Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group: The Agile Transformation
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Teeta ErikateCase IVEY-9B20M006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn May 2019, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) had paused rapid expansion of its massive agile organizational transformation, trying to make the existing program work better. ANZ announced the decision to take the bank agile in May 2017, moving from the traditional command-and-control, risk-based, and process-driven hierarchy to collaborative teamwork. Such decisions came after not only competitive pressures from the disruptive entry ...Starting at €8.20
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Tassal Group Limited: From Salmon to a Broader Seafood Market
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Deborah Lea BroadbyCase IVEY-9B19M054-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn July 2015, Tassal Group Limited (Tassal) announced the acquisition of De Costi Seafoods Company (De Costi) in a combination deal of cash and shares. The acquisition would allow Tassal to address a A$4.3 billion Australian seafood market that was much larger than the previously addressable salmon market of $700 million. Tassal had previous experience in species diversification. However, the environmental impacts of its major operations in Macqu...Starting at €8.20
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London Hydro Inc.: Evaluating Different Electricity Pricing Schemes
Bissan Ghaddar; Tiffany Bayley; Jonathan Hu; Ibrahim RanaCase IVEY-W28526-EDecision AnalysisLondon Hydro, Inc. (London Hydro) must forecast the electricity demand of the firm’s clients. The Ontario Energy Board had just announced the results of a pilot program to introduce a new pricing scheme to residential energy consumers in Ontario. This was the origin of tiered pricing, which was based on overall monthly energy usage. In the past, consumers had all been on a time-of-use plan where energy was more expensive during peak hours and che...Starting at €8.20
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Choosing Neighbourhood Community Projects
Tiffany BayleyCase IVEY-9B20E011-EDecision AnalysisIn November 2019, Jean Matthews had to decide how to allocate CA$300,000 toward neighbourhood improvement ideas submitted by city residents. Each of the four neighbourhoods in the city could receive up to CA$75,000 in funding, and Matthews had to consider the number of votes for each idea in her analysis. How should she identify which community projects to pursue?Starting at €8.20
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Banro Corporation: Recapitalization for Sustainability In the Congo’s Gold Mining
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Kabi Olivier KatabarukaCase IVEY-9B18M031-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2017, Banro Corporation, a Canadian gold mining company in the Democratic Republic of Congo, underwent recapitalization to cope with financial distress, and to optimize its operations of mining assets. Since the commencement of commercial mining in 2009, unexpected social conflicts and operational challenges had led to significantly lower production than expected, with a large cost overrun, while the price of gold declined sharply from...Starting at €8.20