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Punch Up In the Potash Industry (B): BHP Billiton Ltd.
Mark B. Vandenbosch; Amit JethaniCase IVEY-9B14M031B-EStrategyUralkali, the giant Russian potash producer, decided to stop export sales through the Belarusian Potash Company – an export cartel it had formed with Belaruskali. Uralkali planned to increase potash production and export it independently through its own trading company. This move threatened to reduce global potash prices by up to 25 per cent. Immediately, the stock prices of major potash producers around the world plummeted. This set of three cas...Starting at €5.74
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The Heat is ON
Mark Zbaracki; Maziar RazCase IVEY-9B14M097-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2014, the chief executive officer of AutoTherm, a small smart-thermostat design company located in Toronto, Canada, was considering the company’s future in light of the uncertainties and fast changing dynamics of the industry. As an incumbent and small engineering firm, AutoTherm’s plans to sell its first product, B133, through partnership with a large electronics company had not been quite successful. Given the dire state of the compa...Starting at €8.20
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Hoffmann-La Roche: Pricing the Zelboraf Melanoma Treatment for Canada
Mark Zbaracki; Jedy WangCase IVEY-9B16M138-EStrategyThe Canadian brand manager of Zelboraf had to decide how to introduce and price Zelboraf in the Canadian market. Zelboraf was a breakthrough discovery in treatment for melanoma cancer patients. Hoffmann-La Roche (Roche) began developing Zelboraf in 2005. During the clinical trials, the drug yielded such positive results in targeting late-stage (metastatic) melanoma cancer that Roche ended clinical trials early in order to expedite FDA approval an...Starting at €8.20
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Punch Up In the Potash Industry (A): Agrium Inc.
Mark B. Vandenbosch; Amit JethaniCase IVEY-9B14M031A-EStrategyUralkali, the giant Russian potash producer, decided to stop export sales through the Belarusian Potash Company – an export cartel it had formed with Belaruskali. Uralkali planned to increase potash production and export it independently through its own trading company. This move threatened to reduce global potash prices by up to 25 per cent. Immediately, the stock prices of major potash producers around the world plummeted. This set of three cas...Starting at €8.20
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Punch Up In the Potash Industry (C): PotashCorp
Mark B. Vandenbosch; Amit JethaniCase IVEY-9B14M031C-EStrategyUralkali, the giant Russian potash producer, decided to stop export sales through the Belarusian Potash Company – an export cartel it had formed with Belaruskali. Uralkali planned to increase potash production and export it independently through its own trading company. This move threatened to reduce global potash prices by up to 25 per cent. Immediately, the stock prices of major potash producers around the world plummeted. This set of three cas...Starting at €5.74