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The Mentorship of John Cooper (A)
Lyn Purdy; Nick KuzykCase IVEY-9B12C007-ELeadership and People ManagementJohn Cooper had spent the last five years working for Standard Holdings, an early-stage business development and private equity arm of the Standard Group of Companies (Standard). The job was one he took immediately after graduating from business school, and he took the position of business analyst to capitalize on the chance to work with Alan Kirkpatrick, an accomplished and well-respected entrepreneur and founder of Standard. During his years at...Starting at €8.20
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Ferio Pugliese: Leading WestJet's New Carrier Encore
Gerard Seijts; Jean-Louis Schaan; Robert WayCase IVEY-9B15C008-ELeadership and People ManagementIn early 2014, Ferio Pugliese looked back on his turbulent first year as president of WestJet Airlines Ltd.’s new regional air service Encore. Encore represented the company’s most significant organizational change in its 18 years of dramatic growth. Expanding the airline’s fleet to include smaller, short-haul aircraft that could service smaller destinations throughout Western Canada had not been without growing pains. For example, a number of em...Starting at €8.20
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The Mentorship of John Cooper (B)
Lyn Purdy; Nick KuzykCase IVEY-9B12C008-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is a supplement to The Mentorship of John Cooper (A).Starting at €5.74
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Arts & Crafts
Mark B. Vandenbosch; Nick KuzykCase IVEY-9B08A011-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe vice-president of marketing at Arts & Crafts was reflecting on the company's extremely successful year in the music business. New artists had been added to the company's roster, experiments with digital releases and marketing campaigns had been successful, and plenty of international licensing opportunities were emerging. In addition, one of the company's artists, Leslie Feist, had received multiple music awards. On the other hand, the music ...Starting at €8.20
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Triage at Rouge Valley Health System
Gerard Seijts; Robert WayCase IVEY-9B14C014-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late 2006, the Rouge Valley Health System’s board of directors began to grasp the gravity of the leadership challenge set before them: rescue the amalgamated Scarborough Centenary Hospital and the Ajax and Pickering General Hospital, which was financially a “basket case,” or face an imposed government takeover. A recently completed independent peer review conducted from June through November 2007 came down hard on the former senior leadership ...Starting at €8.20
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A New Vision for the Stratford Festival
Gerard Seijts; Robert WayCase IVEY-9B17C048-ELeadership and People ManagementIn January 2016, the executive director of Canada's Stratford Festival, one of North America's largest repertory theatre companies, was considering the festival's long-term outlook and the role the organization played in the community. The 2015 season had been successful, and she would be able to report a small surplus to the board at the upcoming annual general meeting. But the long-term outlook wasn't as secure. Annual attendance had dropped be...Starting at €8.20