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Nouveau Event Planning: The Wedding Extravaganza
Neil Bendle; Rocky CampanaCase IVEY-9B11A042-EMarketing, StrategySince 1988, Nouveau Event Planning has been operating the largest wedding expo in Windsor, Canada, an event called the Wedding Extravaganza. In 2001, the Wedding Odyssey became the second wedding expo in Windsor, and started to pose a significant threat to the Wedding Extravaganza. Now in 2011, the owner of Nouveau Event Planning must make strategic decisions involving pricing, customer retention, and selection of an appropriate target market. Sh...Starting at €8.20
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Sidewalk Toronto: Are Smart Cities the Future of Urban Development
Peiret, Clara; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricCase SM-1696-EEconomics, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes Sidewalk Toronto project. It was a project first initiated by Waterfront Toronto in 2017 by issuing the request for proposal (RFP) on development of the Quayside area. Sidewalk Labs, which is a subsidiary company of Alphabet Inc. and a sister company of Google, won the bid in 2017. The Master Innovation Development Plan (MIDP) was created in 2019 through conversations with over 21,000 Torontonians and aimed to be an innovative ...Starting at €8.20
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Inspiratica Web Services
Roger A. More; Rocky CampanaCase IVEY-9B11A005-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe owner of Inspiratica Web Services was about to graduate from university and devote all his time to his web design and hosting company. Since Inspiratica’s founding in 2006, annual sales had gone from a few thousand dollars to nearly $100,000. Furthermore, it had hired six staff and expanded its product offering to a complete web services package. However, the owner was scrutinizing the company’s product portfolio and wondering which products ...Starting at €8.20
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Sidewalk Toronto: ¿Las ciudades inteligentes son el futuro del desarrollo urbanístico
Peiret, Clara; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricCase SM-1696Economics, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyEl caso describe el proyecto Sidewalk Toronto. Se trataba de un proyecto impulsado originalmente por Waterfront Toronto en 2017 con la emisión de una solicitud de propuestas (RFP) para el desarrollo de la zona de Quayside. Sidewalk Labs, filial de Alphabet Inc. y empresa hermana de Google, ganó la licitación en 2017. En 2019, a partir de las conversaciones mantenidas con más de 21.000 torontonianos, se creó el Plan Maestro de Innovación y Desarro...Starting at €8.20
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Pharma Talent: Paying Sales Force Bonuses Within a Fixed Budget
Michael Taylor; Rocky CampanaCase IVEY-9B12A041-EMarketingThis case concerns the bonus structure for a representative sales team. Pharma Talent, a contract sales company for pharmaceutical companies across Canada, promised its clients that its representatives would drive sales at a lower cost than what the client would incur if it had its own sales force. Historically, it had contracts with products that targeted physicians (e.g., prescription drugs or medical devices); however, a new contract in Ontari...Starting at €8.20