Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Canadian Pacific Railway (B): CP Rising
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M135-EStrategySupplement for product 9B17M134.Starting at €5.74
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Decorative Interiors Inc.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Joe FigliomeniCase IVEY-9B07M077-EStrategyThe owners of Decorative Interiors Inc. (DI) must decide the future of their business. DI had been their family's sole source of income for the past 18 years. Although the owners would like to increase sales and profitability, they are unsure how to proceed after one of the owners suffered a heart attack and the doctor advised him to change his lifestyle. The case provides the opportunity to discuss the following: the strategic management tension...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Pacific Railway (A): Border Skirmish or Nuclear Winter?
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M134-EKnowledge and Communication, StrategyIn early 2012, the chair of the board of directors of Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) had to determine how to respond to demands made by the company’s largest shareholder, Pershing Square Capital Management (Pershing), an activist hedge fund. Pershing’s chief executive officer (CEO) claimed that CP was underperforming, and expressed his desire to replace two board members and appoint a new CEO. The chair of the board of directors had to determine t...Starting at €8.20
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NoVeggie Inc.
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Joe Figliomeni; Charles KornCase IVEY-9B07D016-EService and Operations ManagementA summer employee at NoVeggie Inc. (NoVeggie) of Toronto, Ontario, was analyzing the viability of changing delivery companies. NoVeggie's largest client, Select Grocers (Select), had recently decided to introduce NoVeggie's products to a new group of Select's grocery stores in Ontario. Although this move would increase sales, it was also expected to increase delivery costs. Now the summer employee is trying to determine the actual delivery costs ...Starting at €8.20
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The Garden Depot
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B08C006-ELeadership and People ManagementThe office manager at the Garden Depot was growing increasingly concerned with the inability of the landscaping manager to handle his workload and subordinates. The landscape manager's poor management left the office manager to solve the division's problems. The office manager needed to take action to reduce her workload and to ensure she received accurate information from the landscaping division. The case is designed to introduce students to ma...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Pacific Railway (C): The Final Hours
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M136-EStrategySupplement for product 9B17M0134.Starting at €5.74