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Succession Planning: Surviving the Next Generation
Ilan Alon; Kimberley HowardCase IVEY-9B09C015-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn late May 2009, Albert Bohemier, CEO of Survival Systems Limited (SSL), located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, paced the deck of the training pool at Survival Training Simulation Theatre wondering how best to transition the company to new leadership. During the past five years, attempts at succession planning had been unsuccessful. As the leader of the company for over 25 years, Bohemier was ready to retire, but there were many aspects of successio...Starting at €8.20
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship: Bringing Yanjing Beer to Canada
Kimberley Howard; William Wei; Vicky NieCase IVEY-9B14A013-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyAn immigrant entrepreneur created Hi-Bridge Consulting Corporation, a company that imported and distributed alcoholic products in Canada, among other activities. In 2009, the entrepreneur brought Yanjing beer to Canada from China, even though the Chinese brewery did not have an articulated international expansion strategy in Canada at the time. Despite numerous challenges in the Canadian beer market, the entrepreneur made significant headway. How...Starting at €8.20
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Satya: Authentic Entrepreneurship and Community
Vania Sakelaris; Janice ByrneCase IVEY-W28479-EEntrepreneurshipPatrice Mousseau was an Indigenous woman in Canada who founded an organic skin care company, Satya. From Satya’s modest beginnings and early challenges, the company had several subsequent successes before Mousseau faced significant challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mousseau’ s Indigenous values and influences shaped her approach to launching and developing Satya. Additionally, Mousseau’s collaboration with a women-only network of investors...Starting at €8.20
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Kids Swag: Building an Opportunity around Diversity
Vania Sakelaris; Janice ByrneCase IVEY-W26182-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2016, a Black woman entrepreneur in Ajax, Ontario, Canada, in the greater Toronto area founded a small but successful venture named Kids Swag in response to a gap she identified in the children’s products market, which was failing to represent the BlacStarting at €8.20
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MacEwan Goes Global: Internationalization at a Canadian School of Business
Ilan Alon; Mike Henry; Kimberley HowardCase IVEY-9B09M020-EStrategyGiven the importance of global education, colleges and universities are faced with increasing pressure from various stakeholders to internationalize their campus. The dean of the Grant MacEwan School of Business is faced with the task of internationalizing the school. Her job is doubly difficult as the school is implementing a strategic move towards becoming a baccalaureate-granting institution, and upgrading its available international programs....Starting at €8.20
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Helga Wear: The Unzipped Potential of Women’s Workwear
Vania Sakelaris; Janice ByrneCase IVEY-W32629-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case traces the story of Jodi Huettner, a mechanical engineer, and her journey to launch Helga Wear Inc. (Helga Wear), a company that developed personal protective equipment (PPE) in the form of workwear specifically designed for women. Huettner started the venture following her own struggles working in PPE designed for men. The case outlines the various challenges she encountered in bringing her product to market and illustrates how gender b...Starting at €8.20
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Funding My Sisters’ Place: Building a Sustainable Social Enterprise
Janice Byrne; Sophie Bacq; Vania SakelarisCase IVEY-W28481-EEntrepreneurship, Knowledge and CommunicationBy the spring of 2021, My Sisters’ Place, a safe, welcoming, and inclusive support centre for women in London, Ontario, had welcomed countless women to Buchan House, a historic Victorian mansion located in downtown London, that had been generously donated by a local family. While it had become a safe haven for so many people in the community, the building’s age and heritage status also meant frequent and high maintenance costs, and the recent roo...Starting at €8.20