Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Blockchain: A New Solution for Supply Chain Integrity
Xin (Shane) Wang; Xin Xu; Min PanCase IVEY-9B16D026-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2016, blockchain, the technological innovation behind the cryptocurrency bitcoin, was gaining traction as companies began to integrate blockchain-based technology into their existing business models. While blockchain technology was still in its infancy, it could potentially transform the US$40 trillion global supply-chain industry. Ultimately, the emergence of blockchain would challenge market positioning in established businesses. Some advant...Starting at €8.20
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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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Fitbit: The Business about Wrist
Xiaoke Xu; Xin (Shane) WangCase IVEY-9B16A012-EMarketingOn August 3, 2015, Fitbit, Inc.’s (Fitbit) stock price hit an all-time high of $50.99. A few months earlier, when Fitbit went public on June 18, it had opened on its first day of trading at a price of $30.40 — 52 per cent higher than its initial public offering price. As what appeared to be the most successful initial public offering of the year, Fitbit attracted significant attention and inevitably drew controversy as well. Some investors saw gr...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