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Mobile Blood Donor Clinic: A Discrete Event Simulation Model
Rasha Kashef; Felipe RodriguesCase IVEY-9B17E010-ECorporate GovernanceIn 2017, while donating blood on campus, a management science graduate student noticed that the mobile blood donor clinic set up at his university’s community centre was a congested tandem queuing system. Finding one-and-one-half hours too long for donors to wait, the student considered how the process could be reduced by at least half an hour. He needed to devise a reasonably precise model to represent the donor flow in the clinic. Using either ...Starting at €8.20
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LHSC Multi-Organ Transplant Program: Pooling Ontario's Kidney Transplant Wait-Lists
Fredrik Odegaard; Felipe RodriguesCase IVEY-9B18E020-EDecision AnalysisIn 2017, wait times for kidney transplants in Ontario were getting out of hand. While patients from London Health Sciences Centre’s kidney transplant program in London, Ontario, had a reasonable wait of approximately one year, patients in Toronto's kidney transplant program waited almost four years. In an attempt to improve the overall wait times for all Ontario patients, the provincial Ministry of Health intended to merge the two currently indep...Starting at €8.20
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Try Recycling Inc. - The South London Expansion
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Andrew SmithCase IVEY-9B09B002-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipThe president of a waste management and recycling company is considering expanding to another location within London, Ontario. Students are asked to assess the company's past performance to determine what had made it successful and then project financial results for the expansion along with projecting the company's fiscal year's overall financial results. Students are required to establish a strong promotion plan for the new facility, including t...Starting at €8.20
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South West Health Centre: Improving Patient Flow in the Intensive Care Unit
Rasha Kashef; Felipe RodriguesCase IVEY-9B19E007-EDecision AnalysisHospitals frequently deal with congestion and blockage that affects patient flow and increased costs. In 2018, at University Hospital, part of South West Health Centre, patient flow in the medical surgical intensive care unit seemed to be highly susceptible to congestion, and this was creating ripple effects throughout the hospital and leading to increased costs. The complexity of patient flow presented an opportunity to build a discrete-event si...Starting at €8.20
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Tangarine Concepts Corporation: MasterCard MyCard
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Andrew SmithCase IVEY-9B06A029-EMarketingThe director of business development for Tangarine Concepts Corporations (Tangarine) must decide how to launch the company's newest product, a prepaid MasterCard called MyCard, as part of a six-month pilot project. Students are asked to: 1) outline Tangarine's goals and objectives for the launch of MasterCard MyCard; 2) decide the importance of a successful launch of MyCard to Tangarine; 3) perform a corporate size-up with specific attention to t...Starting at €8.20
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Statements Media
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Andrew SmithCase IVEY-9B07B002-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipTwo young entrepreneurs are considering forming a business that provides new and innovative forms of advertising. Students are required to evaluate the venture, including whether the available financing is sufficient or if additional financing will be needed. Students are required to perform both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the proposed business. Qualitatively, students must evaluate the partners' relevant capabilities as well as t...Starting at €8.20
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Chang Dental Clinic
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Andrew SmithCase IVEY-9B08N012-EFinanceStudents must assess the opportunity of purchasing a business as well as evaluate the likelihood that the potential investor, as a sole proprietor, will receive the required financing. This analysis should include the 4 Cs: character, business conditions, capacity to repay and collateral analysis. This analysis will also entail the qualitative examination of the business to be purchased, the new potential owner's personal characteristics, the den...Starting at €8.20