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Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario
Robert Klassen; Kellie Leitch; Manpreet HoraCase IVEY-9B08D001-EService and Operations ManagementThe chief of paediatric orthopaedic surgery was very concerned by the long times that the young patients (and their parents) were experiencing in the orthopaedic clinic. Long wait times tended to aggravate the already pent-up distress and concern that the patients were facing. The chief glanced at recently collected data on service times and wondered how the process could be improved, while continuing balancing budgetary pressures to reduce costs...Starting at €8.20
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Building Sustainable Distribution at Walmart Canada
Robert Klassen; P. Fraser Johnson; Asad ShafiqCase IVEY-9B13D010-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe director of logistics at Walmart Canada, was developing plans for a new distribution centre in Alberta. Senior management had presented her with a challenge: why not build the most sustainable distribution centre in the world? Yet, much remained unclear about how to translate this challenge into specific actions, while keeping in mind corporate goals for sustainability. Her team now was exploring three options that promised to be significantl...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Properties (A)
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-211018-EFinanceInvestment manager Eliza Baena confronts an apparent convertible bond arbitrage opportunity when she notices a narrowing spread between two Boston Properties (BXP) bonds, one a convertible bond and the other a straight bond, in the wake of the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy. Baena must decide if there is an opportunity, how to structure a trade to exploit it, and how much of her fund's capital to allocate. Case exposition includes descriptions of basic f...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Properties (B)
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-211041-EFinanceThe B case briefly recounts the action that investment manager Eliza Baena takes in the matter of the Boston Properties (BXP) bonds described in the A case. She must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (B): US Treasuries in December 2008
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211050-EFinanceThe B case briefly recounts the action that investment manager James Franey takes in the matter of two U.S. Treasury bonds with identical maturity dates but widely different yields. He must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Metropolitan College
P. Fraser Johnson; Robert KlassenCase IVEY-9B09D012-EService and Operations ManagementA manager of Student Services at a small college was very concerned about the delays and costs of processing student registrations during the annual orientation week. She glanced at recently collected data on processing times for the six major steps that the registration process required. She wondered how the process might be improved while balancing budgetary pressures to reduce costs.Starting at €8.20
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (C): TED Spread and Swap Spread in November 2008
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211051-EFinanceInvestment manager Albert Mills confronts an apparent arbitrage opportunity during the global financial crisis of 2008 when he notices an unusually low-- and briefly negative-- thirty-year U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. Mills must decide if there is an opportunity, how to structure a trade to exploit it, and how much of his fund's capital to allocate. Case exposition includes descriptions of fixed-floating swaps, important interest rates...Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (D): TED Spread and Swap Spread in May 2009
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211052-EFinanceThe D case briefly recounts the action that investment manager Albert Mills takes in the matter of an unusually low U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. He must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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World Tailors: Stitching Together a Plan for Growth
Robert Klassen; Kelsey TaylorCase IVEY-9B18D020-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe director of World Tailors, a small Canadian manufacturer that employed immigrant and refugee women to sew high-quality aprons, napkins, and market bags, wondered how all of the needed products would be completed for the 2017 December holiday season. During the past seven years, demand for World Tailor products had steadily increased from craft markets, online orders, and retail stores. How could the capacity of its current operations be bette...Starting at €8.20
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Tesla Inc.: Accelerating Sustainable Profits
Robert Klassen; David Wood; Dan ShinCase IVEY-9B20D017-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe release of Tesla Inc. (Tesla)’s financial results in early 2019 made it clear that significant challenges lay ahead for the firm. While Tesla remained the market leader for electric vehicles in the global automobile industry, sales had dropped dramatically, and Tesla was once again losing money. Its recent launch of the Model 3 held great promise and added a key vehicle to its growing product portfolio, but customer complaints about late deli...Starting at €8.20