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New General Manager at St. Thomas Golf and Country Club
Darroch A. RobertsonCase IVEY-9B13B024-EAccounting and ControlThe newly appointed general manager (GM) of a private golf club in a small community must step in to clean house after the club chooses not to renew the previous GM’s contract. The club has suffered a sizable revenue loss during its most recent year, and membership has declined well below the targeted level. Additionally, three senior managers have departed in the last few months and have been replaced with individuals who have very limited exper...Starting at €8.20
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Wattpad
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-919413-EMarketingHow to run a platform to match 4 million writers of stories to 75 million readers? Use data science. Make money by doing deals with television and film makers and book publishers. The case describes the challenges of matching readers to stories, and of helping writers to produce better stories by supplying feedback on their chapters as they write, all by processing a billion data points daily. But it's hard to acquire new customer groups when alg...Starting at €8.20
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Rogers Communications, Inc.: The Wave (Spanish Version)
Deighton, John; Voermann, Karsten; Gilyard, ReginaldCase HBS-508S08MarketingRogers Communications, Inc., el mayor proveedor de televisión por cable de Canadá, es decidir cómo debe responder a los acontecimientos que parecen presagiar la convergencia de la industria con las industrias de la informática y de telecomunicaciones. En particular, se está investigando cómo debe probar el mercado de acceso a Internet de alta velocidad a través de módem de cable. Este caso se describen las decisiones que deben hacerse para llevar...Starting at €8.20
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St. Thomas Golf and Country Club
Darroch A. RobertsonCase IVEY-9B11B006-EAccounting and Control, StrategyThe superintendent of the St. Thomas Golf Course had to develop the 2010 operating budget for the maintenance of the golf course and recommend the extent of infrastructure expenditures for the upcoming year. The course was facing increased labour costs due to recent government-mandated increases in the minimum wage. The recommendations had to be made in terms of a weak economy in the area and a recent decline in membership. The student must first...Starting at €8.20