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Microsoft Corporation: Is Stack Ranking the Answer
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14C031-ELeadership and People ManagementA vice-president of human resources at a technology software provider was reviewing the employee appraisal submissions for her firm. After years of rapid growth, the firm was underperforming relative to its peers and it seemed that part of the problem was its relaxed performance appraisal system. As much had been written about Microsoft Corporation’s stack ranking system, the human resources executive wondered how much she could learn about appra...Starting at €8.20
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eStore at Shell Canada Limited
Deborah Compeau; Barbara L. Marcolin; Roger Milley; Chad SaundersCase IVEY-9B06E020-EInformation TechnologiesThe commercial eProducts Manager at Shell Canada has to determine how to improve the adoption and utilization of their eCommerce channel. eStore had been developed for the fuel and lubricants market as a pilot test of how Shell might communicate with its customers electronically, thus reducing costs. While eStore had been in place for a year, and many customers had signed up, utilization was low. A consulting firm has made recommendations about t...Starting at €8.20
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HuStream Technologies Interactive Video
Barbara L. Marcolin; Kathryn Brohman; Ning Su; Norine Webster; Laura MarcolinCase IVEY-9B14E008-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyA management consulting team has been hired to advise HuStream Technologies on a new business model and target market. HuStream operates a service-based business model, providing customers with fully produced interactive video content. In the founders’ efforts to transition to a product-based business, they have built a cloud-based platform to provide easy accessibility to their company’s products and services. Using that platform, clients can pr...Starting at €8.20
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London Health Sciences Centre: Talent Development (A)
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16C049-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2011, a health care director at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) asked one of her managers to review two candidates for promotion to a front-line coordinator position. The manager was tasked with the job of choosing between two promising candidates who were quite different from each other. He had to carefully review the qualifications of the two candidates and determine which one would be better suited to the role. Use with supplement 9B16...Starting at €8.20
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ExerciseApp
Barbara L. Marcolin; Ning Su; Corey RochkinCase IVEY-9B13E001-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe CEO and founder of ExerciseApp decided to take the plunge and spec out the features of his new iPhone mobile application and supporting website. He planned for ExerciseApp to stream exercise workouts from pro-athletes to followers who wanted to “Train. Play. Be. Like the Pros” and get an edge to their workouts. As he envisioned the application, he realized he would need a lot of help with the technology and the setup of this entrepreneurial v...Starting at €8.20
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MedicalTech: Co-creating Value with Customers
Barbara L. Marcolin; Sasha Romano LopezCase IVEY-9B11E037-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe head of research and development at MedicalTech, a new manufacturer of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coils and software, had just met with MedicalTech's founder and chief executive officer (CEO). They had been discussing the technology development requirements decided so far in their attempts to build MedicalTech's first technology offering for diagnosing cancer. The head of research and development needed to advise the CEO regarding the b...Starting at €8.20
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London Health Sciences Centre: Talent Development (B)
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16C050-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement for 9B16C049.Starting at €5.74