Ivey Business School (Canada)
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LHSC Multi-Organ Transplant Program: Pooling Ontario's Kidney Transplant Wait-Lists
Fredrik Odegaard; Felipe RodriguesCase IVEY-9B18E020-EDecision AnalysisIn 2017, wait times for kidney transplants in Ontario were getting out of hand. While patients from London Health Sciences Centre’s kidney transplant program in London, Ontario, had a reasonable wait of approximately one year, patients in Toronto's kidney transplant program waited almost four years. In an attempt to improve the overall wait times for all Ontario patients, the provincial Ministry of Health intended to merge the two currently indep...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver General Hospital (A): Improving Porter Efficiency
Fredrik Odegaard; Ryan MetcalfCase IVEY-9B09E017-ECorporate GovernanceThe head of Patient Escort Services for Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) had to determine the best approach to improve efficiency of the hospital's porter system. Porters represented a vital part of various hospital processes, facilitating timely flow of patients, equipment and materials throughout the hospital. Recently, VGH had experienced incidents in which the capacity of the porters was insufficient to meet the demands of the hospital and, d...Starting at €8.20
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Pricing at Vocram Airways (A)
Fredrik Odegaard; John G. WilsonCase IVEY-9B13E013-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipIn 2010, the owner of a small air-passenger firm transports individuals and small groups to remote waterfront regions. The business serves two types of customers: private and public. The private customers can afford to pay more, while the public customers’ budget constraints limit what they can pay. The owner wants to set a single price that will maximize his expected revenue across both customer groups. A constraining factor is the plane’s limit...Starting at €8.20
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Toronto Rehab
Peter C. Bell; Fredrik OdegaardCase IVEY-9B09E016-ECorporate GovernanceDue to continued budget shortfalls the project manager for the Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute needed to provide proposals for immediate cost-saving measures. One of these measures included how to schedule the nursing staff. The problem involved meeting certain occupancy target levels while ensuring a minimum number and correct mix of available nurses.Starting at €8.20
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Pricing at Vocram Airways (B)
Fredrik Odegaard; John G. WilsonCase IVEY-9B13E014-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThis is a supplement to 9B13E013.Starting at €5.74
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Scenic Floral Inc.: Growing a Start-Up
Susan J. Van Weelden; Laurie George Busuttil; Emma Vander PloegCase IVEY-9B21M015-EStrategyIn May 2020, Scenic Floral Inc. (Scenic), a Beamsville, Ontario start-up that sourced fresh cut flowers from Colombian farms and the Niagara Peninsula, was aggressively looking to expand the business. The company’s Mother’s Day sales had started out very slowly in 2020 as the floral industry in Canada and worldwide began to recover from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While a flurry of last-minute orders from Scenic’s two largest customers m...Starting at €8.20
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Nuway Software: Making the New Way Sustainable
Susan J. Van Weelden; Laurie George BusuttilCase IVEY-9B20M104-EStrategyNuway Software (Nuway) specialized in custom mobile software. While it had procured many contracts over its 15 year history, mostly for the less than truckload and courier sectors of the transportation industry, by the beginning of 2020, it had not foundStarting at €8.20
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Replacing El Poderoso
Fredrik OdegaardCase IVEY-9B09E025-ECorporate Governance, FinanceA professor is considering buying a new car and is evaluating two models, one with air conditioning and a comfort package, the other with no extras. The two cars are relatively close in price but still above his initial budget, and he is wondering how much he might be able to negotiate the price. A factor that complicates the matter is that the car with the comfort package has a lower interest rate. The professor therefore needs to understand wha...Starting at €8.20