Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Game CoLab: Can It Connect Indie Game Developers
Collin Sellman; T.S. RaghuCase IVEY-9B14M158-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn July 2014, nine months after they had developed a collaborative workplace for independent video game developers in Phoenix, Arizona, the two founders of the Game CoLab were discussing how to move the business forward. Using the Lean Startup method, they had designed their business model and opened a coworking space where they could also hold meetings, competitions and games showcases. However, they now face two challenges — declining membershi...Starting at €8.20
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Goats: The Green Alternative (C)
David M. Currie; Kyle S. MeyerCase IVEY-9B15D001-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementThe operator of a dairy farm in Tennessee has begun renting goats for landscaping (see Goats: The Green Alternative (A) 9B11B018). The business proved successful so he considered expanding the operation (see Goats: The Green Alternative (B) 9B11B025). Now, he consults with a statistician to learn how to incorporate uncertainty into the decision about expanding. The case incorporates three types of uncertainty into a spreadsheet analysis of the ex...Starting at €5.74
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Pearson's Successmaker: Putting the Customer First in Transforming Product Development Processes
T.S. Raghu; Collin SellmanCase IVEY-9B11E040-EInformation Technologies, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementPearson Plc is an education company that operates worldwide, with headquarters in London, England. Its six primary business units are North American Education, International Education, Professional, The Financial Times, Interactive Data, and Penguin Publishing. The vice president of product management within the Digital Learning division of the North American Education unit based in Chandler, Arizona, begins to transform the product development p...Starting at €8.20
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Goats: The Green Alternative (B)
Kyle S. Meyer; David M. CurrieCase IVEY-9B11B025-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, FinanceThis case is a supplement to Goats: The Green Alternative (A). The (B) case can be used independently of the (A) case if the professor wishes to focus exclusively on capital budgeting. See also Goats: The Green Alternative (C) 9B15D001.Starting at €5.74
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Black River Farms
David M. Currie; Kyle S. MeyerCase IVEY-9B17B021-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipIn 2016, the owner of a cow-calf operation must decide what the appropriate weight for cows in their herd is. For decades, the national trend has been for cow weights to increase because they produce larger calves, but evidence indicates that cow weights may have reached the point where the cost of maintaining a larger cow has become greater than the return from producing a larger calf. Analyzing this issue introduces marginal principles from eco...Starting at €8.20