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Siemens Canada: Digital Transformation
Ning Su; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn mid-2018, the president and chief executive officer of Siemens Canada was examining his options in executing Vision 2020+, a growth plan developed by the company's headquarters in Germany. One of the cornerstones of the plan was digitalization, both internally, among the company's sprawling manufacturing operations, and externally, among the company's industrial customers. How could Siemens Canada, as a North American subsidiary of a large mul...Starting at €8.20
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Dicore International
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Robert BremnerCase IVEY-9B14B007-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyDicore, the third largest supplier of drilling services in the world, must increase its profitability. To do so, the executive committee is considering an expansion into the southwestern United States. The senior vice-president and general manager must create a plan that outlines whether or not Dicore should enter the southwest drilling market and, if so, if it should enter this market organically or through an acquisition.Starting at €8.20
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Aviron Interactive Inc.: Bootstrapping a Gamification Fitness Startup
Derrick Neufeld; Ning Su; Ken Mark; Vy Hoang; Michael LaPalme; Angela VavitsasCase IVEY-9B19E003-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyIn 2016, Toronto entrepreneur Andy Hoang was working to launch a new business, Aviron Interactive Inc., a developer and marketer of interactive rowing machines that would use gamification to allow users to work out with others through a virtual connection and an innovative, remotely-activated resistance adjustor. Hoang wanted to create the new business by wrapping an outsourced services model around a central core that included the key business i...Starting at €8.20
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HuStream Technologies Interactive Video
Barbara L. Marcolin; Kathryn Brohman; Ning Su; Norine Webster; Laura MarcolinCase IVEY-9B14E008-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyA management consulting team has been hired to advise HuStream Technologies on a new business model and target market. HuStream operates a service-based business model, providing customers with fully produced interactive video content. In the founders’ efforts to transition to a product-based business, they have built a cloud-based platform to provide easy accessibility to their company’s products and services. Using that platform, clients can pr...Starting at €8.20
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Northern Drilling Inc.: The Mond Nickel Contract Decision - A Tactical Dilemma in a Growth Strategy (Spanish version)
Michael Taylor; Robert BremnerCase IVEY-9B12AS038Marketing, StrategyNorthern Drilling Inc., an exploration diamond-drilling contractor, has been asked to tender a bid for a lucrative, highly complex contract with Mond Nickel. Northern has no drills or crew currently available to work on the contract, which requires experienced drillers. Compounding the issue is a shortage of skilled labour in the industry. At the same time, Northern's biggest client, Noranda Nickel, is seeing poor geological results on a job in t...Starting at €8.20
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ExerciseApp
Barbara L. Marcolin; Ning Su; Corey RochkinCase IVEY-9B13E001-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyThe CEO and founder of ExerciseApp decided to take the plunge and spec out the features of his new iPhone mobile application and supporting website. He planned for ExerciseApp to stream exercise workouts from pro-athletes to followers who wanted to “Train. Play. Be. Like the Pros” and get an edge to their workouts. As he envisioned the application, he realized he would need a lot of help with the technology and the setup of this entrepreneurial v...Starting at €8.20
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Northern Drilling Inc.: The Mond Nickel Contract Decision - A Tactical Dilemma in a Growth Strategy
Michael Taylor; Robert BremnerCase IVEY-9B12A038-EMarketing, StrategyNorthern Drilling Inc., an exploration diamond-drilling contractor, has been asked to tender a bid for a lucrative, highly complex contract with Mond Nickel. Northern has no drills or crew currently available to work on the contract, which requires experienced drillers. Compounding the issue is a shortage of skilled labour in the industry. At the same time, Northern's biggest client, Noranda Nickel, is seeing poor geological results on a job in t...Starting at €8.20