Ivey Business School (Canada)
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China National Offshore Oil Corporation: Operations in Canada
Xiaoyu Liu; Hao Lu; Loren Falkenberg; Harrie VredenburgCase IVEY-9B18M182-EStrategyIn 2005, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) began investing in Canada, when it acquired 16.69 per cent equity of MEG Energy Corp., a private Calgary-based energy company. In 2011, it acquired OPTI Canada, a Canadian oil company that had goneStarting at €8.20
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Health Services Software
Kurt SchobelCase IVEY-9B19B001-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipHealth Services Software (HSS) was a software company specializing in software for hospitals. Founded by a health care team with first-hand knowledge of the issues facing hospitals, HSS had first mover advantage. At the onset of HSS’s operations, hospitals had capital funding that allowed them to acquire the software with five-year licensing agreements. Five years later in 2016, as the licences were expiring, the hospitals no longer had the capit...Starting at €8.20
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Telus: Ethics and Cellphone Tower Sites
Xiaoyu Liu; Hao LuCase IVEY-9B18M183-EStrategyIn 2015, TELUS Corporation (TELUS) needed to decide whether to either ignore the concerns of the local community and power up its newly installed cellphone tower—located 84 metres from the University of Calgary's child care centre—or relocate it farther fStarting at €8.20