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iQmetrix: The Customer Is Always Right
Chris Street; Darren Meister; Tracy ThibodeauCase IVEY-9B16M028-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, iQmetrix, a company founded in 1999, developed and sold point-of-sale (POS) software using the software-as-a-service model. Two iQmetrix enterprise account managers were discussing strategies for closing a software subscription deal with a large customer who asked for significant customization to be completed before the deal could be signed. The customization appeared to be critical for the customer, and the account managers thought the ...Starting at €8.20
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GM: The Opel Decision
Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10M022-EStrategyIn July 2009, General Motors Company (GM),the world's second largest automotive enterprise, has come out of a bankruptcy orchestrated by the U.S. federal government. Leaner and focused after a 40-day exercise, GM is still a long way from a full-fledged financial recovery. The company is under a mandate to concentrate first on its U.S. market. Its European subsidiary, which manufactures the Opel cars, has been struggling for nearly a decade. The b...Starting at €8.20
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RONA Inc.- Dealing with Recession
Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09M076-EMarketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn September 2009, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Rona Inc. was reviewing the company's progress in relation to the ongoing economic recession. Rona was the largest retailer of hardlines in Canada. Rona had noticed definitive signs of slowdown in the third quarter of 2007 and had launched Strategic Plan 2008 - 2011 as a response. The two-phase program was nearing the completion of its first phase of Productivity, Efficiency an...Starting at €8.20
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University Health Network (UHN): The MOE-MAR Initiative
Darren Meister; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B06E013-EInformation TechnologiesThe director of Acute Care Information Management at University Health Network is thinking about how to form a steering committee and several working groups to manage the implementation and ongoing operation of the Medication Order Entry and Medication Administration Record module. This initiative would be the most challenging and complex the IT department had ever undertaken. She would need to address the concerns of administration, physicians a...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)
Darren Meister; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B06E018-EInformation TechnologiesIn March 2005, the vice-president and chief operating officer of the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA), was thinking about how to best harness the business intelligence (BI) system that CATSA had implemented. From its creation in 2002, CATSA had developed an organizational structure with more than 200 managers overseeing 4,000 screening officers. In June 2003, a BI solution was developed and, in 2004, the solution was launched. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Apogeo, S.A.
Font, VicenteCase M-1149MarketingCarlos Martínez, director de la división de colonias masculinas de Apogeo, S.A., tenía que proponer a su consejero delegado las acciones más convenientes para aumentar las ventas. La empresa se plantea distintas alternativas: lanzar una nueva marca, relanzar la marca más conocida de su división, ampliar la distribución de todos o algunos de sus productos a grandes superficies y cadenas de alimentación, y modificar ciertos aspectos del plan comerc...Starting at €8.20
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Banco del Ebro
Font, VicenteCase M-850MarketingEl presidente de un banco de tamaño medio debe diseñar el futuro de su entidad.Starting at €8.20
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Becosa: Organización comercial
Font, VicenteCase M-1233MarketingLa dirección general de Becosa tiene que decidir si autoriza al director regional de la comunidad valenciana a presentarse a un proyecto de construcción de un edificio de oficinas. En el mismo momento recibe la notificación del departamento de hospitales de que ese director no ha atendido los requerimientos de un posible hospital en su comunidad. Esta problemática está relacionada con el cambio de las reglas de funcionamiento de la organización c...Starting at €8.20
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Internacional Alimentaria
Font, VicenteCase M-1125MarketingEl director de marketing de la empresa debe resolver algunos de los problemas que aparecen en su organización.Starting at €8.20