Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation: Corporate Sponsorship Choices
Allison Johnson; Laurie DudoCase IVEY-9B11A002-EMarketingThe case explores the use and importance of corporate sponsorships — in this case, how these relationships are formed with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. The associate director of National Corporate Programs at the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation needs to determine the Foundation’s direction regarding its corporate sponsorship program. Due to the slowdown in the economic environment, a major sponsor of the Foundation, who has contribute...Starting at €8.20
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Cause-related Marketing: 3M as a Corporate Sponsor of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Allison Johnson; Laurie DudoCase IVEY-9B11A003-EMarketing, Strategy3M Canada has been a corporate sponsor of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) since 2005. In support of the CBCF, 3M Canada has produced and sold pink products (i.e. products that bear the pink ribbon, such as Post-it notes, flag pens, Nexcare bandages and Scotch-Brite sponges), with a contribution of each sale benefiting the CBCF. This case examines this corporate sponsorship relationship, and specifically how 3M Canada’s brand manager ...Starting at €8.20
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RBC Mobile Wallet
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Binny Samuel; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B16E008-EInformation TechnologiesIn October 2012, the executive vice-president (EVP) at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Canada's leading bank, faced managerial dilemmas with regard to the launch of a mobile wallet. RBC had developed a cloud-based application that differed from industry standard SIM card–based payment methods. The EVP was evaluating areas of contrast between the two models as part of arriving at a decision. There was likelihood that the cloud solution was disrupt...Starting at €8.20
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Ultrabrand's Journey to a Smarter Web Analytics Product Offering
Binny Samuel; Ryan Ward-WilliamsCase IVEY-9B16E034-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn October 2014, the chief executive officer (CEO) of a high-end, invite-only digital branding firm was contemplating which (if any) web analytics service the company should offer to its clients. The CEO knew that in order to justify the high price his firm charged its executive and celebrity clientele, all ancillary services like web analytics reporting would have to be just as extravagant and just as functional as the core product—branded websi...Starting at €8.20