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RSM Broadcasting: The First Steps of a New Leader
Cara C. MaurerCase IVEY-9B16M198-EStrategyIn 2016, a recent business graduate entered the workforce as the manager of a radio station in a small town. His new employer, RSM Broadcasting, led the way in serving small Canadian communities and took steps to provide radio content in the most relevant way possible, but it might be time to quicken the pace. He faced a number of obstacles because the industry had been changing and internal politics made it challenging to enact any of his own id...Starting at €8.20
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Hillberg & Berk: Aiming to Sparkle in the Designer Jewellery Business
W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardCase IVEY-9B17M040-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded by an entrepreneur in 2007, Hillberg & Berk was a successful Canadian company in the affordable designer jewellery industry. After being funded through the Dragons’ Den television show in 2009, the entrepreneur and her team grew the company to achieving more than $10 million in annual sales. The company had focused its growth in its home province of Saskatchewan and into the neighbouring province of Alberta, but in late 2016, it faced a t...Starting at €8.20
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Barrick Gold: Peter Munk's Leadership and Legacy
Cara C. Maurer; Graeme KreindlerCase IVEY-9B14M047-EStrategyUnder the guidance and vision of founder Peter Munk, Barrick Gold Corporation had risen to become an industry leader and the world’s largest gold producer. The company had grown, mostly through mergers and acquisitions, from one single mine in Northern Ontario to 26 operating mines on five continents, with more than 20,000 employees worldwide. By 2013, however, weak gold prices, asset value writedowns and operational cost overruns have negatively...Starting at €8.20
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Growth After the 2008 Financial Crisis: Hudson Bay Bank
Cara C. Maurer; Bryan SinclairCase IVEY-9B12M108-EStrategyIn early January 2009, the newly hired head of Business, Strategy & Development, Cash Equities at Hudson Bay Bank (HBB) was analyzing how his group could increase revenues after the market meltdown of 2008. His analysis specifically focused on a business segment known as high-frequency trading, in some ways a controversial revenue stream, whereby traders take advantage of split-second price differences to earn a profit. Although U.S. firms had be...Starting at €8.20
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Jump Gymnastics Inc.: Jumping Into The Future
W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon Pritchard; Megan WamboltCase IVEY-9B19M078-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn February 2018, the owner of Jump Gymnastics Inc. was preparing for her company’s upcoming strategic planning cycle. The privately owned children's recreational sport business located in Vancouver, British Columbia, delivered gymnastics programs designed to prepare children for lifelong sport participation and healthy living. In 10 years, the owner had successfully grown the company based on her passion for helping children reach their full phy...Starting at €8.20
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Fortis Inc. and the $11.8 Billion ITC Decision
Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardCase IVEY-9B18M020-EStrategyIn late 2015, the executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Fortis, Inc., a homegrown energy delivery company based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, was preparing to meet with the company’s leadership committee. On the agenda was whether Fortis should make an offer to acquire ITC Holdings Corporation, the largest independent transmission utility in the United States. Fortis had a proven track record of acquiring regulated u...Starting at €8.20
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LGBTA at Toronto-Dominion Bank in 2012
Cara C. Maurer; Andrew CorniesCase IVEY-9B12C027-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case concerns the implementation and strategic direction of LGBTA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and ally) initiatives at TD Bank Financial Group (TD). In order to maintain its position as the “employer of choice” for the LGBTA community, TD must expand the measures it had taken since its Diversity Leadership Council was created in 2006 to promote a comfortable, barrier-free and inclusive work environment for all employees. TD’s corp...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian National Bank (Spanish version)
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Cara C. MaurerCase IVEY-9A97JS07Leadership and People ManagementEl gerente de area del banco habia informado recientemente al gerente de servicio al cliente de una de las sucursales que una de sus subordinadas habia presentado una queja al Comite Nacional del Empleado. La empleada afirmaba que el gerente estaba amenazando su desarrollo personal y profesional. A esta queja le siguio un periodo de conflictos abiertos entre los dos, y el gerente de area sentia que mantener la queja de forma confidencial era meno...Starting at €8.20
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Project HUGO at LHSC: Leading Urgent Change in Healthcare
Cara C. MaurerCase IVEY-9B11C038-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes in rich detail the change challenge the director of pharmacy services at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) faces in September 2011. She is responsible for implementing project HUGO, an acronym for Health Care UnderGoing Optimization. HUGO is a computerized system that requires a switch from paper and pencil to fully electronic patient records. This project is the most complex and comprehensive one that London area hospitals...Starting at €8.20
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Project HUGO at LHSC: Leading Urgent Change in Healthcare (Spanish version)
Cara C. MaurerCase IVEY-9B11CS038Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes in rich detail the change challenge the director of pharmacy services at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) faces in September 2011. She is responsible for implementing project HUGO, an acronym for Health Care UnderGoing Optimization. HUGO is a computerized system that requires a switch from paper and pencil to fully electronic patient records. This project is the most complex and comprehensive one that London area hospitals...Starting at €8.20