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Joseph Vigneault & The Capital Pool Company Program
Colette Southam; Jeff McDonaldCase IVEY-9B10N013-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceJoseph Vigneault and his entrepreneurial partners wanted to raise $500,000 to pursue a new venture through the purchase of a currently existing company in the $4,000,000-5,000,000 price range. A boutique investment bank introduced them to the features of the Capital Pool Company (CPC) program. Vigneault needed to decide if a CPC was an option that he and his partners should consider. He needed to consider the effect on their ownership stake in th...Starting at €8.20
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Goodwin Wealth Management: An Acquisition Opportunity
Colette Southam; Lisa ConwayCase IVEY-9B08N029-EFinanceOn November 30, 2007, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Goodwin Wealth Management (Goodwin), decided to hire a consultant to make an assessment of his current situation. Recently, several firms had expressed interest in acquiring Goodwin. The CEO knew he would have to decide whether to consider these offers or not very soon in order to avoid a hostile bidding situation. If the CEO did decide to consider an acquisition, he would have to act qui...Starting at €8.20
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Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi (Spanish version)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Marton, StephanieCase HBS-418S11Leadership and People ManagementInspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in developing new "people analytics" technologies to help companies increase employee happiness. Hitachi had begun manufacturing high-tech badges that quantify a wearer's activity patterns. Data from these devices revealed an unusually high correlation between certain patterns of activity and a person's subjective sense of happiness at work. Unlike mood rings or even f...Starting at €8.20
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Coaching Makena Lane
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Lala, OmCase HBS-418031-ELeadership and People ManagementMakena Lane has a gift for producing results, even in the challenging retail context of the 2010s, but also has a knack for "ruffling some feathers" in the process. Recruited to a Fortune 500 grocery and pharmacy retailer after climbing to Associate Principal in McKinsey & Company's retail practice, she successfully grew their high-margin yet highly competitive beauty category beyond anyone's expectations. Yet then she was passed over promotion, ...Starting at €8.20
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Trouble at Tessei, Teaching Note
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Buell, Ryan W.Teaching Note HBS-616031-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2005, Teruo Yabe is asked to revive Tessei, the 669-person JR-East subsidiary responsible for cleaning its Shinkansen (""bullet"") trains. Operational mistakes, customer complaints, safety issues, and employee turnover are at or near all-time highs, even as the demands on Tessei continued to grow. Given previous leaders' failed attempts to fix Tessei's problems with increased managerial monitoring and controls, Yabe seeks a creative approach...Starting at €0.00
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Coinorb: An Initial Coin Offering to Launch A Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange - Teaching Note
Rand Low; Colette Southam; Matthew WinklerTeaching Note IVEY-W29723-EFinanceTeaching note for product W29722.Starting at €0.00
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RBC: Transforming Transformation (B)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Gino, Francesca; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-920045-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2017, the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), a Canadian financial icon, mandated a swat team of "enablers of collaboration" (their job description) to support the personal and commercial bank in the enterprise-wide RBC Cultural Transformation initiative. HisStarting at €5.74
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Pixonix Inc. - Addressing Currency Exposure
Colette Southam; Karim MoolaniCase IVEY-9B08N013-EFinance, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe chief financial officer of Pixonix Inc. is trying to decide if she should hedge, given the current strength of the Canadian dollar. Her company licenses proprietary software through a U.S. company that will cost $7.5 million in three months time. TheStarting at €8.20
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Acpana Business Systems Inc.: Effect of Currency Exposure on Revenue
Colette Southam; Robert SchenkelCase IVEY-9B11N010-EFinanceThe vice president of operations for Acpana Business Systems Inc., a Canadian software development and backup-as-a-service provider located in Toronto, Canada, is concerned that the recent appreciation of the Canadian dollar is significantly affecting Acpana’s revenue and undermining the company’s organic growth. The case focuses on understanding and quantifying the risks associated with exchange rate fluctuation and its impact on a firm’s revenu...Starting at €8.20
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Wyndham Destinations Asia Pacific: Acquisition and Appraisal of Resort Frontier Co. Ltd. and Management of Sundance Resort Club Japan
Colette Southam; Mike Raybould; Joshua Poi; Matthew WinklerCase IVEY-W25639-EFinance, StrategyOn July 8, 2019, Barry Robinson, president and managing director of International Operations for Wyndham Destinations Asia Pacific (Wyndham Destinations AP), and Liam Crawley, chief financial officer, were in receipt of a report provided by law firm Baker McKenzie’s Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions team. Wyndham Destinations AP was in the process of acquiring the privately held Resort Frontier Co. Ltd., the management company for Sundance Resor...Starting at €8.20