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YU Ranch: Growing a Sustainable Business
Rod E. White; Hadi Chapardar; Ryan WhiteCase IVEY-9B15M038-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder and owner of YU Ranch is selling all of the Texas Longhorn beef the ranch can produce. YU Ranch's grass-fed, sustainable beef is substantially leaner and healthier than conventionally produced beef. This highly differentiated product is sold at a premium to selected restaurants, food service companies and at the farm-gate. The local consumer segment has been tapped, while local businesses and distant customers need to be supplied. Wit...Starting at €8.20
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The Canadian Television Industry Confronts Subscription Video on Demand
Adam Fremeth; Rod E. White; Kartik RaoCase IVEY-9B16M072-EStrategyIn late 2015, developments in the Canadian television industry led the incumbent players to reconsider their traditional distribution strategies. The conflux of changes to technology, regulatory reforms, and consumption patterns was complicated by the entry of new players, forcing established firms to consider revising their business models. The regulated oligopolistic industry structure that once protected the players and ensured superior perfor...Starting at €8.20
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Closing the Gap - Facing the Future (B)
Rod E. White; Rida EliasCase IVEY-9B10M052-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is a supplement to Closing the Gap - The Changing Home Care Environment (A) case, product #9B10M051. The regulations in the home care industry are changing. The industry is moving toward consolidation and favouring large companies. Closing the Gap reaches a crossroad. In this (B) case, students will be asked to evaluate an acquisition possibility and advise the chief executive officer whether the acquisition will be a successful one or not.Starting at €5.74
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ING Insurance Asia/Pacific
Rod E. White; Paul W. Beamish; Andreas SchotterCase IVEY-9B06M083-EStrategyThe new chief executive officer (CEO) of ING Insurance Asia/Pacific wants to improve the regional operation of the company. ING Group was a global financial services company of Dutch origin with more than 150 years of experience. As part of ING International, ING Insurance Asia/Pacific was responsible for life insurance and asset/wealth management activities throughout the region. The company was doing well, but the new CEO believed that there we...Starting at €8.20
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La Fageda: A Crazy Initiative (B): Challenges of Growth and Governance in 2014
Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1325-ECorporate Governance, StrategyCase (B) details the important legal changes made to the initiative. Cristóbal Colón, chairman of La Fageda, reflects on the reinforcement of the organization and the corporate governance to ensure the continuity of the project and its depersonalization.Starting at €5.74
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La Fageda 1982-2008: An Outrageous Initiative
Segarra, Montse; Ochoa, I.; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1218-ECorporate GovernanceLa Fageda is a social initiative which employs the mentally disabled and mentally ill in the Garrotxa region (Girona), helping them integrate into society through production and marketing of top quality yogurt. The case study raises growth alternatives and their consequences. La Fageda and its leadership are epitomized in the person of Cristóbal Colón, its founder and chairman. What started as a work cooperative is now a complex structure consist...Starting at €8.20
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Sociedad Deportiva Eibar S. A. D.: A Modest Club in the Elite of a Unique Sector
Segarra, José Antonio; Fernández, Albert; Aguirreamalloa Arizaga, JavierCase SM-1626-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIt was the summer of 2015. Sociedad Deportiva Eibar S.A.D. was playing in the First Division in the same years it was celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding--a unique case in the history of Spanish football. The club had several characteristics that set it apart: the town where it was based was smaller than any other that had produced a First Division team; austerity was a defining feature of the club, which strived to live and dissemin...Starting at €8.20
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David contra Goliath. Decisiones comerciales en La Fageda
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1321MarketingLa Fageda es una iniciativa social y cooperativa que fabrica y vende yogures (además de helados y mermeladas). A mediados de 2014 han de tomar tres decisiones importantes dentro del ámbito comercial: cómo responder a una bajada de precios en una cadena importante; cómo ayudar a los distribuidores que se ven afectados por la caída de su negocio (fruto de la centralización logística de las principales cadenas); y qué hacer con algunas cuentas del c...Starting at €8.20
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Benati Solares
Gallo, Iñigo; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1318MarketingEn 2013 el departamento de fotoprotección de Benati se plantea si debe responder a las promociones de la competencia. Pese a que estas promociones (ya en su tercer verano consecutivo) no hacen mucho daño en la cuota de mercado de Benati, la empresa identifica cierto descontento entre las farmacias, que son quienes venden el producto al cliente final.Starting at €8.20
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Tergasa (B)
Segarra, José Antonio; Carrillo, JordiCase M-1297Accounting and Control, Corporate GovernanceLa dirección de Tergasa reflexiona con su consultor acerca de la necesidad de confeccionar un sistema de información para el control de las operaciones de negocio, ya que los sistemas utilizados hasta ahora por la compañía son muy rudimentarios y no dan pistas sobre el desempeño de las distintas actividades.Starting at €5.74