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Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (B): How Risky are Smart Meters
Mikes, Anette; Hamel, DominiqueCase HBS-112073-EAccounting and ControlThis case enables students to simulate a risk management workshop based on the description of an innovative capital project in the energy sector. Students will discuss, assess, and vote on the riskiness of the Smart Meters project and experience the dynamics of a risk workshop.Starting at €5.74
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Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (B): How Risky Are Smart Meters, Teaching Note
Mikes, Anette; Migdal, AmramTeaching Note HBS-114101-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 112073.Starting at €0.00
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SWISSBO: Strategic Risk or Opportunity?
Mary M. Crossan; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W34743-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn March 2021, the wholesale distributor of home décor products SBO Distributors Ltd. (or SWISSBO), based in Vancouver, Canada, was considering an opportunity for strategic analysis. The firm was at a crossroads in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic had led to a setback in the company’s revenues and margins—seemingly, a temporary setback. The wholesaler was now facing a make-or-break dilemma that involved a new growth opportunity to mov...Starting at €8.20
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Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One - Multimedia
Mikes, AnetteTeaching Note HBS-111036-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note for 110707.Starting at €0.00
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BYKlyn: Pivoting during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Andreas Schotter; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W26071-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn early June 2020, the owner of BYKlyn, an exercise bike fitness studio in New York, was considering her response to the business disruption that the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had caused the health and fitness industry. BYKlyn had recorded consisStarting at €8.20
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Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A) (Spanish version)
Mikes, AnetteCase HBS-113S12Accounting and ControlAn early adopter of Enterprise Risk Management, energy giant Hydro One anticipated new threats and opportunities in an industry that faced climate change and carbon legislation, the deregulation of electricity markets, and the greater adoption of renewable technologies. CEO Laura Formusa felt Hydro One's risk profile had shifted, to the extent that she had to ask herself -- was the strategy tenable? The case provides a rich description of Enterpr...Starting at €8.20
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DuroVac (A): Responsible Leadership and Governance for Human Flourishing
Elena Antonacopoulou; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W33855-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyA business world characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) presents many leadership and governance challenges to businesses large and small. Smaller family firms, in particular, need to demonstrate resilience both in navigating changes that arise from VUCA conditions and in staying firm on the core purpose with which their enterprises were founded.
Cases A and B present the approach of a family firm based i...Starting at €8.20
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Mircom Technologies Ltd.: Responding To A Ransomware Attack (A)
Robert D. Austin; Laurel C. Austin; R. ChandrasekharCase IVEY-W28547-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationIn September 2019, Mircom Technologies Limited faced a serious crisis after sustaining a ransomware attack. The medium-sized manufacturer based in Toronto, Canada had been offering smart building solutions for almost two decades. The attackers encrypted all of the company’s data, halting all business systems and processes that relied on information technology, including email, voice-over-Internet phones, manufacturing, billing, shipping, and rece...Starting at €8.20