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Strongest Families
Anne Snowdon; Alexander Smith; Heidi CrammCase IVEY-9B13M133-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyStrongest Families is a 12-week distance treatment program for children with various mental health disorders and their families. The program was started in Nova Scotia in 2001 to address issues of stigma, lack of access to primary care specialists and difficulty of obtaining care, especially in rural areas. To meet these needs, the program utilizes long-distance communication methods such as weekly telephone meetings with trained personnel who ar...Starting at €8.20
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Transcend Coffee: Local Sustainability Challenges in a Global Industry
Joel Gehman; Nicole Neufeld; Dasha Smirnow; Siddharth Agrawal; Danielle Sandberg; Manav DeolCase IVEY-9B16M130-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2014, Transcend Coffee—an independent coffee shop and coffee bean roaster with several locations in Edmonton, Alberta—was selling premium coffee to a loyal base of customers. While it had taken several years to establish its presence in a marketplace that was filled with coffee retailers, Transcend Coffee's success was in part due to its direct trade supply chain strategy. By working closely with its coffee bean farmers, Transcend Coffee was a...Starting at €8.20
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SickKids in Qatar - Responding to a Request for Proposal
Anne Snowdon; Alexander Smith; Heidi CrammCase IVEY-9B14M025-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2005, the vice-president of International Affairs at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, must decide how to respond to a request for proposal from the Hamad Medical Corporation of Qatar. In order to reach its global mission of “Healthier Children, A Better World,” the Toronto hospital, which had an international reputation for excellence in pediatric medicine, had established an arm called SickKids International. In add...Starting at €8.20