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Strongest Families
Anne Snowdon; Alexander Smith; Heidi CrammCase IVEY-9B13M133-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyStrongest Families is a 12-week distance treatment program for children with various mental health disorders and their families. The program was started in Nova Scotia in 2001 to address issues of stigma, lack of access to primary care specialists and difficulty of obtaining care, especially in rural areas. To meet these needs, the program utilizes long-distance communication methods such as weekly telephone meetings with trained personnel who ar...Starting at €8.20
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Mission Impossible: Measuring Social Media Return on Investment
Miranda R. Goode; Daniel SamoshCase IVEY-9B12A015-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn August 2011, the digital strategist at Online Advertisers, a small digital media company (web development, affiliate marketing, and social media management), was faced with finalizing a value proposition for a new social media marketing division, Online Advertisers Social. Online Advertisers was a creativity-driven company. Data and analytic capabilities were generally not the reason why clients worked with Online Advertisers. Online Advertise...Starting at €8.20
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Niagara Health System: An Innovative Communications Strategy (B)
Anne Snowdon; Alexander Smith; Andrew ScarffeCase IVEY-9B15M023-EStrategySupplement to 9B15M022.Starting at €5.74
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DOUGH T.O: A Sweet Expansion Opportunity
Miranda R. Goode; Shivani PradhanCase IVEY-9B20A082-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn early 2020, the co-founders of DOUGH T.O, an entrepreneurial venture launched in Toronto, Canada, were evaluating several expansion options. Since its founding in 2017, the brand had expanded its edible cookie dough business from its original pop-up moStarting at €8.20
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All or Nothing Brewhouse: Managing Beer Brands
Miranda R. Goode; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A015-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingTwo entrepreneur brothers purchased Trafalgar Ales, Meads and Distillery, a brewery with 19 active individual beer brands, each generating a small amount of sales. The brothers' purchase came at a time when they were transitioning from a contract brewer—a brand that outsources the actual production to another firm—to a production brewer. The challenge for the entrepreneurs was to determine how to manage their stable of brands for the future. Traf...Starting at €8.20
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Mixtape Social: Building Brands for Athletes and Companies
Miranda R. Goode; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19A012-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn February 2018, the founder of Toronto-based Mixtape Social was wondering how to grow his business. He had spent the past two years bootstrapping the two-pronged business, which offered services to help professional athletes build their personal brands and creative advertising and social media campaigns for corporations and other entities. With a roster of professional athletes, including Mitch Marner, one of the top players for the Toronto Map...Starting at €8.20
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Cancer Care Ontario: An Innovation Strategy for Managing Wait Times
Anne Snowdon; Alexander Smith; Kevin Bernard; Hannah Standing RasmussenCase IVEY-9B14M053-EStrategyCancer Care Ontario, the organization that oversees cancer treatment in Ontario, is challenged with establishing an innovative approach to reducing wait times for breast cancer and prostate cancer therapy across Ontario after wait times increased to more than two months. The special advisor on cancer issues to the Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care needs to report his recommendation to Cancer Care Ontario’s board of directors, who mana...Starting at €8.20
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Time for a Change at The Change Foundation
Anne Snowdon; Alexander SmithCase IVEY-9B14M087-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe Change Foundation is an independent charitable foundation founded in 1996 by the Ontario Hospital Association with the mandate to promote, support and improve health and the delivery of health care in Ontario. In 2006, its board of directors undertook a renewal process to evaluate its strategic directions and measure the value-add of progress to date. A planning session with a variety of key stakeholders had resulted in the development of a d...Starting at €8.20
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SARS Outbreak in Toronto
Anne Snowdon; Alexander Smith; Mohammad AuaisCase IVEY-9B13M101-EStrategyIn the spring of 2003, the World Health Organization identified a worldwide epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) that had started in China and spread to the rest of the world, with early cases reported in Toronto and Vancouver. Little was known about the disease, which meant that symptoms were often misdiagnosed as simple flu, and the infection spread rapidly. After the third SARS-related death occurred in Ontario in mid-March, th...Starting at €8.20
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Innovative Public Health in Alberta: Scalability Challenge
Anne Snowdon; Krista PettitCase IVEY-9B13M067-EStrategyIn 2011, the Alberta government launched an aggressive campaign to raise awareness about the growing rate of syphilis in the province. It launched an incredibly successful campaign that incorporated elements of social media that went viral. Though awareness was raised, the health system struggled to keep up with demand. The case deals with the challenges faced by the different areas of the health care system in receiving approval for the campaign...Starting at €8.20