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114029-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream product was coming on-line from other parts of the world, including Russia. As a result, Alcoa had lost its historical market dominance and stock premium. Belda was convinced that fo...Starting at €8.20
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Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (B)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114030-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream product was coming on-line from other parts of the world, including Russia. As a result, Alcoa had lost its historical market dominance and stock premium. Belda was convinced that fo...Starting at €5.74
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Exeter Group, Inc., Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-412024-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 409001.Starting at €0.00
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Mistry Architects (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-412025-ETeaching Note for 609044, 609064, and 609086.Starting at €0.00
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Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-412026-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 409056.Starting at €0.00
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One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; McFee, Erin; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-412031-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 411-006, 411-007, and 411-008.Starting at €0.00
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The Maple Lane Driveway Paving Project
Scott, EstherCase HBS-HKS449-EThis brief case narrative tells the story of how a few people managed to wring consensus from over 40 of their neighbors on repaving a shared driveway. While there was general agreement that the driveway, which ran behind their buildings, was in poor shape, there was little impetus to do something about it, in large part because of the daunting task of organizing a large and disparate group of residents, who had hitherto shown little interest in...Starting at €8.20
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Ahold versus Tesco--Analyzing Performance (Spanish version)
Srinivasan, Suraj; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114S15Accounting and ControlThe case relates to understanding and comparing the performance of two leading retail companies-Ahold and Tesco. The case introduces the tools of Dupont and Modified Dupont Decomposition. While performance as measured by return on equity has been similar for the two companies, Ahold has had significantly better stock market performance compared to Tesco. Ahold also has a significant amount of cash on its balance sheet leading to low levels of net...Starting at €8.20