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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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The Detroit River International Crossing Bridge
Kent Walker; Saeed RahmanCase IVEY-9B13M114-EStrategyThis case discusses the only privately owned bridge between Canada and the United States and the possible construction of a second competing and publicly owned bridge. With an upcoming crucial vote on the fate of the public bridge, a Michigan student must decide how to vote and whether she believes that a central public infrastructure should be privately held. She contemplates a deeper issue as well – the fundamental principle of capitalism, a sy...Starting at €8.20
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Rivest Farms: Farming Approaches and the Four Ps
Kent Walker; Ryan DonallyCase IVEY-9B16M011-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyHaving previously raised pigs on his farm with unsuccessful results, a Canadian farmer has always dreamed of reintroducing pigs to his cash crop farm. The decision is particularly difficult, as he must consider not only the financial viability of his options, but also the environmental costs, benefits, and the welfare of the animals and workers — collectively referred to as the Four Ps (profits, planet, people, and pigs). Although the market for ...Starting at €8.20
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Biblio Credit Union: Social Inequality and the Living Wage
Kent Walker; Curtis LabutteCase IVEY-9B17M020-EStrategyIn 2016, the community engagement manager at Biblio Credit Union, a financial institution in Ontario, Canada, was concerned about rising social inequality. The company was respected in the community for its high business ethics and careful attention to corporate social responsibility. Although most of the company’s employees were paid well, some employees received little more than the minimum wage. The community engagement manager wondered how to...Starting at €8.20
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Alumni Action Foundation: Currency Hedging Strategy
Walid Busaba; Zeigham Khokher; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10N030-EFinanceThe executive director of an independent charitable foundation is thinking about whether to hedge his foundation's U.S. dollar exposure given the large swings in the Canadian dollar-U.S. dollar exchange rate. For the past four years, the weakening U.S. dollar has contributed to underperformance in the foundation's portfolio relative to its peers.Starting at €8.20
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Merchant Bank: Dundee Community (RP-3): Role Play for Bob Kruger, Branch Manager (Spanish version)
Jane M. Howell; Steven CoxCase IVEY-9A95CS11Leadership and People ManagementEl gerente de sucursal se encuentra preparando la reunión de despidos por redundancia de puestos. La persona que está por ser despedida es la sugerente de sucursal con 24 años de servicio. El gerente también atenderá la reunión como apoyo moral y consejero, de ser necesario. (Este es el cuarto en una serie de cuatro casos que llevan nombres similares, casos 9A95CS08 al 9A95CS11).Starting at €8.20
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Merchant Bank: Palliser Community (RP-2): Role Play for Chris Langford, Community Manager (Spanish version)
Jane M. Howell; Steven CoxCase IVEY-9A95CS14Leadership and People ManagementEl gerente del banco debe despedir al gerente de sucursal. Posee una copia de la carta de despido y ya ha recibido un llamado telefónico del director de recursos humanos informándole que prosiga con el despido. (Este es el tercero de una serie de cuatro casos que llevan nombres similares, casos 9A95CS12 al 9A95CS15).Starting at €8.20
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Merchant Bank: Dundee Community (Spanish version)
Jane M. Howell; Steven CoxCase IVEY-9A95CS08Leadership and People ManagementEl gerente debe discutir con el gerente de sucursal el inminente proceso de despido en el que se incluye el despido de la sugerente de sucursal. (Este es el primero de una serie de cuatro casos que llevan nombres similares, casos 9A95CS08 al 9A95CS11).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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Merchant Bank: Palliser Community (Spanish version)
Jane M. Howell; Steven CoxCase IVEY-9A95CS12Leadership and People ManagementEl recientemente designado gerente de comunidad y el gerente de recursos humanos están considerando el despido pendiente del gerente de sucursal por causa justa. (Este es el primero de una serie de cuatro casos que llevan nombres similares, casos 9A95CS12 al 9A95CS15).Starting at €8.20