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Royal Bank of Canada: Using People Strategy and Analytics to Drive Employee Performance (B)
Shaw, K; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-HR44B-EThis is the follow up case to “Royal Bank of Canada: Using People Strategy and Analytics to Drive Employee Performance (A).” This (B) case presents the results of the company’s two major people analytics projects, which are described in the (A) case. The first project used data to identify empirically the traits of great managers and subsequently identify who might or might not be a great manager. This enabled RBC to help those managers who could...Starting at €5.74
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Transfer Pricing at Cameco Corporation
Walid Busaba; Nourhene Ben Youssef; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B14B011-EAccounting and Control, StrategyTransfer pricing used by multinational corporations to lower its tax burden, thereby increasing its consolidated income, can have far-reaching implications for the stakeholders, as a fund manager for Saskhedge fund found out the hard way. A stock investment the manager had made in Cameco Corporation has dropped its value by 20 per cent. In addition, Canada Revenue Agency has initiated a law suit against the firm for alleged tax avoidance in relat...Starting at €8.20
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Poseidon Concepts Corporation: Boom To Bust
Walid Busaba; Nourhene Ben Youssef; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B18B001-EAccounting and ControlOn February 25, 2013, the chief investment officer at University of Regina Investing (URI) was reviewing the draft copy of the annual report for 2012 that was to be submitted to the client, the University of Regina. One investment that stood out was Poseidon Concepts Corporation, which the fund had bought at $14.02 per share in April 2012, had reached a high of CA$16.02 in September 2012, and had eventually lost all stock value. The chief investm...Starting at €8.20
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University of Regina Club: Financial Statement Analysis
Nourhene Ben Youssef; Walid Busaba; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B18B016-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipThe University Club at the University of Regina was in financial distress. The club had been losing money for several years and was being subsidized by the University of Regina. However, due to budget cuts by the Saskatchewan government, the university was no longer in a position to subsidize the operations of the club. The board of the club had to make some tough decisions at this time. Could the club exist without university subsidy? Should the...Starting at €8.20
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Royal Bank of Canada: Using People Strategy and Analytics to Drive Employee Performance (A)
Shaw, K; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-HR44A-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case discusses how the leaders of the Royal Bank of Canada infused the 80,000-employee company with a new emphasis on People Analytics. This supported the bank’s business strategies for its wide range of business units. The bank’s new People Analytics group, led at the top by the vice president of human resources, collected and analyzed huge volumes of data about the bank’s employees, customers, and business unit performance to help the com...Starting at €8.20