Ivey Business School (Canada)
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CAA Saskatchewan: Future of Auto Club
Bruce C. Anderson; Michael J. RouseCase IVEY-9B11M110-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe president and CEO of a provincial auto club is assessing opportunities to grow his organization at the same time as industry consolidation and changes in the allocation of national operating costs. The auto club has diversified from automobile towing and travel services into insurance, package travel, automobile sales, and service. However, the president's vision for the upcoming board of directors' meeting calls for a 300 per cent increase i...Starting at €8.20
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Hayco: Moving Manufacturing to the Caribbean, Mexico, or Central America (Spanish version)
Paul W. Beamish; Colette Southam; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-W34565StrategyIn 2018, Christopher Hay, president and chief executive officer of Hayco, the top contract manufacturer to the brush industry globally, had been looking for a new location for some of its operations due to over a decade of rising labour costs in Hong Kong, China, where the company was based. The company accelerated its search in response to the US government’s announcement of tariffs against Chinese products in April 2018. Hayco was seeking a loc...Starting at €8.20
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Hayco: Moving Manufacturing to the Caribbean, Mexico, or Central America
Paul W. Beamish; Colette Southam; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-W33563-EStrategyIn 2018, Christopher Hay, president and chief executive officer of Hayco, the top contract manufacturer to the brush industry globally, had been looking for a new location for some of its operations due to over a decade of rising labour costs in Hong Kong, China, where the company was based. The company accelerated its search in response to the US government’s announcement of tariffs against Chinese products in April 2018. Hayco was seeking a loc...Starting at €8.20
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JTD Group in Africa - Teaching Note
Xiaosong Lin; Paul W. Beamish; Alex BeamishTeaching Note IVEY-W28534-EStrategyTeaching note for product W28533.Starting at €0.00
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TransCanada's Energy East Pipeline: Managing Aboriginal Relations in the Energy Sector
Guy L.F. Holburn; Bruce C. Anderson; Andre WilkieCase IVEY-9B17M009-EStrategyIn October 2013, future prospects for TransCanada’s pipeline project were uncertain, as the company had to find ways to establish and manage relationships with Aboriginal communities along the proposed Energy East pipeline in Canada, particularly in the province of New Brunswick. Following Supreme Court rulings that reinforced the duty to consult and accommodate, Aboriginals came to have a powerful voice in the development of energy infrastructur...Starting at €8.20
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The Pearl Industry: Is There a Market Opportunity
Liu Su; Alex Beamish; Paul Beamish; Mila BojicCase IVEY-9B18M165-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2018, a China-born entrepreneur living in Canada was at a seaside market in Qingdao, China, inspecting inexpensive pearls. She wondered whether pearls presented a good market opportunity in the West. At markets in China, she consistently found cultured pearls that would cost far more in Canada. This experience led her to wonder whether or not it was feasible to sell pearls on a wholesale basis in Canada, or perhaps through one of many reta...Starting at €8.20
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Shandong Gold's Proposed Acquisition of TMAC in the High Arctic (Spanish version)
Su Liu; Paul W. Beamish; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-W29926StrategyIn May 2020, Chinese state-owned Shandong Gold Group was attempting to acquire the Canadian gold mining company TMAC Resources, whose gold mines were located in the High Arctic. If this acquisition took place, it would be the first time Shandong Gold Group would operate a gold mine outside of China. However, it would be a challenge for Shandong Gold Group to operate a mine in such a hard-to-navigate polar environment. As well, there were other li...Starting at €8.20