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Health Care Center for the Homeless: Changing with the Times
Mary Conway Dato-on; Eileen Weisenbach KellerCase IVEY-9B10A032-EMarketingBakari Burns, CEO of the Health Care Center for the Homeless (HCCH) in Orlando, Florida, was faced with the daunting task of rebranding the organization. He knew that the organization experienced difficulty with recognition and marketplace distinction, primarily due to the public’s misconceptions about the relationship between HCCH and the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida. An external consulting team offered several recommendations f...Starting at €8.20
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Ten Thousand Villages of Cincinnati: The First Year and Beyond
Mary Conway Dato-onCase IVEY-9B10A008-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingTen Thousand Villages (TTV) is a nonprofit fair trade retail organization with a store located in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the store's opening and first two years of operations (2002-2004), Karen, the chair of the board of directors, and Cheryl, the store manager, struggle to develop a customer-focused plan to ensure sales increases for their unique operation. Marketing issues ranging from store location selection to inventory selection and promo...Starting at €8.20
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Helarctos Ventures: Investing in Seed-Stage Start-Ups
Matthew WongCase IVEY-9B19M112-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early 2016, Canada’s venture capital (VC) investment environment was growing and, as a result, exciting new start-ups were fruitfully collaborating with a sophisticated selection of investors. Ajay Joshi, a partner at Helarctos Ventures (HV), a seed-stStarting at €8.20
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Lake Eola Charter School: Securing the Brand Through Environmental Analysis
Mary Conway Dato-on; Eileen Weisenbach KellerCase IVEY-9B10M070-EMarketing, StrategyIn late 2009, the principal of the Lake Eola Charter School (LECS) in downtown Orlando, Florida completed a course on nonprofit branding at the Philanthropy & Nonprofit Leadership Center at a local college. She was energized and ready to apply the information she had learned to evaluate the school's competitive position and to determine its level of mission fulfillment and progress toward goals. Well-suited for running a school, with a doctorate ...Starting at €8.20
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Innovate LLP: Legal Dilemmas in the Start-up World
Matthew Wong; Adrienne Ng; Darren MeisterCase IVEY-9B15M107-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA burgeoning mobile application entrepreneur has developed an interesting potential product with her friends. However, when she encounters an investment opportunity, she decides to seek legal advice for the first time in her business life. As a result of her initial meeting with a lawyer, she realizes how unprepared she is and some of the tough questions that she will need to answer.Starting at €8.20
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Dropbox: Go-To-Market Sales Strategy
Darren Meister; Matthew WongCase IVEY-9B17M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2014, Dropbox, the San Francisco-based pioneering cloud-based file storage service, was at an important stage of its growth. Its user base had expanded into hundreds of millions of users globally, and the company was expanding its service offerings to organizations. At the heart of this expansion was the ever-increasing acquisition of customers in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. As Dropbox targeted larger customers, it needed to c...Starting at €8.20
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Fundación Bringas Hahgenbeck (FBH): Serving the Needs of Mexican Senior Citizens
Mary Conway Dato-onCase IVEY-9B14A005-EMarketing, StrategyThe director of the Fundación Bringas Haghenback (FBH), a non-profit community service organization in Mexico City, was preparing to present alternative market strategies to the board of directors for the three senior citizen homes run by the foundation. She hired a consulting team to research the services and marketing of each home as well as the external environment. She knew the demographic shifts in the Mexican population projected a drastic ...Starting at €8.20
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Fundación Bringas Hahgenbeck (FBH): Serving the Needs of Mexican Senior Citizens (Spanish version)
Mary Conway Dato-onCase IVEY-9B14AS005Marketing, StrategyThe director of the Fundación Bringas Haghenback (FBH), a non-profit community service organization in Mexico City, was preparing to present alternative market strategies to the board of directors for the three senior citizen homes run by the foundation. She hired a consulting team to research the services and marketing of each home as well as the external environment. She knew the demographic shifts in the Mexican population projected a drastic ...Starting at €8.20
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REED: Developing an Entrepreneurial Solution for Adults with Autism
Mary Conway Dato-on; Allie WilkersonCase IVEY-9B18M161-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early 2017, Jill Nadison, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the REED Foundation for Autism (REED Foundation) and executive director of REED Academy in New Jersey, was faced with the difficult decision of selecting among three alternatives to support the academy’s next venture, REED Next. REED Academy, a non-profit school for children with autism, provided innovative, highly individualized education based on principles of applied behaviour a...Starting at €8.20
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Sawchyn Guitars: Can an Old Business Learn New Tricks
Meredith Woodwark; Matthew WongCase IVEY-9B13M084-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Laurier School of Business and Economics Best Case Award 2013. The owner of Sawchyn Guitars makes fine handmade acoustic guitars and mandolins. After 40 years of operating from a two-storey backyard garage, he contemplates a shift from a solely custom-order business to a storefront location. Although his custom-order business is still strong, the owner sees the opportunity to realize his dream of providing a full-service musi...Starting at €8.20