Ivey Business School (Canada)
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China National Offshore Oil Corporation: Operations in Canada
Xiaoyu Liu; Hao Lu; Loren Falkenberg; Harrie VredenburgCase IVEY-9B18M182-EStrategyIn 2005, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) began investing in Canada, when it acquired 16.69 per cent equity of MEG Energy Corp., a private Calgary-based energy company. In 2011, it acquired OPTI Canada, a Canadian oil company that had goneStarting at €8.20
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Leadership at Research in Motion
Charlice Hurst; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B13C019-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyTwo people with opposing skills – business management and marketing on the one hand and technological know-how on the other – are joint chief executive officers of a market-leading smartphone manufacturer. Their leadership styles, decision-making and relationship with each other are paramount from the company’s inception, through its rise, its response to mounting competition and the period of declining performance that followed. Conflicting poin...Starting at €8.20
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Avid Life (B)
Gerard Seijts; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12C004-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementThis case is a supplement to Avid Life (A).Starting at €5.74
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Avid Life (A)
Gerard Seijts; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12C003-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementNoel Biderman was the president of Avid Life Media, a profitable Canadian growth company whose main businesses were various online social networks for groups seeking sexual partners and romance. Biderman was seeking to raise $60 million via a private placement offering to acquire a privately held online advertising sales company, merge the companies, and take the new and improved entity to the TSX Venture Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange. T...Starting at €8.20