Ivey Business School (Canada)
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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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Metta Rest Spa: Should the Stricklands Lend
Lindsay ClaytonCase IVEY-9B18B012-EAccounting and ControlA Canadian couple whose daughter owned Metta Rest Spa, a flotation spa that opened in September 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia, had invested almost CA$1.2 million in the business. Their daughter had recently asked for another $60,000 to keep the business afloat, and in early 2016 the couple needed to decide whether to invest more money in the business. The business had a net loss in 2015 and needed cash to continue to operate. What other inf...Starting at €8.20
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Pokémon Go: Virtual Invading Reality
Neil Bendle; Xiaoke XuCase IVEY-9B17A032-EMarketing, StrategyIn June 2016, the augmented reality game Pokémon GO quickly became one of the hottest topics in the world, changing both the online and offline behaviours of players. Pokémon GO was jointly developed by the San Francisco-based firm Niantic Inc. and The Pokémon Company, based in Japan, and was underwritten by the Japanese video game giant Nintendo. The game, which overlaid virtual items and creatures onto the physical world, allowed smartphone use...Starting at €8.20