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Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis ... Baton Rouge, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Hamilton, Tessa Natanay; Malone, Ai-Ling JamilaTeaching Note HBS-316033-ETeaching note for case 315057. Building on his successes as a politician and preacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Rev. Raymond Jetson sought to empower Baton Rouge citizens to innovate solutions for their community challenges. After stepping down as the head of the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps, Jetson became interested in the Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) at Harvard University. When his ALI cohort expressed interest in visiting his home...Starting at €0.00
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Joe Mandato, Pete McNerney and Empathetics
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Malone, Ai-Ling Jamila; Hoffstein, BrianCase HBS-ALI022-EEntrepreneurshipTwo experienced healthcare leaders that participated in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University worked together to improve the nation's healthcare system through the early stage company Empathetics (an organization that teaches empathy to healthcare professionals and staff to improve the patient experience). With their guidance the company seems to make progress on staffing and funding, but despite Mandato's and McNerney's experi...Starting at €8.20
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Professional Media Inc.
Peter C. BellCase IVEY-9B13E004-ECorporate GovernanceA media planner at a specialized media buying firm was in the process of planning the spring 2012 television campaign for a customer with a recognizable brand name. The campaign budget of $7 million was to be spent on seven weeks of advertising during the first 20 weeks of the year. Each week of advertising involved a carefully selected series of advertisements on network and local television, and each week of advertising cost $1 million. Which s...Starting at €8.20
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M2 Universal Communications
Srinivas Krishnamoorthy; Peter C. Bell; Ankur Bansal; Peter VazCase IVEY-9B09E013-ECorporate GovernanceTeleco Inc. (Teleco), an established telecom conglomerate with a significant position in the Canadian wireless business, had engaged M2 to plan its digital media spending strategy for the upcoming quarter. The vice-president at M2 would have to help Teleco decide on the ideal investment strategy for its $1.5 million digital media advertising budget and wondered how this would affect M2's strategic recommendations.Starting at €8.20
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Toronto Rehab
Peter C. Bell; Fredrik OdegaardCase IVEY-9B09E016-ECorporate GovernanceDue to continued budget shortfalls the project manager for the Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute needed to provide proposals for immediate cost-saving measures. One of these measures included how to schedule the nursing staff. The problem involved meeting certain occupancy target levels while ensuring a minimum number and correct mix of available nurses.Starting at €8.20
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Gold Claim at Sturgeon Lake
Peter C. Bell; Gregory S. ZaricCase IVEY-9B09E018-ECorporate GovernanceAWARD WINNING CASE: 2009 INFORMS Case and Teaching Materials Competition, 3rd place. A freelance geologist was asked for advice regarding two mining claims to property on Sturgeon Lake, near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, he was asked if there was enough gold on the property to pursue an economically feasible mining opportunity. The geologist determined that an analytical approach would best aid the analysis of the multiple factors he would ...Starting at €8.20
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Oakville Hydro Optimum Engine Selection
Peter C. Bell; Xinghao Yan; Scott Mudie; Mark Visscher; Aman RainaCase IVEY-9B10E025-ECorporate GovernanceThe president of Oakville Hydro Energy services needed to make a decision on the installation of an electricity-generating engine at the regional municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant in Burlington, Ontario. This engine installation was in support of the production of green power, and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) had introduced a feed-in tariff that paid a premium for the generation of this type of green power. One of three specific engines w...Starting at €8.20
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Yangarra Resources Limited
Peter C. Bell; Grant Evaskevich; Dean Leesui; Caterina von Maydell; Sachin GuptaCase IVEY-9B11E003-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipYangarra Resources Limited, a Calgary-based junior oil and gas company, had several properties throughout Alberta comprising both solely controlled and joint ventures. The president and chief executive officer (CEO) was involved in the construction of a well on the Ferrier property — a joint venture between three companies, each holding roughly one-third of the stake. As part of the joint venture, Yangarra had signed an agreement that committed Y...Starting at €8.20
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IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Malone, Ai-Ling JamilaTeaching Note HBS-314062-ETeaching Note for 314049.Starting at €0.00
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Arthur Hill & Company Realty Services
Peter C. Bell; Srinivas KrishnamoorthyCase IVEY-9B09E012-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThe chief leasing officer (CLO) of Arthur Hill & Company was preparing Sunrise Atrium (a commercial property currently in the company's portfolio) for sale. Currently, many of the tenants of the building had signed long-term leases that still had time to run but were significantly below market rates. The CLO believed that the majority of potential buyers of Sunrise Atrium would use the cap rate method of valuation, which made the future net opera...Starting at €8.20