Ivey Business School (Canada)
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HuStream Technologies Interactive Video
Barbara L. Marcolin; Kathryn Brohman; Ning Su; Norine Webster; Laura MarcolinCase IVEY-9B14E008-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyA management consulting team has been hired to advise HuStream Technologies on a new business model and target market. HuStream operates a service-based business model, providing customers with fully produced interactive video content. In the founders’ efforts to transition to a product-based business, they have built a cloud-based platform to provide easy accessibility to their company’s products and services. Using that platform, clients can pr...Starting at €8.20
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Patient Safety at Grand River Hospital & St. Mary's General Hospital
Murray J. Bryant; Alex Cestnik; Ashok SharmaCase IVEY-9B12M080-EStrategyPatient safety is a critical issue in health care and remains a problem in almost all health care institutions. The challenge is to change the culture so that all providers of care put patient safety as job one. Traditionally physicians have suggested that patient safety is due to individual error. In contrast, patient safety is a system and cultural change. The joint chief of staff at a medium-sized community hospital wants to address patient sa...Starting at €8.20
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ExerciseApp
Barbara L. Marcolin; Ning Su; Corey RochkinCase IVEY-9B13E001-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe CEO and founder of ExerciseApp decided to take the plunge and spec out the features of his new iPhone mobile application and supporting website. He planned for ExerciseApp to stream exercise workouts from pro-athletes to followers who wanted to “Train. Play. Be. Like the Pros” and get an edge to their workouts. As he envisioned the application, he realized he would need a lot of help with the technology and the setup of this entrepreneurial v...Starting at €8.20
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MedicalTech: Co-creating Value with Customers
Barbara L. Marcolin; Sasha Romano LopezCase IVEY-9B11E037-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe head of research and development at MedicalTech, a new manufacturer of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coils and software, had just met with MedicalTech's founder and chief executive officer (CEO). They had been discussing the technology development requirements decided so far in their attempts to build MedicalTech's first technology offering for diagnosing cancer. The head of research and development needed to advise the CEO regarding the b...Starting at €8.20