Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Montreal Community Contact: What Will Happen After Me?
Linda Dyer, Christopher A. RossCase IVEY-W27022-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn July 2020, the founder and manager of Montreal Community Contact (Contact), a bimonthly community newspaper, was considering strategies to ensure the survival of his business. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that he was sixty-three years old, he worried about what the future of the newspaper would look like if anything were to happen to him. Contact had been running for almost thirty years and had a loyal readership within the Bl...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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Montreal Community Contact: What Will Happen After Me? - Teaching Note
Linda Dyer, Christopher A. RossTeaching Note IVEY-W27023-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product W27022.Starting at €0.00
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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