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Cafe Xaragua: The Calgary Opportunity
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Karim MashnukCase IVEY-9B13B004-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyAfter one year of operations, a young entrepreneur and his two partners must evaluate a decision that will change the scope and direction of their business, an online retail store that sells fair-trade coffee beans imported from a developing country. An oStarting at €8.20
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El Caserío: Brand Arquitecture
Lozano V.; Milán B.; Oliver, Xavier; de Toro, Juan ManuelCase M-1189-EMarketingA historical view of the brands acquired by Kraft in Spain, especially El Caserío. The company faces competitors who have established much more coherent brand architectures, with more potential for expansion and profit. The decisions they take for the current brands will define their future.Starting at €8.20
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Travelling Thai Ltd.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jessica KellyExercise IVEY-9B12B017-EAccounting and ControlA company that has a fleet of food trucks serving Thai food has issued bonds twice since its incorporation. Because the company has reached a level of maturity and is in the sixth year of operations, it is able to recall a portion of one of the bonds. The other bonds mature. Students are asked to record the transactions related to these bonds.Starting at €8.20
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Fresh Air Communications
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jessica KellyExercise IVEY-9B12B019-EAccounting and ControlA large, well-established telecommunications company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, has decided to begin an overhaul of its infrastructure, beginning with a small pilot project. The case centres around the bonds used to finance this project, the short-term investments made with portions of the bond proceeds, and the company's outstanding common shares.Starting at €8.20
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Mama J's Marmalade
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Amy ShuhExercise IVEY-9B14B002-EAccounting and ControlIn 2013, the chief executive officer of a marmalade manufacturing company needs to update his accounting records for the fiscal year. In order to complete this task, he gathers the previous year's financial statements and a list of cash receipts and disbursements for the current year in order to perform a financial analysis.Starting at €8.20
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Del GRP al NRP: Un nuevo parámetro de medida de la eficacia de la publicidad en televisión
de Toro, Juan Manuel; Ramas, SantiagoTechnical Note MN-319MarketingAnte los numerosos y profundos cambios acaecidos en los últimos años en el mercado de los medios de comunicación (tanto en el aspecto de la oferta como en el de la demanda), se hacía urgente recabar las implicaciones de los mismos en la estrategia de comunicación de los anunciantes, y esto es lo que perseguimos con esta encuesta a los mayores anunciantes españoles. MODIStarting at €8.20
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Carolina Herrera
Camprodón J.; de Toro, Juan ManuelCase M-936MarketingLa Dirección de Puig, S.A. se plantea el lanzamiento de un nuevo perfume en el segmento de selección de mujer en España, con el precedente de su considerable éxito en Estados Unidos, con el fin de potenciar la presencia de la compañía en este segmento. El problema concreto es decidir si el producto y el nombre (Carolina Herrera) es el más idóneo, pues parece que los clientes y los técnicos dudan de su posible adaptación al gusto del consumidor es...Starting at €8.20
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Rogers Cable: First Time Right
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jordan MartensCase IVEY-9B07C017-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the fall of 2002, the directors of process engineering at Rogers Cable had discovered that a significant portion of Rogers Cable's installations and service activities had been followed by repeat visits within the following 30 days. This meant that services were not properly completed the first time. If high numbers of repeat and rework problems continued, customers would readily take their business elsewhere in the highly competitive environm...Starting at €8.20
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Finemaster Projects Ltd. (A)
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Julie GosseCase IVEY-9B10C001-ELeadership and People ManagementThe assistant site supervisor at Finemaster Projects Ltd. struggled with how to approach his boss for a raise. When hired, he had been told that regular annual reviews were held with employees and that good performance would be rewarded with corresponding pay increases. After one year with the company, the assistant site supervisor found that the owners rarely acted on this policy, leaving it up to staff to approach management about raises, promo...Starting at €8.20
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The Good Night Motel
Richard H. Mimick; David C. Shaw; Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Raymond W. LeducCase IVEY-9B12B014-EAccounting and ControlThe Good Night Motel is considering offering special pricing for a two-day church convention event involving 20 rooms. This requires the owner to perform contribution analysis, sensitivity analysis, and some qualitative analysis.Starting at €8.20