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Alberta Ballet: Proposal for Growth
Edmund Gee; Peggy HedgesCase IVEY-9B15M097-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAlberta Ballet, composed of the Alberta Ballet professional dance company and The School of Alberta Ballet, had experienced remarkable success in North America and Europe. However, in 2014, it faced a set of unique problems. Demand for performances from the company had grown so significantly that it was no longer able to accommodate all requests, especially from smaller markets in Alberta. Coupled with increasing demand, operations were fragmente...Starting at €8.20
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The U.S. Shale Revolution: Global Rebalancing, Teaching Note
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Alfaro, LauraTeaching Note HBS-714052-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 714008.Starting at €0.00
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Japan: Deficits, Deflation and Debt
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-718063-EEconomicsIn April 2018, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was again in Washington to petition Donald Trump. After years of rapid, export-led growth, Japan had slumped into recession in 1991 and never really recovered. For the past 27 years, it's economy has grown at 1.1% annually, plagued by deflation. After several attempts at quantitative easing, Abe had commenced a radical program in 2012 called Quantitative and Qualitative Easing - the first of "three arrows"...Starting at €8.20
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DeepGreen and Polymetallic Nodules
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-720016-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Keystone XL Pipeline
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-713039-EEconomicsTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. On January 18, 2012, President Obama rejected TransCanada's application for a "national interest" determination to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Keystone XL was a 1,700 mile long, 36-inch diameter pipeline to transport 1.1 million barrels a day of Canadian heavy oil from Alberta (and shale oil from Montana) to the American Gulf Coast. But the American env...Starting at €8.20
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Brookfield Residential Properties: Identifying and Engaging Stakeholders
Norm Althouse; Peggy Hedges; Cheryl BrazellCase IVEY-9B17M148-EStrategyIn early summer 2012, Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. (Brookfield), a Calgary-based residential property developer with holdings throughout North America, had an opportunity to develop a vacant site in the inner-city community of Scarboro, in the southwest quadrant of Calgary. Brookfield did not own the site but was working with the landowner to request that the city of Calgary rezone the site from single family to Direct Control to allow ...Starting at €8.20
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Suncor and the Future of Oil Sands
Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-716065-EEconomicsSuncor, Canada's largest producer of "oil sands," faces a host of issues involving prices, costs, and the environment. The Government of Canada recently put an explicit limit on carbon emissions from oil sands, and a price on carbon. Suncor, which produces more than 400,000 barrels per day of bitumen and synthetic oil must reduce its emissions at the same time that crude oil prices have been dropping. Reduction of cash operating costs, therefore,...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Orthodontics Practice: Bracing for Patients
Janice Eliasson; Brent Snider; Peggy HedgesExercise IVEY-W26090-EService and Operations Management, StrategyDr. Jay Jayson, an orthodontist, had recently completed renovating the waiting area of his office and now needed to decide whether he should also renovate the treatment areas. He considered the advantages and disadvantages of his current clinic setup: he thought that the reception environment was comfortable, and that the patients felt confident in the treatment and process, but he was concerned about the impact on patients of any delays in care....Starting at €8.20
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Deficits and Debt: The U.S. Current Account
Alfaro, Laura; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-322044-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20