Ivey Business School (Canada)
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For the Love of Laundry: Comparing Organizational Forms to Scale a Social Enterprise
Kent Walker; Ian Stecher; Francine Schlosser; Megain O'Neil-RenaudCase IVEY-9B18M008-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe London, Ontario, social enterprise For the Love of Laundry was founded in 2014 with the intention of selling homemade, eco-friendly soaps and using the profits to fund free laundry events in the community. In 2017, the founder's goal was to increase the scale of the business and its social impact. She needed to decide how to structure the organization to increase its scale while maintaining control of its strategic direction. The founder comp...Starting at €8.20
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Aparigraha Yoga: Balancing the Tensions of Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Kent Walker; Ian StecherCase IVEY-9B19M021-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAparigraha Yoga was founded in 2012 as a sustainable entrepreneurship venture in Ontario that sought to balance the environmental, social, and financial components of the triple bottom line (3BL) while providing high-quality yoga classes in its community. The founder intended to utilize synergistic solutions, which fully integrated each 3BL component, to address any business problem. In 2018, she identified two issues at her studio that challenge...Starting at €8.20
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Seaworld: Are Animal Shows Sustainable after Blackfish
Joel Gehman; Kelly Lester; Patrick Ng; Jen McEwen; Qiang Wei SongCase IVEY-9B16M227-EStrategyOn July 19, 2013, the documentary Blackfish was released. The movie claimed to have uncovered a series of animal abuses at SeaWorld and alluded to the negative impact of captivity on orcas, known as killer whales, which had resulted in the harm and even death of whale trainers. Whether real or alleged, such negative publicity threatened to affect the company’s image, stock prices, profits, and many of the company’s corporate relations. SeaWorld n...Starting at €8.20