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Golden Tunes Records
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Amy ShuhCase IVEY-9B13B012-EAccounting and ControlTwo aspiring musicians and music producers launch and incorporate their own record label. At the end of the company’s first year of operations, the partners face their first financial year-end, and they wonder how the company’s assets, many of which are intangible, should be presented in the statement of financial position.Starting at €8.20
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Deloitte Consulting GTA: The Deloitte Dads Initiative
Alison Konrad; Amy ShuhCase IVEY-9B13C046-ELeadership and People ManagementDeloitte Dads is a firm-sponsored diversity and inclusion initiative aimed at supporting working fathers within Deloitte (Canada) LLP, an independent member of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited global network. With support from senior management, Deloitte Dads was founded in 2010 by a junior consultant in the management consulting division in the company’s Greater Toronto Area office and quickly gained both members and media attention. The gro...Starting at €8.20
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Anwar Aluminum Works
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Amy ShuhCase IVEY-9B14B001-EAccounting and ControlThe plant manager of an aluminum alloy production plant is faced with capacity constraints and must determine which of two new speciality orders to take on. Both orders cannot be filled simultaneously.Students are asked to: (1) perform an industry size-up of the global metals industry and its subset, the aluminum industry; (2) perform a business size-up of the company's current operations; (3) determine the pros and cons of accepting each custome...Starting at €8.20
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Cole and Parker: Socks that Start Businesses
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Amy ShuhCase IVEY-9B14A006-EMarketingThe co-founders of a company that markets brightly coloured, high-quality and boldly designed men’s socks had just heard from the producers of a popular Canadian reality television show, Dragons’ Den. They had been chosen to pitch their business idea to the show’s venture capitalists in hopes of receiving investment funds. Since they were at the cusp of their business development plans, with an innovative business model and product design, the co...Starting at €8.20
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HomeZilla: Attracting Homebuyers through Better Photos
Gregory S. Zaric; Hongmei SunCase IVEY-9B16E029-ECorporate GovernanceIn November 2014, the founder and chief executive officer of HomeZilla, in Toronto, Canada, was considering how to provide value-added services to his business. One of the company’s main services was to work with real estate agents to provide web listings to attract home shoppers. Many Internet companies were analyzing web-browsing data in an effort to better understand user behaviour and thus improve their business. Inspired by this trend, the f...Starting at €8.20
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Lucas Wang: Stop-Loss Strategy
Hubert Pun; Hongmei SunCase IVEY-9B16E023-ECorporate GovernanceOn February 29, 2016, an investor, who was a business school graduate, purchased one share of Tesla Motors, Inc. stock for $191.93. In doing so, the investor wondered what trading strategy should be followed over the next six months to maximize returns while minimizing risk. In choosing a strategy, he wanted to make good use of the knowledge gained from his financial analytics classes. To that end, he did not know if he should choose a buy and ho...Starting at €8.20