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Cabinet Creations Ltd.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Ian DunnCase IVEY-9B10B006-EAccounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationCabinet Creations is a woodwork company specializing in the manufacture and distribution to retailers of kitchen cabinet doors. The owner wants to assess the company's second fiscal year of operations. Students are asked to (1) identify and record the cost of raw materials used, cost of work-in-process, cost of finished goods manufactured and cost of goods sold; (2) determine the cost of work in process, calculate partial factory overhead; (3) re...Starting at €8.20
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College Couriers Inc.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Lindsay BrockCase IVEY-9B06B010-EAccounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationStudents are asked to assess a potential purchaser's personal goals and skills, as well as: financial feasibility, operating capacity and current promotional strategy to determine if a legal courier company should be purchased. Students are expected to develop detailed cash budgets, evaluate current pricing and promotional strategies, and to make recommendations about financing and the number of employees to hire under different volume assumption...Starting at €8.20
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Scrap It
James A. Erskine; Michael WienerCase IVEY-9B08C017-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe vice-president of operations at Lighting Group Corporation (LGC) was looking over some financial statements at the end of the workday. For the first time he could remember, there were no sales recorded on the daily sales statement. It appeared that the efforts of employees were diverted into a project related to the scrap metal that was a by-product of the manufacturing process. To complicate matters, the son of the company's president and ch...Starting at €8.20
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Mongolian Grill (Spanish Version)
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Tim SilkCase IVEY-9A99DS013Knowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementThe Mongolian Grill is a concept restaurant faced with a decision of whether to expand its capacity. The manager's objective is to optimize the restaurant's profitability without compromising the dining experience of its customers. This case is intended to introduce students to operations issues in a service environment (as opposed to a manufacturing environment). The concept of line balancing is central to the case. The case is also intended to ...Starting at €8.20
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Research In Motion: The Mobile OS Platform War
MacCormack, Alan; Dunn, Brian; Kemerer, Chris F.Case HBS-613001-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case describes competition in the market for smartphones in the US, and the position of one player, Research in Motion (RIM) who manufacture the popular Blackberry line of products. Early in 2011, RIM is in trouble. Its stock price has plummeted, amidst poor business results, and its future as an independent company is in doubt. A new Chief Executive Officer, Thorsten Heins, must decide how to position the company for the future. The case all...Starting at €8.20
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A Study in Grey: Lisa LaFlamme’s Dismissal from CTV News
Gerard Seijts; Jana Seijts; Lindsay HobbsCase IVEY-W34665-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementLisa LaFlamme was the trusted face of CTV National News. In 2022, she was at the height of her career. It was therefore a shock to her colleagues and viewers when, on August 15, 2022, she posted a video on Twitter to announce that she had been abruptly ousted from CTV by its parent company, Bell Media Inc. (Bell Media). Bell Media was hit with seemingly never-ending waves of negative press, including speculation that sexism and ageism had been th...Starting at €8.20
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Enterprise Canada: Managing Misinformation
Mary Weil; Julia SergiCase IVEY-W33826-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and CommunicationThe case is centred around a misinformation incident involving Brian Fox, principal of Enterprise Canada. On November 21, 2022, the lead lawyer for Freedom Corp in the public inquiry into the Freedom Convoy protest, Brendan Miller, made the accusation that Fox had been holding a Nazi flag on January 29, 2022, at the protest in Ottawa, Ontario. Students will take on the role of an executive at Enterprise Canada to create a strategy to deal with th...Starting at €8.20
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Amanda Tremblay at Citrine Solutions (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Myers, Paul S.Case HBS-921S16Knowledge and CommunicationThe case focuses on Amanda Tremblay, a recent MBA with a technical background who was recruited by Citrine Software Solutions (CSS). CSS, based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, develops, implements, and supports software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for human resource management and associated business processes. Soon after joining, Tremblay distinguishes herself through her work on a project that analyzed the possibility of accessing a lower-priced m...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Pacific Railway (A): Border Skirmish or Nuclear Winter?
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M134-EKnowledge and Communication, StrategyIn early 2012, the chair of the board of directors of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) had to determine how to respond to demands made by the company’s largest shareholder, Pershing Square Capital Management (Pershing), an activist hedge fund. Pershing’s chief executive officer (CEO) claimed that CP was underperforming, and expressed his desire to replace two board members and appoint a new CEO. The chair of the board of directors had to determine t...Starting at €8.20
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Storybook Gardens
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Lindsay BrockCase IVEY-9B06B012-EAccounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationA small family-oriented recreation park owned by the Corporation of the City of London, Ontario, has received $6 million for improvements. Of this amount, $1 million has yet to be spent. Students are asked to (1) analyse the industry and competitive conditions for a family-oriented theme park; (2) organize and analyse survey results; (3) perform a straightforward sub-unit evaluation; (4) perform a vertical analysis; (5) complete two differential ...Starting at €8.20