Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Tokyo Smoke: Building a Retail Cannabis Brand (A)
Eric Janssen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B19A049-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2016 (A case), the founder of Tokyo Smoke, a cannabis retailing enterprise based in Toronto, needed to attract investors. The former Google Inc. employee had taken advantage of public policy changes in Canada and was modelling his retail business on StStarting at €8.20
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Strategic Leadership at Coca-Cola: The Real Thing
W. Glenn Rowe; Suhaib RiazCase IVEY-9B08M040-EStrategyMuhtar Kent had just been promoted to the CEO position in Coca-Cola. He was reflecting upon the past leadership of the company, in particular the success that Coca-Cola enjoyed during Robert Goizueta's leadership. The CEOs that had followed Goizueta were not able to have as positive an impact on the stock value. When his promotion was announced, Kent mentioned that he did not have immediate plans to change any management roles but that some fine-...Starting at €8.20
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Grocery Checkout Inc. (GCO)
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Eric JanssenCase IVEY-9B11M044-EStrategyGrocery Checkout Inc., an online grocery delivery service, had experienced dramatic growth since its founding in 2005, but investors were pressuring the chief executive officer (CEO) for even faster growth. An improved distribution network and order fulfillment system meant that GCO could handle a greater volume of customers. The CEO considered a number of growth options, including a sell option, and needed to decide which would best fit GCO and ...Starting at €8.20
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Teksavvy Solutions Incorporated
Kenneth G. Hardy; Eric JanssenCase IVEY-9B10A028-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Teksavvy Solutions Inc. has achieved sales of $18 million in just more than 10 years as an Internet service provider (ISP) across Canada but he must decide whether to distribute his service via cable carriers, telecom carriers or both, or even integrate forward into laying fiber-optic cable in homes and businesses himself. If he invests in last mile connections to homes, he will need a great deal m...Starting at €8.20
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Tokyo Smoke: Building a Retail Cannabis Brand (B)
Eric Janssen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B19A050-EMarketingIn 2016 (A case), the founder of Tokyo Smoke, a cannabis retailing enterprise based in Toronto, needed to attract investors. The former Google Inc. employee had taken advantage of public policy changes in Canada and was modelling his retail business on StStarting at €5.74
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Immunovaccine (IMV): Preparing to Cross the Valley of Death
Ella Korets-Smith; Suhaib RiazCase IVEY-9B10M072-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe case describes the challenges faced by Immunovaccine (IMV), a small biotechnology company founded in Halifax, Canada. The company has seen early success in the effectiveness of its technology in animal health and is looking for ways to exploit the potential of its technology more broadly, particularly in human health. The company's challenges are presented in the context of the evolving relationship between the pharmaceutical and biotechnolog...Starting at €8.20
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Kiai Marketing Group
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Eric JanssenCase IVEY-9B10A025-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingKiai Marketing Group is a start-up advertising company providing innovative marketing solutions to businesses in London, Ontario. The company’s first undertaking is aimed at reaching the post-secondary student demographic by attaching a business’s advertising to laptop computers by means of a laptop skin. The proprietor needs an overall strategic marketing plan to secure his first client. The proprietor must decide what clients to target, how to ...Starting at €8.20
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LinkedIn: Selling Zoom on a Digital Marketing Strategy
Kirk Kristofferson; Eric JanssenCase IVEY-W25153-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIt was March 2020 and a newly hired account executive at LinkedIn Corporation (LinkedIn) was keen to close his first major deal. His job was to help marketing teams acquire new customers and grow their businesses by leveraging the LinkedIn Ad network. HeStarting at €8.20