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South East Grey Community Health Centre: Journey to Rural Expansion
David Barrett; Vania SakelarisCase IVEY-9B20D008-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2019, the clinical director of the South East Grey Community Health Centre was conflicted about whether to proceed with presenting the chief executive officer with a proposal to expand the health centre's primary services to a satellite location in theStarting at €8.20
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Carlyle Japan (B)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508093-EMarketingThis is a supplement to the (A) case. It shows that the networks that the firm had been investing in-- commercial banks--were becoming less and less valuable over time. Given this, Tamotsu Adachi must think about how to go about building a new set of networks.Starting at €5.74
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Funding My Sisters’ Place: Building a Sustainable Social Enterprise - Teaching Note
Janice Byrne; Sophie Bacq; Vania SakelarisTeaching Note IVEY-W28482-EEntrepreneurship, Knowledge and CommunicationTeaching note for product W28481.Starting at €0.00
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Terumo (A)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508068-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Terumo faces two challenges: how to sell its catheter products in the U.S. and its new "Solution Pack" in its domestic market, Japan. The case provides rich detail on the firm's evolution from a manufacturer of thermometers to a seller of commodity products like syringes to a diversified firm offering a range of advanced products-catheters and graphs, for example-in addition...Starting at €8.20
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Social Justice at the Stratford Festival (A)
Gerard Seijts; Vania SakelarisCase IVEY-9B21C010-ELeadership and People ManagementOn March 20, 2020, in an effort to stem the transmission of the COVID-19 pandemic and under the direction of government officials, Canada’s Stratford Festival halted work on its 2020 productions and ultimately postponed the entire season. Additionally, social justice issues had come to the forefront with the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Watching the protests unfold across North America, the Str...Starting at €8.20
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McMaster Family Health Team: Culture Evolution
David Barrett; Vania SakelarisCase IVEY-9B20D009-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2016, the chair of McMaster Family Health Team faced challenges related to differences in operational culture that had emerged at its two clinic sites—Stonechurch Family Health Centre and McMaster Family Practice. The two sites, which had operated indeStarting at €8.20
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Carlyle Japan (A)
Godes, David B.; Egawa, Masako; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-508092-EMarketingTamotsu Adachi, Managing Director of Carlyle Japan, wants to formulate a strategy to improve his firm's ability to source high-quality deals at competitive valuations, or prices. Buyout funds like Carlyle typically have two deal phases: sourcing and monitoring. These correspond to (i) "selling" the benefits to a business owner of going with Carlyle as a buyout partner, and then (ii) increasing the value of that business following the buyout. Sinc...Starting at €8.20
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Academic Entrepreneurship: Navigating Commercialization Challenges
Simon Parker; Vania SakelarisCase IVEY-W28370-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn September 2015, Pooja Viswanathan, a post-doctoral research scientist, emerged perplexed after a meeting with her post-doc supervisor. The purpose of the meeting had been to debrief on Viswanathan’s progress in response to the unexpected multi-stakeholder feedback received on the outcome of her six years of research: a prototype of an anti-collision system that enhanced wheelchair users’ mobility. To her considerable surprise and confusion, th...Starting at €8.20
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Satya: Authentic Entrepreneurship and Community
Vania Sakelaris; Janice ByrneCase IVEY-W28479-EEntrepreneurshipPatrice Mousseau was an Indigenous woman in Canada who founded an organic skin care company, Satya. From Satya’s modest beginnings and early challenges, the company had several subsequent successes before Mousseau faced significant challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mousseau’ s Indigenous values and influences shaped her approach to launching and developing Satya. Additionally, Mousseau’s collaboration with a women-only network of investors...Starting at €8.20
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Kids Swag: Building an Opportunity around Diversity
Vania Sakelaris; Janice ByrneCase IVEY-W26182-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2016, a Black woman entrepreneur in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, in the greater Toronto area founded a small but successful venture named Kids Swag in response to a gap she identified in the children’s products market, which was failing to represent the BlacStarting at €8.20