Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Alta and SAIT: A Potential Private-Public Partnership
Michael Roberts; Travis GuayCase IVEY-9B13M100-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyA proposed private-public partnership (P3) involves a Calgary-based private enterprise, Alta Injection Molding (Alta), the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) and the government of Canada. Alta has been chosen to collaborate with SAIT because it developed a unique way to generate revenue throughout its value chain. Alta’s strategy towards fostering innovation revolves around a seven-step approach to turnkey innovation. In this P3, Alt...Starting at €8.20
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Windmill Microlending: Converting Potential to Prosperity
Catherine Pearl; Michael Roberts; Channing BrownCase IVEY-9B20M084-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyWindmill Microlending, was established in 2004 by a group of community activists who saw the need to help Canadian newcomers restart their careers. The organization offered microloans to help pay the costs of reaccreditation and training. The organization’s first chief executive officer was hired in February 2017, and by September 2017, she had formulated a new vision for the organization that would address three goals: growing the number of clie...Starting at €8.20
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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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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