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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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The Tavistock Group and the Australian Agricultural Company
Roscini, Dante; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-717009-EEconomicsIn late 2015, Dr. Shehan Dissanayake, a managing director and board member of the Bahamian-based investment firm The Tavistock Group (Tavistock), the largest single shareholder in the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo), one of the country's largest agribusinesses, faces a potentially challenging future operating environment in Australia. The country's national government has recently instituted changes to its agricultural foreign direct inves...Starting at €8.20
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The TTIP: Bridging the Transatlantic Economy, Teaching Note
Roscini, Dante; Gabrieli, Federica; Beyersdorfer, DanielaTeaching Note HBS-717022-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 716026.Starting at €0.00
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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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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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The TTIP: Bridging the Transatlantic Economy
Roscini, Dante; Marin, ChristinaCase HBS-716026-EEconomicsIn 2016, the United States and the European Union struggled to reach an agreement over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Started in June 2013, TTIP negotiations had gone on much longer than anyone had expected. With elections coming on both sides of the Atlantic and a rising opposition in the public opinion, what where the odds that such a comprehensive trade agreement would see the light? How would TTIP change the rules ...Starting at €8.20
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Necessity and Invention: Monetary Policy Innovation and the Subprime Crisis
Musacchio, Aldo; Roscini, DanteCase HBS-709041-EEconomicsThis case describes the efforts of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to improve liquidity in money markets during the subprime crisis. The case explains the four main new tools for monetary policy (or quantitative easing) the Federal Reserve has used between 2007 and 2009: the Term Auction Facility (TAF), the Primary Dealer Credit Facility (PDCF), the Term Securities Lending Facility (TSLF), and the Asset Backed Commercial Paper Mone...Starting at €8.20