Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Internationalization of Logset Oy
Bonita Russell; Cory IsaacsCase IVEY-9B17M175-EStrategyLogset Oy (Logset) was a privately held, specialized forest-machine manufacturing firm in Koivulahti, Finland. The firm had a strong presence in Europe but not in North America. Canada, with 42 per cent of its land mass covered by forest, was an appealing market, although 15 years of effort had not resulted in any appreciable increase in sales there. Logset had a strong dealer network in Ontario and Quebec. However, efforts to recruit a dealer fo...Starting at €8.20
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Mission Impossible: Measuring Social Media Return on Investment
Miranda R. Goode; Daniel SamoshCase IVEY-9B12A015-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn August 2011, the digital strategist at Online Advertisers, a small digital media company (web development, affiliate marketing, and social media management), was faced with finalizing a value proposition for a new social media marketing division, Online Advertisers Social. Online Advertisers was a creativity-driven company. Data and analytic capabilities were generally not the reason why clients worked with Online Advertisers. Online Advertise...Starting at €8.20
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Edmonton Community Foundation: Time for the Millennials?
Bonita Russell; Bronwen RussellCase IVEY-W27002-EStrategyIn late 2020, the board of the Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF) was preparing for its strategic planning session. The question on the agenda was, Should the ECF target millennials or baby boomers for its endowment development tools and strategies? Board members were of two minds when it came to millennials. Some members believed the ECF should intensify its efforts among baby boomers, as time was running out on this donor demographic. Others b...Starting at €8.20
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YouPostIt! Communicating the Value of a New Business
Michael Sider; Daniel SamoshCase IVEY-9B12A002-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe director of new business development and strategy at Redmas Digital, an enterprising start-up, needs to write two sales e-mail templates for Redmas’s newest pet project, YouPostIt! One of the e-mails is for leads that the company has not done business with before (cold leads) and the other is for leads that the company has done business with before (warm leads). The director has to write concise e-mails with high “skim value.” He must distill...Starting at €8.20
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Junkkari Oy: Growing the Wood-Chipper Business
Bonita Russell; Cory IsaacsCase IVEY-9B18M131-EStrategyThe MSK Group Oy was a third-generation family-owned business located in Ylihärmä, Finland. One of its subsidiaries, Junkkari Oy (Junkkari), manufactured agricultural and forestry equipment, including a range of mid-sized disk wood chippers used in small-scale farming and forestry applications; most of these were exported to markets in Europe and South Africa. Junkkari was not the only Finnish firm manufacturing wood chippers, and there was littl...Starting at €8.20