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Sears Canada (A)
Stephan Vachon; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13D014-EService and Operations ManagementSears Canada’s associate vice-president of sustainability faces dilemmas in executing a strategy to reduce the retailer’s carbon footprint. He needs to integrate the concept of sustainability into the company’s larger corporate objectives, drive the concept in individual business units and identify the metrics for tracking the progress of reducing Sears Canada’s carbon footprint.The (B) case, 9B13D015, is positioned two years later, when the asso...Starting at €8.20
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Sonnen Trucking Company
Stephan Vachon; Tessa WeidnerCase IVEY-9B15D005-EService and Operations ManagementIn January 2013, the new chief executive officer of the Sonnen Trucking Company, a family-owned business, is considering how to reduce fleet insurance costs. As profit margins are very tight and continuing to shrink, she has to think about variables she can control in order to affect the bottom line positively. Insurance costs are the logical item to address since they are based on the company’s safety and accident records and the extent that it ...Starting at €8.20
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Re-Matt Inc.: Scaling the Mattress Recycling Operations
Stephan Vachon; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B17D023-EIn January 2017, the owner of Re-Matt Inc. (Re-Matt), a mattress recycling operation, was considering the way forward for the business he had developed in the city of Calgary, Alberta. Re-Matt was a unique enterprise in Alberta where municipalities, both urban and rural, had been categorizing mattresses as waste, and sending them to landfills for disposal, for decades. Re-Matt’s business was diverting used mattresses from landfills and recycling ...Starting at €8.20
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Sears Canada (B)
Stephan Vachon; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13D015-EService and Operations ManagementThis is a supplement to 9B13D014.Starting at €5.74
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Maple Retreat Golf and Country Club
Lyn Purdy; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08C023-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementThis case is set at a golf course in Aurora, Ontario. The club superintendent and the assistant superintendent will be interviewing three candidates for a green keeping position at Maple Retreat Golf and Country Club. The club superintendent must decide what questions to ask of the three applicants, keeping in mind what questions he could not ask of the candidates. This case is intended to be used for the managing people module of an organization...Starting at €8.20
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Maple Retreat Golf and Country Club (Spanish version)
Lyn Purdy; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08CS023Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementEste caso se ha fijado en un campo de golf en Aurora, Ontario. El superintendente del club y el asistente del superintendente entrevistarán tres candidatos para un puesto de mantenimiento del campo verde en Maple Retreat Golf and Country Club. El club superintendente debe decidir qué preguntas hacer de los tres candidatos, teniendo en cuenta las preguntas que no podía pedir a los candidatos. Este caso está pensado para ser utilizado por el módulo...Starting at €8.20
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Credit Valley Golf and Country Club
Mary Gillett; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08B013-EAccounting and ControlCredit Valley Golf and Country Club (Credit Valley), a private golf course, would be having their annual general meeting very soon. The general manager of Credit Valley and the superintendent felt that the most pressing issue was a change to the method of irrigation being used by the golf course. This change was made necessary by newly passed government regulations. The general manager and superintendent had to prepare a proposal for the annual g...Starting at €8.20
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North Billington Golf and Country Club
Mary Gillett; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08B014-EAccounting and ControlThe chief financial officer (CFO) of North Billington Golf and Country Club was reviewing the financial statements prepared by the auditors. At the upcoming annual general meeting, Parkinson was expected to address the membership on the future financial hStarting at €8.20
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Erie Thames Powerlines: The Hybrid Truck Decision
Stephan Vachon; Ryan MallanyCase IVEY-9B16B020-EAccounting and ControlErie Thames Powerlines, an electricity distributor in Southwestern Ontario, needed to determine the suitability of the company acquiring a hybrid truck as opposed to a conventional diesel utility truck. As of early July 2016, the truck suppliers (for both hybrid and diesel trucks) and the internal accounting department had provided substantial information with which to conduct a thorough analysis. The company also wanted to include some qualitati...Starting at €8.20