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Earthwear Face & Body: Communicating Corporate Culture (A)
Mary Weil; Julia CuttCase IVEY-9B14C045-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementBy the spring of 2014, the founder of EarthWear Face & Body is in desperate need of part-time employees to help run her successful skin care retail business, which she runs out of her home in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. After eight years of hard work, she has turned her part-time hobby making all-natural skin care products into a thriving business. She sells her products online, through retail stores, at craft and trade shows and at the Saska...Starting at €8.20
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A Pathway for Scotiabank's Innovation: Leveraging FinTech Partnerships
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary Weil; Ying-Ying HsiehCase IVEY-9B17M109-EStrategyIn February 2017, Scotiabank’s vice-president of digital enablement was sitting in his office at Scotiabank’s Digital Factory in downtown Toronto. He was reflecting on his recent introduction to the financial technology (fintech) company Kabbage, and on how successfully the partnership was progressing. Scotiabank’s vice-president was considering what opportunities the bank should pursue next, specifically in the area of blockchain. The Scotiabank...Starting at €8.20
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dpms. - The Price of Earned Media
Julia Cutt; Mary WeilCase IVEY-9B14A038-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn April 2014, the co-founder of lifestyle brand dpms., situated in London, Ontario, has a dilemma. Started as an opportunity to showcase her partner’s graphic designs, dpms. first produced silk-screened t-shirts, then branched into jewelry and other locally produced products as the company succeeded. They maintain a booth at a weekly farmers’ and artisans’ market and travel to other festivals around the province but rely mainly on word-of-mouth ...Starting at €8.20
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o.b.: The Case of the Missing Tampons
Mary Weil; Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M096-EStrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of a large consumer health conglomerate faces a controversial situation. Loyal consumers of a feminine hygiene product are outraged when they learn that a highly coveted product has been permanently discontinued. Unable to find their favourite brand in stock, consumers create a website and post online petitions to boycott, or rather “girlcott,” all products made by the company. The company has already suffered se...Starting at €8.20
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Lululemon Athletica Inc. - Moving Forward With Humility
Mary Weil; Julia CuttCase IVEY-9B14A036-EMarketing, StrategyOn March 27, 2014, the new chief executive officer of Lululemon Athletica Inc., headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, has just announced the previous year’s flat fourth quarter results. These unimpressive financial figures have amplified the need to address the company’s damaged reputation. In 2013, the apparel brand faced a product recall and a public relations backlash after a controversial interview and botched apology by its founder, ...Starting at €8.20
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An Influencer Strategy for Budweiser in Canada
Mary Weil; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A014-EMarketingIn January 2018, a senior manager at Labatt Breweries of Canada, headquartered in Toronto, was thinking of how to launch an influencer strategy for the Budweiser brand in Canada. The manager needed a strategy to connect with a group of influential bloggers and other influencers in Canada. These influencers’ opinions affected the way different brands were viewed. Getting the influencers on-side would require finesse as Budweiser was typically seen...Starting at €8.20
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Banco de Iberia (A)
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-217Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEl Banco de Iberia fue fundado por un grupo de inversores a finales del siglo XIX, con un capital de seis millones de pesetas (36.000 euros). En sus más de cien años de historia, el banco siempre cotizó con estabilidad en bolsa y estaba reconocido como una entidad sólida y contrastada en servicios de banca universal para clientes particulares, empresas e instituciones. En 2009, el banco debía adaptar su estructura a la nueva realidad, actuando en...Starting at €8.20
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MCO Insurance
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, Guido; Cuadrado, MartaCase DPO-298Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEl caso MCO Insurance tiene por objetivo analizar la técnica de la evaluación 360° desde un punto de vista doble: el individual y el organizativo. Para el primer objetivo ofrece las evaluaciones de diferentes directivos de la empresa y su reacción ante ellas. Para el segundo, en el caso se incluye un resumen agregado de las competencias estudiadas y su valoración. A finales de 2012 se recibieron de la matriz instrucciones para realizar un nuevo e...Starting at €8.20
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LIPA (A): Impacto de una fusión
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-172Corporate GovernanceEl director de recursos humanos de OLTRA, líder industrial en España que acababa de adquirir una de las mayores compañías argentinas, LIPA, no tenía todavía ideas claras sobre la mejor manera de conducirse para el desembarco. Creía que en primera línea poco importaba lo que pudiese arrojar un ejercicio de evaluación de este tipo; las decisiones se tomarían fuera de su ámbito y sujetas a otros motivos. ¿Cómo conjugar la experiencia ya validada en ...Starting at €8.20
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Venturanza Hoteles (A)
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-184Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementVenturanza Hoteles estaba experimentando un fuerte crecimiento orgánico e inorgánico y se enfrentaba al reto de disponer de directivos adecuados. ¿Cómo vamos a ser capaces de desarrollar tantos directores de hotel como necesitamos al ritmo que crecemos? se preguntaba Juan Morillo, director de recursos humanos de Venturanza Hoteles. Acaba de regresar de un proceso de evaluación de candidatos internos y las cosas no habían transcurrido como deseaba...Starting at €8.20