Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Globalization of Wyeth
Munir Mandviwalla; Jonathan PalmerCase IVEY-9B08M017-EStrategyDuring the last decade, Wyeth transformed itself from a holding company to a global company using information technology (IT) as an important enabler. The first half of the case details the importance of global integration and how globalization was initiated at Wyeth. The original role of IT is introduced along with the challenges and barriers of starting a globalization strategy. This is followed by a discussion of how the role of IT started cha...Starting at €8.20
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Drinks-Up! The Pitfalls of Digital Innovation
Steve Sclarow; Munir MandviwallaCase IVEY-9B19E009-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn July 2016, in Philadelphia, a group of aspiring entrepreneurs had developed a proof-of-concept prototype for the Drinks-Up! mobile drinks-ordering app, a digital innovation designed to provide a better bar experience. The team had received an investment proposal that included a plan for app development and a partnership opportunity from the potential investor’s company, and they were facing an investment decision: Was an agreement that would s...Starting at €8.20
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Kitimat Clean Ltd.
Rebecca A. Grant; Saul KleinCase IVEY-9B15M094-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA successful business executive and avid sailor had been thinking about new solutions to an old problem: safely transporting oil products. In late June 2014, the Canadian government had just approved a pipeline to carry bitumen from Alberta to the British Columbia coast. The immediate reaction from First Nations and environmental groups was extremely negative. Against this backdrop, the executive had put forward a radical proposal to refine the b...Starting at €8.20
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Vancity: Doing Good, Doing Well
Saul KleinCase IVEY-9B10M069-EStrategyThe case describes the situation facing Vancity in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, in an environment where monetary policy was being used to stimulate the economy. The immediate decision facing the CEO was whether to raise interest rates on loans to make up for falling interest income. With close to zero per cent interest rates being advocated by the Bank of Canada, the spread between deposit and loan rates had narrowed to unprecedented le...Starting at €8.20
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IBM Newco: A High-Stakes Spinoff Amid a Battle of the Tech Titans
Bertrand Guillotin; Theodore L. Hill; Munir Mandviwalla; Julianne SellinCase IVEY-W33970-EInformation Technologies, StrategyTwo months after his January 1, 2021, appointment as chief executive officer (CEO) of NewCo, the code name for the soon-to-be spun off managed infrastructure services portion of Strategy Machines Corporation (IBM), Martin Schroeter was faced with the daunting prospect of creating a distinct strategy and identity for a huge company in a very short time frame. Announced on October 8, 2020, by IBM’s CEO, Arvind Krishna, NewCo was a high-stakes strat...Starting at €8.20