Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Feihe Dairy: Investing in Canada
William Wei; Vicky Nie; Rongrong Zhang; Xuewei LiuCase IVEY-9B19M032-EStrategyIn 2016, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Feihe International Inc. (Feihe), the manufacturer of a leading infant formula brand in China, was considering whether his company should enter Canada. Although the company would be challenged by the Canadian dairy industry’s unique supply management system, Canada was eager to attract foreign investment and the CEO needed to overcome the intense domestic competition in China’s infant formula market. ...Starting at €8.20
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Cells For Life (B)
John G. Wilson; Robert Young; Georg Oppitz; Wayne Hoy; David BassinCase IVEY-9B09E011-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementA biotech company receives umbilical cells for processing. A number of operational improvements are being considered in order to maintain the company's position and reputation in the market. Information on expected delivery dates is known. However, there is a great uncertainty around these dates. The company needs to take account of this variability when arranging for staffing.Starting at €5.74
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Bringing Yanjing Beer to Canada
Kimberley Howard; William Wei; Vicky NieCase IVEY-9B14A013-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyAn immigrant entrepreneur created Hi-Bridge Consulting Corporation, a company that imported and distributed alcoholic products in Canada, among other activities. In 2009, the entrepreneur brought Yanjing beer to Canada from China, even though the Chinese brewery did not have an articulated international expansion strategy in Canada at the time. Despite numerous challenges in the Canadian beer market, the entrepreneur made significant headway. How...Starting at €8.20
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Cells For Life (A)
John G. Wilson; Robert Young; Georg Oppitz; Wayne Hoy; David BassinCase IVEY-9B09E010-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementA biotech company receives umbilical cells for processing. A number of operational improvements are being considered in order to maintain the company's position and reputation in the market. Information on expected delivery dates is known. However, there is a great uncertainty around these dates. The company needs to take account of this variability when arranging for staffing. A supporting data set is available, product 7B09E010 for the (A) case...Starting at €8.20