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Industry Canada: The Knowledge Infrastructure Program
Paul Boothe; Omar FayoumiCase IVEY-9B14M163-EStrategyIn late January 2009, the assistant deputy minister of Industry Canada was considering how to design the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, which had unexpectedly been assigned to the department in the recent federal budget. A $2 billion spending program focused on knowledge infrastructure, its projects were required to be completed within two years. The immediate goals were to provide a significant short-term economic stimulus and help create job...Starting at €8.20
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Beyond the Border
Paul BootheCase IVEY-9B14M009-EStrategyIn February 2011, the senior associate deputy minister of Industry Canada was appointed as the Canadian prime minister’s personal representative to the bi-national team charged with developing the “Beyond the Border Action Plan” to both improve security and streamline cross-border commerce and travel between Canada and the United States. He was immediately faced with a range of decisions on how to proceed — whom to consult, which Canadian team me...Starting at €8.20
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CSTAR
James E. Hatch; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Michael J. Rouse; Virginia Ritchie; Lyndsay Passmore; Leah HillierCase IVEY-9B09M017-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyCanadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics Centre (CSTAR) had had a successful year during which its new director had ensured that CSTAR's budget deficit was on target to be reduced by 50 per cent. CSTAR still faced significant hurdles to becoming financially stable and a leader in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The director wanted CSTAR to be financially self-sustainable within two years, and identified goals to overcome these hurdl...Starting at €8.20
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Environment Canada
Paul BootheCase IVEY-9B14M011-EStrategyIn late January 2011, the assistant deputy minister of Environment Canada is contemplating the final report of the joint review panel conducting the environmental assessment of Total E&P Canada’s $10 billion oil sands project, the Joslyn Mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta. Although the report advised that the project would be in the public interest only if — and it was a big if — adverse effects on species at risk were fully mitigated, she was awar...Starting at €8.20
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Ontario Power Generation
Paul BootheCase IVEY-9B14M012-EStrategyIn late December 2003, the new acting CEO of Ontario Power Generation, the provincial Crown corporation responsible for the bulk of the province’s electrical power generation, was deeply worried. Three major events had led to a decline in the company’s revenues in 2003: a massive power failure that affected large portions of Ontario and the U.S. eastern seaboard in August, the maintenance-related planned outage at the Darlington Nuclear Station a...Starting at €8.20
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Guelph General Hospital
Michael J. Rouse; Justin Cottrell; Abhinay Sathya; Austin Allison; Daniel Korsunsky; Scott Anders McGillis; Moneca NicolsCase IVEY-9B16M038-EStrategyIn November 2010, the senior director of Inpatient Services at Guelph General Hospital, which was situated in a small city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, was facing questions about the implementation of the Process Improvement Program, part of a province-wide pilot project. Beginning in October 2009, the program had been tested at the hospital to deal with a deteriorating organizational culture and poor performance reviews. Guelph General Hospi...Starting at €8.20
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CAA Saskatchewan: Future of Auto Club
Bruce C. Anderson; Michael J. RouseCase IVEY-9B11M110-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe president and CEO of a provincial auto club is assessing opportunities to grow his organization at the same time as industry consolidation and changes in the allocation of national operating costs. The auto club has diversified from automobile towing and travel services into insurance, package travel, automobile sales, and service. However, the president's vision for the upcoming board of directors' meeting calls for a 300 per cent increase i...Starting at €8.20
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Devonian Coast Wineries: Overcoming Provincial Barriers
W. Glenn Rowe; Paul Boothe; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16M111-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy late 2015, the chief executive officer of Devonian Coast Wineries in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia had invested in the business and had broadened the distribution of the wines he produced. His chief concern was growing sales beyond Nova Scotia’s provincial borders. Selling wines in other provinces was difficult because it required approaching the various provincial liquor control boards. He had three options: continue to engage with eac...Starting at €8.20
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workopolisCampus.com
Michael J. Rouse; Natalie TakachCase IVEY-9B08M008-EStrategyThe company, workopolisCampus.com, was an online job site for students and new graduates of Canadian colleges and universities. The website was established by several Toronto universities in the late 1990s and was acquired soon after by Workopolis to complement the company's primary job site, workopoliscom. After several years of steady but slow growth, workopolisCampus.com's future prospects appeared limited in 2007. The provides an opportunity ...Starting at €8.20
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Telesat Canada
Paul Boothe; Connor LyonsCase IVEY-9B14M164-EStrategyIn June 2007, the chief executive officer of Telesat Canada, headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, was considering his strategy following a decision by Industry Canada to reject four out of six of its applications for satellite slots. His largest concern was the decision to award the two most important licences for the Extended Ku-band network — which the company’s largest clients, Bell Canada Inc. and Shaw Communications, were both seeking — to a su...Starting at €8.20