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SalonScale: Start-Up Customer Relationship Strategies for Niche Market Growth
Simon Parker; Peter W. MorozCase IVEY-9B21A023-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingAlicia Soulier, owner of Capelli Salon Studio, a hair salon in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has developed an application (app) that can help save hair salons thousands of dollars per month in hair colour costs. However, she is struggling to recruit enough subscribers to her new software as a service (SaaS) company, SalonScale. With the diversion of her attention from her hair salon to the app threatening her core business, Soulier must soon decide on...Starting at €8.20
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Ebe (A)
Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Grau E.; Llevat J.Case SI-81Knowledge and CommunicationEl caso plantea una situación de conflicto entre Ebe, una entidad financiera de envergadura, y un suministrador de software internacional con quien Ebe firmó un contrato para la adecuación de ciertos sistemas estándar a sus necesidades competitivas específicas. La indefinición de dicha adecuación de sistemas lleva a una situación de continua escalada en la que Ebe argumenta no haber tenido acceso a sistemas utilizables y el suministrador de softw...Starting at €8.20
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Juan Vila. Programador
Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Grau E.; Llevat J.Case SI-79Knowledge and CommunicationJuan Vila ha sido contratado por una empresa de desarrollo de software para colaborar en la programación de un subsistema informático a medida para otra empresa, y ha firmado un contrato al efecto. Una vez desarrollado, Juan plantea que los programas constituyen una propiedad intelectual suya y no está dispuesto a renunciar a ella para que la empresa que le contrató pueda comercializar el subsistema correspondiente. A todo esto, la fecha de entre...Starting at €8.20
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Entrepreneurial Leadership at Maritime Bus
Edward Gamble; Simon Parker; Peter W. Moroz; Parker Baglole; Ryan CassidyCase IVEY-9B14C037-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementAn entrepreneur in Atlantic Canada believes he has a five to six year window to capitalize on the growth of his newest venture, Maritime Bus, a passenger transportation and parcel delivery service, before his retirement. Having turned around a business that lost $12 million over the previous eight years in less than six months, he believes he has the opportunity to continue this success. However, he is unsure what strategies to follow to achieve ...Starting at €8.20
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Beanz Versus Starbucks: Personality in a Cup
Edward Gamble; Peter W. Moroz; Stewart Thornhill; Haley BeerCase IVEY-9B12M051-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyBeanz Espresso Bar is located in downtown Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is operating in a market with high rivalry (11 other coffee businesses in a two-block radius). The economy in Prince Edward Island has seen several diners, restaurants, and coffee shops close their doors within the past few years, while simultaneously drawing in large corporate businesses such as Starbucks and Running Room. Beanz has thus far survived the ma...Starting at €8.20
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El riesgo (B)
Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Grau E.; Llevat J.Case SI-84Knowledge and CommunicationContinuación del caso (A). Desenlace. El contrato de «outsourcing» se firma y empiezan los problemas con la empresa propietaria de los sistemas informáticos utilizados por El Riesgo.Starting at €5.74
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Ebe (B)
Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Grau E.; Llevat J.Case SI-82Knowledge and CommunicationContinuación del caso (A). Describe cómo acabó el conflicto, qué acciones se tomaron, etc.Starting at €5.74
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El riesgo (A)
Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Grau E.; Llevat J.Case SI-83Knowledge and CommunicationEl Riesgo es una compañía de seguros que se plantea firmar un contrato de «outsourcing» global de SI por un importe de cientos de millones de pesetas y de varios años de duración. Para hacer efectivo el contrato es preciso instalar los sistemas informáticos de la compañía en los ordenadores de la empresa subcontratista. Algunos de estos sistemas no son propiedad de El Riesgo, sino de una empresa tercera, con quien tiene a su vez contratos específ...Starting at €8.20
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Conexus Credit Union: Anchoring a Digital Technology Startup Ecosystem
Peter W. Moroz; Simon ParkerCase IVEY-9B20M170-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn February 2017, the chief executive officer of Conexus Credit Union, a local credit union headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, was preparing to meet with the board of directors. He would be pitching his plan to build, staff, and operate a start-up venStarting at €8.20
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The Canadian Police Knowledge Network
Stewart Thornhill; Edward Gamble; Peter W. Moroz; Andrew MacVaneCase IVEY-9B12M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2004, Holland College formed a not-for-profit organization with the Canadian policing community and National Research Council to create the Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN). In 2011, CPKN is Canada's leading provider of e-learning solutions for Canadian law enforcement, with more than 60,500 registered learners - including customers such as the Regina-based Royal Canadian Mounted Police and INTERPOL. To date, these learners have succes...Starting at €8.20