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Canadian Pacific Railway (B): CP Rising
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M135-EStrategySupplement for product 9B17M134.Starting at €5.74
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SWISSBO: Strategic Risk or Opportunity?
Mary M. Crossan; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W34743-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn March 2021, the wholesale distributor of home décor products SBO Distributors Ltd. (or SWISSBO), based in Vancouver, Canada, was considering an opportunity for strategic analysis. The firm was at a crossroads in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic had led to a setback in the company’s revenues and margins—seemingly, a temporary setback. The wholesaler was now facing a make-or-break dilemma that involved a new growth opportunity to mov...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Pacific Railway (A): Border Skirmish or Nuclear Winter?
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M134-EKnowledge and Communication, StrategyIn early 2012, the chair of the board of directors of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) had to determine how to respond to demands made by the company’s largest shareholder, Pershing Square Capital Management (Pershing), an activist hedge fund. Pershing’s chief executive officer (CEO) claimed that CP was underperforming, and expressed his desire to replace two board members and appoint a new CEO. The chair of the board of directors had to determine t...Starting at €8.20
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The Garden Depot
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B08C006-ELeadership and People ManagementThe office manager at the Garden Depot was growing increasingly concerned with the inability of the landscaping manager to handle his workload and subordinates. The landscape manager's poor management left the office manager to solve the division's problems. The office manager needed to take action to reduce her workload and to ensure she received accurate information from the landscaping division. The case is designed to introduce students to ma...Starting at €8.20
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BYKlyn: Pivoting during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Andreas Schotter; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W26071-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn early June 2020, the owner of BYKlyn, an exercise bike fitness studio in New York, was considering her response to the business disruption that the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had caused the health and fitness industry. BYKlyn had recorded consisStarting at €8.20
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Canadian Pacific Railway (C): The Final Hours
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M136-EStrategySupplement for product 9B17M0134.Starting at €5.74
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DuroVac (A): Responsible Leadership and Governance for Human Flourishing
Elena Antonacopoulou; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W33855-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyA business world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) presents many leadership and governance challenges to businesses large and small. Smaller family firms, in particular, need to demonstrate resilience both in navigating changes that arise from VUCA conditions and in staying firm on the core purpose with which their enterprises were founded.
Cases A and B present the approach of a family firm based i...Starting at €8.20
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Mircom Technologies Ltd.: Responding To A Ransomware Attack (A)
Robert D. Austin; Laurel C. Austin; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W28547-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationIn September 2019, Mircom Technologies Limited faced a serious crisis after sustaining a ransomware attack. The medium-sized manufacturer based in Toronto, Canada had been offering smart building solutions for almost two decades. The attackers encrypted all of the company’s data, halting all business systems and processes that relied on information technology, including email, voice-over-Internet phones, manufacturing, billing, shipping, and rece...Starting at €8.20