Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Farming Pharmaceuticals: Ventria Bioscience and the Controversy over Plant-made Medicines
Anne T. LawrenceCase IVEY-9B09M011-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyHow can a biotechnology start-up navigate a complex regulatory and stakeholder terrain to bring to market an innovative product with potentially significant public health benefits? This case focuses on the challenges facing Ventria Bioscience, a small biotechnology firm based in California. The company had developed an innovative technology for growing medical proteins useful in the treatment of childhood diarrhea in genetically modified rice. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Comic Sans
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Sean BurkettCase IVEY-9B14M049-EStrategyThe three owners of Comic Sans (CS), a specialty retail store located in the downtown core of a large Canadian city, had recently begun to implement plans for expansion. The business catered to the geek culture, offering science fiction merchandise, comic books, computer games and accessories. All plans to expand must suddenly be revisited because two of the three partners have decided to end their romantic and business relationship. If the remai...Starting at €8.20
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Namasté Solar
Anne T. Lawrence; Anthony I. MathewsCase IVEY-9B10M049-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyShould a fast-growing, employee-owned solar electric company accept a buyout offer from a private equity investor? Could it do so without sacrificing its distinctive, high-involvement culture? Namasté Solar, a 55-person firm based in Boulder, Colorado, designed and installed solar electric systems for residential, commercial, non-profit and government customers. In 2008, the company had been growing at breakneck speed for the past four years, sin...Starting at €8.20
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Pampered Pets
David Wood; Sean Burkett; Jessica RileyCase IVEY-9B12D009-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIt was late January 2011, and although Rachel De Marchi had gotten used to the long days of physical labour, she knew it was bothering her, and today brought her to a reality that she knew she would have to face. Since having founded her dog-walking service six years ago in Oakville, Ontario, this was the first time she had asked for help. She made a very embarrassing phone call to her father when she could not wrestle a dog into her car. What ma...Starting at €8.20