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Deregulating the Sale of Alcohol in Ontario
Neil Bendle; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B17A018-EMarketingFollowing a report by the Premier’s Advisory Council on Government Assets in 2015, the sale of beverage alcohol products in Ontario was deregulated: in 2016, 60 grocery stores were licensed to sell beer and cider to consumers. The intention was for up to 450 grocery stores to eventually sell beer and cider products, and for 300 of these stores to also sell wine. The move to deregulate the industry was contentious; the province generated substanti...Starting at €8.20
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BEworks: Experimentation in Business
Neil Bendle; Katie ChenCase IVEY-9B17A053-EMarketingIn 2016, a luxury cosmetic company approached BEworks Inc. (BEworks), a management consulting firm based in Toronto, Ontario, to gain a better understanding of its customers in an effort to develop better-tailored communications. BEworks was the world’s first management consulting firm to specialize in solutions for real-world challenges by applying behavioural economics—an emerging field that sought to understand human behaviour in the context o...Starting at €8.20
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Unhaggle: Putting Customers in the Driver's Seat
Neil Bendle; Sarah Chiu; Justin LeungCase IVEY-9B12A014-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingUnhaggle is a business model that uses a website to link up consumers with automobile dealers. The consumer describes the sort of vehicle they are looking for and the dealers compete to serve the consumer at the lowest possible price. The case illustrates how power in a negotiation comes from supply and demand. By bringing dealers to the consumer, Unhaggle helps drive down the cost of the vehicle to the consumer while reducing the dealer’s market...Starting at €8.20
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Nouveau Event Planning: The Wedding Extravaganza
Neil Bendle; Rocky CampanaCase IVEY-9B11A042-EMarketing, StrategySince 1988, Nouveau Event Planning has been operating the largest wedding expo in Windsor, Canada, an event called the Wedding Extravaganza. In 2001, the Wedding Odyssey became the second wedding expo in Windsor, and started to pose a significant threat to the Wedding Extravaganza. Now in 2011, the owner of Nouveau Event Planning must make strategic decisions involving pricing, customer retention, and selection of an appropriate target market. Sh...Starting at €8.20
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Wind Mobile: Competing in the Canadian Telecom Industry
Neil Bendle; Janice WongCase IVEY-9B12A061-EMarketingThis case looks at how a new entrant into a market dominated by three established incumbents can win consumer support. Wind Mobile, a new entrant in the Canadian telecommunications industry, not only has to compete with rivals Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., Rogers Communications and Telus Corporation but also confronts Canadian regulations concerning foreign ownership. Although the regulatory body, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunicati...Starting at €8.20
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The 2012 Republican Presidential Primaries
Neil BendleCase IVEY-9B13A003-EMarketingThe U.S. presidential primary elections represent an especially challenging decision context. The four candidates in the 2012 Florida Republican primary, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul and Mitt Romney, all have strengths and weakness in the eyes of a Republican primary voter. In this case, these qualities are illustrated by the candidates’ statements and their reported actions during the campaign. The Republican primary voter must use the...Starting at €8.20
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Pixar Versus DreamWorks: Animating Creative Strategies
Neil Bendle; Justin Goldberg; Krystyn CoombsCase IVEY-9B12A027-EMarketing, StrategyThe CEO of the Indian animation studio Tulsi Studios Ltd. is considering approaching either Pixar or DreamWorks Animation to partner on future animation projects. The case provides a perspective on the film industry to indicate how it is rapidly changing and expanding globally, and outlines the history and past successes of the studios. The CEO must decide which potential partner to approach.Starting at €8.20
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Snap Inc.: Becoming a “Camera Company”
Neil Bendle; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A023-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn March 2018, Snap Inc. (Snap), based in Venice, California, and commonly known as Snapchat for its application that allowed users to send photos that disappeared, was looking for ways to grow its user base in the competitive social media platform industry and to differentiate itself from the other major platforms. To do this, it was trying to position itself as a “camera” company and to become relevant to a larger target market: adults aged 25 ...Starting at €8.20
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Analyzing the Success of “Retailers”
Neil Bendle; Xin (Shane) WangExercise IVEY-9B15A045-EMarketingKelsey, a newly minted MBA hired by a firm that provides analysis of companies, has been given a task to present an assessment of six very different firms described by her manager as “retailers.” She has been given the performance details of these companies and is expected to quickly analyze the metrics related to the firms’ performance, such as return on assets, inventory turns and staff productivity. Her manager also wants her to assess and com...Starting at €8.20
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Disruptive Innovation for Social Change (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Baumann, Heiner; Ruggles, Rudy; Sadtler, Thomas M.Article HBS-R0612EStrategyHow should executives think about corporate social responsibility? and Why is it that the billions of dollars invested in social sector institutions haven't begun to solve our basic problems? Both articles have smart, original things to say about how business leaders can make a real difference. A company that aligns its strategy with its CSR to invest in disruptive social sector innovations might change the world.Starting at €8.20