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Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics (A): Disruptive Innovation in Major League Baseball
Foster, G; O'Reilly, N,, Lippert, R,, Shimizu, C,, Udseth, KCase SGSB-SPM53A-ECorporate Governance, StrategyBilly Beane and the Oakland A’s have ‘changed the game’ in terms of talent identification, analytics, and player investment in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cases A and B are designed to provide and inspire learning on these topics by recounting Billy Beane’s success as the Oakland A’s General Manager over the past 16 seasons (1998 to 2013). The case, through analysis of performance and financial data over this time period, establishes Beane as ...Starting at €8.20
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Change at Pfizer: Jeff Kindler (C) Post Wyeth Acquisition Organization
Michael J. Rouse; Chander SehgalCase IVEY-9B10M054-EStrategyThis case is a supplement to Change at Pfizer: Jeff Kindler (A).Starting at €5.74
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CSTAR
James E. Hatch; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Michael J. Rouse; Virginia Ritchie; Lyndsay Passmore; Leah HillierCase IVEY-9B09M017-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyCanadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics Centre (CSTAR) had had a successful year during which its new director had ensured that CSTAR's budget deficit was on target to be reduced by 50 per cent. CSTAR still faced significant hurdles to becoming financially stable and a leader in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The director wanted CSTAR to be financially self-sustainable within two years, and identified goals to overcome these hurdl...Starting at €8.20
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Guelph General Hospital
Michael J. Rouse; Justin Cottrell; Abhinay Sathya; Austin Allison; Daniel Korsunsky; Scott Anders McGillis; Moneca NicolsCase IVEY-9B16M038-EStrategyIn November 2010, the senior director of Inpatient Services at Guelph General Hospital, which was situated in a small city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, was facing questions about the implementation of the Process Improvement Program, part of a province-wide pilot project. Beginning in October 2009, the program had been tested at the hospital to deal with a deteriorating organizational culture and poor performance reviews. Guelph General Hospi...Starting at €8.20
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CAA Saskatchewan: Future of Auto Club
Bruce C. Anderson; Michael J. RouseCase IVEY-9B11M110-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe president and CEO of a provincial auto club is assessing opportunities to grow his organization at the same time as industry consolidation and changes in the allocation of national operating costs. The auto club has diversified from automobile towing and travel services into insurance, package travel, automobile sales, and service. However, the president's vision for the upcoming board of directors' meeting calls for a 300 per cent increase i...Starting at €8.20
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HOB Boxing: Should Julio Cesar Chaves Jr. Fight on Cable or Pay-Per-View
Foster, G; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-SPM51-ECorporate Governance, StrategyProfessional boxing was once a mainstream sport, whose stars were widely known to the general public. Major fights were broadcast on network television. By the 2000s, the landscape had changed dramatically. Boxing had become a niche sport in the United States, few boxers were known beyond the hard-core fan base, top fights were only available on premium cable or pay-per-view (PPV), and other combat sports were on the rise.This case describes t...Starting at €8.20
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The USGA and the State of Golf in the United States
Foster, G; Hoyt, DCase SGSB-SPM52-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThrough the first part of the twenty-first century, the number of people playing golf in the United States had been in decline. Fewer people played the game, they played less frequently, and more golf courses were closing than opening. Players complained that it took too long to play golf, new courses were too difficult, and the game was expensive and hard to learn. However, the professional game was thriving, with increasing prize money and t...Starting at €8.20
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Strategizing at Monarchia Matt International (MMI)
Michael J. Rouse; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B07M014-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAs of late 2004, the chief executive officer (CEO) of New York-based wine distributor Monarchia Matt International (MMI) is looking at his portfolio of wines and wondering what advantage Hungarian wine could provide in becoming a powerful niche player in the highly fragmented and complicated U.S. wine industry. The CEO is cognizant of Hungarian wine's reputation in the United States as an inexpensive, mass-quantity produced and low quality drink....Starting at €8.20
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workopolisCampus.com
Michael J. Rouse; Natalie TakachCase IVEY-9B08M008-EStrategyThe company, workopolisCampus.com, was an online job site for students and new graduates of Canadian colleges and universities. The website was established by several Toronto universities in the late 1990s and was acquired soon after by Workopolis to complement the company's primary job site, workopoliscom. After several years of steady but slow growth, workopolisCampus.com's future prospects appeared limited in 2007. The provides an opportunity ...Starting at €8.20
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Tough Mudder
Foster, G; Rosenthal, SCase SGSB-E464-EEntrepreneurshipThis case profiles the launch and growth of Tough Mudder, a startup founded by Will Dean and Guy Livingstone in the mud run/adventure challenge space. Dean, an avid triathlete and marathoner, found these solitary endurance events boring, and wanted to come up with a new concept that would bond teams of people together to complete an athletic event that would test not only their physical strengths, but their will, determination and mental grit as...Starting at €8.20