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Bombardier Aerospace: The CSeries Dilemma
Louis Hébert; Ali TalebCase IVEY-9B11M072-EStrategyIn July 2004, Bombardier Aerospace announced its intention to develop a new family of aircraft called CSeries. In May 2007, three years after the initial announcement, the final decision on whether to proceed with the initiative was still pending. Moreover, during this period, the company released several confusing announcements that raised concerns among investors and industry analysts regarding the sustainability of the company’s long-term stra...Starting at €8.20
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Express Trucking: Executive Team Dynamics (Role Play) (C) - Observer Grid
Jacques Neatby; Louis Hébert; Jean PoitrasCase IVEY-9B18M016-EStrategyTwo executives at Express Trucking—the vice-president of legal affairs, and the vice-president of sales—were preparing for an executive team meeting. The two vice-presidents were disputing the terms of a customer contract to be signed the following day. According to the vice-president of legal affairs, the contract needed to be revised to include a standard clause regarding Express Trucking’s liability, whereas the vice-president of sales feared ...Starting at €5.74
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Express Trucking: Executive Team Dynamics (Role Play) (B) - Vice-President, Sales (Dominic)
Jacques Neatby; Louis Hébert; Jean PoitrasCase IVEY-9B18M015-EStrategyTwo executives at Express Trucking—the vice-president of legal affairs, and the vice-president of sales—were preparing for an executive team meeting. The two vice-presidents were disputing the terms of a customer contract to be signed the following day. According to the vice-president of legal affairs, the contract needed to be revised to include a standard clause regarding Express Trucking’s liability, whereas the vice-president of sales feared ...Starting at €5.74
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Tokyo Smoke: Building a Retail Cannabis Brand (A)
Eric Janssen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B19A049-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2016 (A case), the founder of Tokyo Smoke, a cannabis retailing enterprise based in Toronto, needed to attract investors. The former Google Inc. employee had taken advantage of public policy changes in Canada and was modelling his retail business on StStarting at €8.20
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Grocery Checkout Inc. (GCO)
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Eric JanssenCase IVEY-9B11M044-EStrategyGrocery Checkout Inc., an online grocery delivery service, had experienced dramatic growth since its founding in 2005, but investors were pressuring the chief executive officer (CEO) for even faster growth. An improved distribution network and order fulfillment system meant that GCO could handle a greater volume of customers. The CEO considered a number of growth options, including a sell option, and needed to decide which would best fit GCO and ...Starting at €8.20
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Teksavvy Solutions Incorporated
Kenneth G. Hardy; Eric JanssenCase IVEY-9B10A028-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Teksavvy Solutions Inc. has achieved sales of $18 million in just more than 10 years as an Internet service provider (ISP) across Canada but he must decide whether to distribute his service via cable carriers, telecom carriers or both, or even integrate forward into laying fiber-optic cable in homes and businesses himself. If he invests in last mile connections to homes, he will need a great deal m...Starting at €8.20
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Express Trucking: Executive Team Dynamics (Role Play) (A) - Vice-President, Legal Affairs (Alex)
Jacques Neatby; Louis Hébert; Jean PoitrasCase IVEY-9B18M014-EStrategyTwo executives at Express Trucking—the vice-president of legal affairs, and the vice-president of sales—were preparing for an executive team meeting. The two vice-presidents were disputing the terms of a customer contract to be signed the following day. According to the vice-president of legal affairs, the contract needed to be revised to include a standard clause regarding Express Trucking’s liability, whereas the vice-president of sales feared ...Starting at €8.20
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Tokyo Smoke: Building a Retail Cannabis Brand (B)
Eric Janssen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B19A050-EMarketingIn 2016 (A case), the founder of Tokyo Smoke, a cannabis retailing enterprise based in Toronto, needed to attract investors. The former Google Inc. employee had taken advantage of public policy changes in Canada and was modelling his retail business on StStarting at €5.74
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Kiai Marketing Group
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Eric JanssenCase IVEY-9B10A025-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingKiai Marketing Group is a start-up advertising company providing innovative marketing solutions to businesses in London, Ontario. The company’s first undertaking is aimed at reaching the post-secondary student demographic by attaching a business’s advertising to laptop computers by means of a laptop skin. The proprietor needs an overall strategic marketing plan to secure his first client. The proprietor must decide what clients to target, how to ...Starting at €8.20
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LinkedIn: Selling Zoom on a Digital Marketing Strategy
Kirk Kristofferson; Eric JanssenCase IVEY-W25153-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIt was March 2020 and a newly hired account executive at LinkedIn Corporation (LinkedIn) was keen to close his first major deal. His job was to help marketing teams acquire new customers and grow their businesses by leveraging the LinkedIn Ad network. HeStarting at €8.20