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New General Manager at St. Thomas Golf and Country Club
Darroch A. RobertsonCase IVEY-9B13B024-EAccounting and ControlThe newly appointed general manager (GM) of a private golf club in a small community must step in to clean house after the club chooses not to renew the previous GM’s contract. The club has suffered a sizable revenue loss during its most recent year, and membership has declined well below the targeted level. Additionally, three senior managers have departed in the last few months and have been replaced with individuals who have very limited exper...Starting at €8.20
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Bixi Goes to New York
Yves Plourde; Jean-Louis SchaanCase IVEY-9B15M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2011, the Public Bike System Company, based in Montreal, Canada, was preparing to answer a request for proposal by New York City to create a financially self-sustaining public bike-sharing system. Three years earlier, the company, owned by the Montreal Transit Authority, had created Bixi, a service that made bikes available to members through docking stations, powered by solar energy, spread across the city. Although its financial structur...Starting at €8.20
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Car2go Montreal: The Electrification Opportunity
Yves Plourde; Felipe HelferCase IVEY-9B16M056-EStrategyIn 2015, the City of Montreal issued an international request for interest for the implementation of an all-electric carsharing service. This situation represented both a threat and an opportunity for car2go, a carsharing service company and a subsidiary of Daimler that had successfully operated 29 carsharing systems across Europe and North America. Would it be worthwhile for car2go to respond to the request for interest and, in doing so, adapt i...Starting at €8.20
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St. Thomas Golf and Country Club
Darroch A. RobertsonCase IVEY-9B11B006-EAccounting and Control, StrategyThe superintendent of the St. Thomas Golf Course had to develop the 2010 operating budget for the maintenance of the golf course and recommend the extent of infrastructure expenditures for the upcoming year. The course was facing increased labour costs due to recent government-mandated increases in the minimum wage. The recommendations had to be made in terms of a weak economy in the area and a recent decline in membership. The student must first...Starting at €8.20