Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Student Biryani: Glory to Glitches in a Global Journey
Ali Raza; Amira Khattak; Nabeel Nisar; Kanwal IftikharCase IVEY-9B20M031-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn June 2016, Mohammad Arif, the director of Student Biryani, seemed depressed about the all-time low performance of the franchise in Canada. Hard work and persistence not only enabled the company to become Pakistan's first and largest Pakistani food chain but also to establish a presence in global markets such as Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Oman, and Australia. But the all-time low performance of the Canadian outlet had put severe pressure on Arif beca...Starting at €8.20
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Keystone Excavating Limited: Preserving a Legacy
Pernille Goodbrand; Sandip Lalli; Cheryl BrazellCase IVEY-9B18M158-EStrategyIn June 2015, a new president and chief executive officer, Sandip Lalli, was hired by the board of directors of Keystone Excavating Limited (Keystone) to turn the company around and increase its value. In its 35 years of operations, Keystone had failed to articulate a purpose, and for the past five years it had been in double-digit decline. The economic downturn in Alberta from 2014 to 2016 had made the situation dire, and by September 2016 Lalli...Starting at €8.20