Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Impak Finance (B): Covid-19 and Its Effects on the Impact Economy
Diane-Laure Arjalies; Delphine Gibassier; Andrew NewtonCase IVEY-9B20M217-EStrategyIn case B, in late summer 2020, the founder has decided to prioritize the company's rating agency, advocating for robust and standardized impact assessments for all firms. He felt confident about his company's new strategic direction and focus during theStarting at €5.74
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Accounting Exam Irregularities in an MBA Program
David Hannah; Sarah Lord Ferguson; Michael ParentCase IVEY-9B19C005-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late September 2014, students in the Arnold School of Business (Arnold) full-time MBA program wrote an open-book managerial accounting exam. Immediately after the exam, one of the students, who was also vice-president academic of the Graduate Business Students Association (GBSA), was informed by a classmate that some students accessed the Internet for solutions during the exam. The GBSA representative knew she had to do something but was unsur...Starting at €8.20
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Verge Capital: Investing for Social Impact
Diane-Laure Arjalies; Sandy Chen; Sarangen Sathasivam; Andrew NewtonCase IVEY-9B20M135-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyVerge Capital was a social finance organization in London, Ontario, that connected local aspiring entrepreneurs with funds that would support initiatives with societal or environmental missions that benefited local communities. In 2019, the social finance manager at Verge Capital had to recommend one of two social impact business proposals that the organization should fund a CA$30,000 loan to. The two options were (1) Sri Lankan Foods, which oper...Starting at €8.20
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Physio2U: Telehealth in the Time of COVID-19
Sarah Lord FergusonCase IVEY-W27123-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe owner of Physio2U, the largest provider of in-home physical rehabilitation services in Western Canada, was forced to rapidly transition to telehealth amid the growing threat of COVID-19 in early 2020. While the Physio2U team and its patients were pleasantly surprised by their success with telehealth, as vaccination rates increased and the threat of COVID-19 infection became less significant, she had some tough decisions to make. She wondered ...Starting at €8.20
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Impak Finance (A): Building the Impact Economy through Systems Change
Diane-Laure Arjalies; Delphine Gibassier; Andrew NewtonCase IVEY-9B20M216-EStrategyThe founder and chief executive officer of impak Finance Inc. had grown his financial technology start-up, based in Montreal, Canada, into a company with two main business lines: an extensive and comprehensive assessment and rating agency that used advancStarting at €8.20