Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Hill & Levene Schools of Business : 2020s Business Education
Dwight Heinrichs; Michael TaylorCase IVEY-W26088-EMarketing, StrategyThe Hill & Levene Schools of Business (HLSB) Paul J. Hill Business School at the University of Regina, were considering widely divergent strategic alternatives, in what was expected to be a new and permanently altered post Covid-19 competitive environmentStarting at €8.20
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Dot Autonomous Power Platform: The Future Of Farming
Dwight Heinrichs; Michael Taylor; Marco CoppolaCase IVEY-9B19A055-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe Dot autonomous agricultural platform, manufactured by SeedMaster Manufacturing, an innovative farm equipment manufacturer in White City, Saskatchewan, was a driver-less vehicle designed to replace the farm tractor. This vehicle allowed large-scale farStarting at €8.20
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Rethinking B-Sc’ool Apparel at Hill
Dwight Heinrichs; Michael TaylorCase IVEY-9B20A009-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn October 2018, the president of a business school student (BSS) society must decide on the viability of marketing a line of business school apparel. The school had been selling its brand of products with moderate success and the president had to determine the best option going forward. She faced a number of decisions: How to increase sales? What should be included in the clothing line? Should the product line be branded under the school’s or th...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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Racing into the Future: Strategic Marketing for the Regina Auto Racing Club
Dwight Heinrichs; Chris Street; Michael TaylorCase IVEY-9B17A050-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe Regina Auto Racing Club (RARC) had been operating the Kings Park Speedway since 1967. In 2016, the race track and facilities were beginning to show their age and were in need of costly upgrading. Unfortunately, the club had also been suffering from declining attendance over the past five years, and the associated decline in ticket revenue had led to a shrinking race schedule. At the end of the race season in 2016, the club managed to break ev...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