Ivey Business School (Canada)
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iQmetrix and Straker Translations: Evaluating First Contact
Ann C. Frost; Chris Street; Maurice ThibodeauCase IVEY-9B18A069-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingUsing raw, uncut footage, this video case asks students to evaluate the effectiveness of the first contact that took place in November 2016 between representatives from two technology companies—iQmetrix and Straker Translations. The two firms are contemplating a business partnership in which Straker will provide iQmetrix with translation services. First contact calls generally precede every business partnership and are normally completed only aft...Starting at €8.20
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iQmetrix-Humanity: Negotiating a Partner Agreement - David Charron's Perspective
Chris Street; Ann C. Frost; Maurice ThibodeauExercise IVEY-9B16C025-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement to product 9B16C024.Starting at €8.20
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iQmetrix-Humanity: Negotiating a Partner Agreement-Maurice Thibodeau's Perspective
Chris Street; Ann C. Frost; Maurice ThibodeauExercise IVEY-9B16C024-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementThis negotiation exercise simulates the 2015 negotiation between senior leadership at iQmetrix, a Regina-based point of sale software firm, and Humanity, a San Francisco-based provider of a human resources module that iQmetrix seeks to bundle into its software product. The exercise is unique in that it occurs in a mediated environment where both parties only interact over email. There is no face-to-face interaction, leaving both sides to negotiat...Starting at €8.20
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For the Love of Laundry: Comparing Organizational Forms to Scale a Social Enterprise
Kent Walker; Ian Stecher; Francine Schlosser; Megain O'Neil-RenaudCase IVEY-9B18M008-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe London, Ontario, social enterprise For the Love of Laundry was founded in 2014 with the intention of selling homemade, eco-friendly soaps and using the profits to fund free laundry events in the community. In 2017, the founder's goal was to increase the scale of the business and its social impact. She needed to decide how to structure the organization to increase its scale while maintaining control of its strategic direction. The founder comp...Starting at €8.20
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Aparigraha Yoga: Balancing the Tensions of Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Kent Walker; Ian StecherCase IVEY-9B19M021-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAparigraha Yoga was founded in 2012 as a sustainable entrepreneurship venture in Ontario that sought to balance the environmental, social, and financial components of the triple bottom line (3BL) while providing high-quality yoga classes in its community. The founder intended to utilize synergistic solutions, which fully integrated each 3BL component, to address any business problem. In 2018, she identified two issues at her studio that challenge...Starting at €8.20