Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Stewarding the Soil: An Ontario Farmer’s Quest for Regenerative Agricultural Practices
Wren Montgomery; Pratima Bansal; Melanie Issett; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B20M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBlake Vince is a fifth-generation farmer who adheres to seemingly unconventional farming techniques. Most farmers in southwestern Ontario use conventional industrial farming methods such as tilling their fields, relying on pesticides and fertilizers, and monocropping (i.e., planting the same crops on the same plot of land year after year). Vince, however, embraces more regenerative agricultural practices (such as no-till farming, wherein the top ...Starting at €8.20
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Oakville Hydro Optimum Engine Selection
Peter C. Bell; Xinghao Yan; Scott Mudie; Mark Visscher; Aman RainaCase IVEY-9B10E025-ECorporate GovernanceThe president of Oakville Hydro Energy services needed to make a decision on the installation of an electricity-generating engine at the regional municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant in Burlington, Ontario. This engine installation was in support of the production of green power, and the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) had introduced a feed-in tariff that paid a premium for the generation of this type of green power. One of three specific engines w...Starting at €8.20
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getClarity Inc. (A)
Xinghao Yan; Mathew MacFayden; Matthew MordenCase IVEY-9B14E015-ECorporate GovernanceGetClarity Inc. is a start-up firm that specializes in the accumulation, analysis and sale of various types of data, including the firm’s own data, which has been attained through an exclusive contract. The company’s current job involves working for an auto-manufacturing client to identify a potential location for a new dealership. Two young analysts conduct data analysis on the age of the area and the market size, based on the customer demograph...Starting at €8.20
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Maple Leaf Foods: Changing the System
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M174-EStrategyThe Maple Leaf Foods (MLF): Changing the System case explores how a major food processor pivoted its vision and operations in an attempt to become the world’s most sustainable protein company. Instead of focusing solely on financial goals, the organizatioStarting at €8.20
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getClarity Inc. (B)
Xinghao Yan; Mathew MacFayden; Matthew MordenCase IVEY-9B14E016-ECorporate GovernanceSupplement to getGlarity (A) (see 9B14E015). An Excel spreadsheet for this supplement is available (see 7B14E016).Starting at €5.74
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Rio Tinto and the Indigenous Juukan Gorge Sites
Amy Moore; Wren Montgomery; W. Glenn Rowe; Abbas KhambatiCase IVEY-W28178-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn May, 2020, Rio Tinto PLC, a global mining company, blasted a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site in the Juukan Gorge, an area in Western Australia. While Rio Tinto’s actions were legal, the company was nonetheless widely criticized for its blasting of the sacred site, which contained remains and artefacts dating back tens of thousands of years. Furthermore, investigations revealed that Rio Tinto had knowledge of the sacred nature of the site. Inte...Starting at €8.20