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Stewarding the Soil: An Ontario Farmer’s Quest for Regenerative Agricultural Practices
Wren Montgomery; Pratima Bansal; Melanie Issett; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B20M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBlake Vince is a fifth-generation farmer who adheres to seemingly unconventional farming techniques. Most farmers in southwestern Ontario use conventional industrial farming methods such as tilling their fields, relying on pesticides and fertilizers, and monocropping (i.e., planting the same crops on the same plot of land year after year). Vince, however, embraces more regenerative agricultural practices (such as no-till farming, wherein the top ...Starting at €8.20
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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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Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (D)
Terry H. Deutscher; Michael R. Pearce; Diane SilvaCase IVEY-9B11A011-EMarketingIn this supplement to Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (A), the Simply Fresh team is preparing a formal debrief of the program thus far.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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Parachute: Competition and Collaboration in the Market to Save Lives
Pratima Bansal; Pamela LaughlandCase IVEY-9B15M122-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2011, four Canadian non-profit organizations have a mandate to prevent injuries and face similar and worsening problems. Each organization is spending an escalating amount of time fundraising to support its operations. Key stakeholders are expressing confusion because injury prevention is a crowded space and many non-profit organizations are seeking both dollars and partnerships. Most troubling, the four non-profit organizations are struggling...Starting at €8.20
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Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (B)
Terry H. Deutscher; Michael R. Pearce; Diane SilvaCase IVEY-9B11A009-EMarketingIn this supplement to Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (A), the launch team is preparing for questions that senior management is expected to ask (before giving the final go-ahead) about how the team plans to mitigate risks during the launch.Starting at €5.74
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Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (C)
Terry H. Deutscher; Michael R. Pearce; Diane SilvaCase IVEY-9B11A010-EMarketingIn this supplement to Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (A), the results of the first year after the launch and the next challenges the team faces are discussed.Starting at €5.74
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Fabuloussavings.com (Spanish version)
Michael R. Pearce; Patrick LeuCase IVEY-9B01AS16Entrepreneurship, MarketingMuchas cosas han pasado en solo un año desde que el fundador de Fabuloussavings lanzó el servicio de cupones electrónicos. La compañía, que presenta varias páginas de servicios y cupones de descuento en su sitio de Internet, ha sido vendida a un competidor. Debido a estos cambios, el creador original y todavía jefe de estrategias del sitio, siente que Fabuloussavings esta necesitando una mejora. Existen varios factores a considerar en la selecció...Starting at €8.20
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Talisman Energy Inc.: The Decision to Enter Iraq
Pratima Bansal; Natalie SlawinskiCase IVEY-9B09M035-EStrategyIn June 2008, the chief executive officer of Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) and his senior executive team met with the company's board of directors. The purpose of this meeting was to debate Talisman's proposed entry into the oil-rich Kurdistan region of Iraq. This move was potentially very lucrative for Talisman but was fraught with risks. These risks were exacerbated by Talisman's previous foray into Sudan; during that expansion Talisman had b...Starting at €8.20
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From Phones to Loans: Virgin's Decision to Enter Canada's Banking Sector
Pratima Bansal; Michael WoodCase IVEY-9B09M064-EFinance, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyVirgin Group (Virgin) has been eyeing the Canadian banking industry for several years as a new potential investment opportunity. Not unlike the Canadian mobile phone industry (which they entered in 2005), the banking industry is seen as a prime target. Customers have become trapped by high fees, poor customer service, and limited product choice and Virgin can shake things up. The decision being contemplated is whether Virgin Money should enter th...Starting at €8.20