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Creating a Cluster around a Clown: The Montreal Circus Cluster (A)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1597-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe case examines the situation of Cirque du Soleil in its early years. Despite initial success, Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, is facing a number of challenges, including aspects such as increasing competition, access to the pool of talent, location and growth. All of these elements are in Laliberté's mind just before meeting with Jean Doré, the mayor of Montreal. Laliberté thinks that it will be a great opportunity to ask f...Starting at €8.20
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Creating a Cluster around a Clown: The Montreal Circus Cluster (C)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1599-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes the late developments of the circus cluster in Montreal. By 2007 an active community had been organized around the circus in Montreal, including forty circus companies, twenty schools, several production agencies and social-change organizations as well as hundreds of professional circus artists. The circus had also created an entire industry of specialized services including presenters, administrators, riggers, suppliers, techn...Starting at €5.74
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Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (D)
Terry H. Deutscher; Michael R. Pearce; Diane SilvaCase IVEY-9B11A011-EMarketingIn this supplement to Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (A), the Simply Fresh team is preparing a formal debrief of the program thus far.Starting at €5.74
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Vancouver: el reto de convertirse en la ciudad más verde del mundo
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan Enric; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1612Economics, Innovation and Change, StrategyEl presente caso describe el plan de actuación Greenest City 2020 que el ayuntamiento de Vancouver puso oficialmente en marcha en 2011 con el objetivo de conseguir que Vancouver se convirtiera en la ciudad más verde y sostenible del mundo. Gregor Robertson, el alcalde de la ciudad, fue el principal impulsor de este plan estratégico tan ambicioso. A pesar de que en su día tuvo éxito en el ámbito del emprendimiento social y de que ya había puesto e...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan Enric; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1612-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan that the City of Vancouver formally launched in 2011 and whose aim is to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has had past success as a social entrepreneur and has implemented several green urban initiatives in his role as mayor, he struggles with some areas and aspects of the plan. ...Starting at €8.20
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Creating a Cluster around a Clown: The Montreal Circus Cluster (B)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1598-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe case addresses the incipient steps that the government of Quebec is taking toward supporting a circus cluster in the region. Unlike other cluster cases in which the focus is on the cost-benefit analysis of relocating existing companies in a given geographical area, this case takes a different approach, looking at the creation of a cluster "from scratch." This case describes the "growing pains" of cluster formation.Starting at €5.74
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Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (B)
Terry H. Deutscher; Michael R. Pearce; Diane SilvaCase IVEY-9B11A009-EMarketingIn this supplement to Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (A), the launch team is preparing for questions that senior management is expected to ask (before giving the final go-ahead) about how the team plans to mitigate risks during the launch.Starting at €5.74
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Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (C)
Terry H. Deutscher; Michael R. Pearce; Diane SilvaCase IVEY-9B11A010-EMarketingIn this supplement to Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (A), the results of the first year after the launch and the next challenges the team faces are discussed.Starting at €5.74
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Fabuloussavings.com (Spanish version)
Michael R. Pearce; Patrick LeuCase IVEY-9B01AS16Entrepreneurship, MarketingMuchas cosas han pasado en solo un año desde que el fundador de Fabuloussavings lanzó el servicio de cupones electrónicos. La compañía, que presenta varias páginas de servicios y cupones de descuento en su sitio de Internet, ha sido vendida a un competidor. Debido a estos cambios, el creador original y todavía jefe de estrategias del sitio, siente que Fabuloussavings esta necesitando una mejora. Existen varios factores a considerar en la selecció...Starting at €8.20
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Maple Leaf Simply Fresh (A)
Terry H. Deutscher; Michael R. Pearce; Diane SilvaCase IVEY-9B11A008-EMarketingA new line of chilled ready meals has been developed after significant technological breakthroughs in food processing by Maple Leaf Consumer Foods. The chilled ready meals category in Canada is expected to exceed $200 million by 2011, and plans call for Maple Leaf to own more than half the category by that time. In the (A) case in this four-part series, the vice president of innovation and brand development is convening a group meeting to finaliz...Starting at €8.20