Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (C)
Pratima Bansal; Pamela Laughland; Brent McKnightCase IVEY-9B09M082-EStrategyThis is a supplement to Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (A) and (B), products 9B09M080 and 9B09M081 and, taken together, this case series illustrates why industrial farming has supplanted the farm-based agricultural system.Starting at €5.74
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Cells For Life (B)
John G. Wilson; Robert Young; Georg Oppitz; Wayne Hoy; David BassinCase IVEY-9B09E011-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementA biotech company receives umbilical cells for processing. A number of operational improvements are being considered in order to maintain the company's position and reputation in the market. Information on expected delivery dates is known. However, there is a great uncertainty around these dates. The company needs to take account of this variability when arranging for staffing.Starting at €5.74
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Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (A)
Pratima Bansal; Pamela Laughland; Brent McKnightCase IVEY-9B09M080-EStrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - This case won the 2011 Oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition. The owner and operator of Y U Ranch, a Longhorn cattle ranch in southern Ontario, is required to make a set of interesting but seemingly unimportant decisions. In this case series, students will see that each decision builds on the previous decision (i.e. the decisions are path dependent). Taken together, these cases illustrate why industrial farming has su...Starting at €8.20
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Sensible Life Products (B)
Charlene Zietsma; Brent McKnightCase IVEY-9B07M058-EStrategyThis supplement to Sensible Life Products (A), product #9B07M057, introduces a fifth opportunity in the form of a joint venture with a major product development firm. The deal involves Sensible Life Products cooperating in further developing the Benefect product into a consumer focused hand sanitizer product.Starting at €5.74
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Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (B)
Pratima Bansal; Pamela Laughland; Brent McKnightCase IVEY-9B09M081-EStrategyThis is a supplement to Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (A), product 9B09M080 and, taken together, this case series illustrates why industrial farming has supplanted the farm-based agricultural system.Starting at €5.74
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Sensible Life Products (A)
Charlene Zietsma; Brent McKnightCase IVEY-9B07M057-EStrategyAn entrepreneur and chief executive officer (CEO) of Sensible Life Products has developed a revolutionary botanical disinfectant called Benefect, the flagship product of his company. This new product is unique among disinfectant products in that it is non-toxic, unlike the majority of conventional disinfectants containing harmful chemicals, such as ammonia, alcohol and chlorine. As a result of the unique properties of the product, the CEO has rec...Starting at €8.20
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Cells For Life (A)
John G. Wilson; Robert Young; Georg Oppitz; Wayne Hoy; David BassinCase IVEY-9B09E010-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementA biotech company receives umbilical cells for processing. A number of operational improvements are being considered in order to maintain the company's position and reputation in the market. Information on expected delivery dates is known. However, there is a great uncertainty around these dates. The company needs to take account of this variability when arranging for staffing. A supporting data set is available, product 7B09E010 for the (A) case...Starting at €8.20