Ivey Business School (Canada)
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AutoNation: The Changing Auto Dealership Landscape
Daniel DoironCase IVEY-W33379-EStrategyAutoNation Inc. (AutoNation), the largest auto dealership group in the United States, found itself in an envious position at the end of 2022. Sales and profits were at an all-time high, and AutoNation had a strong cash position and growth aspirations. However, the auto industry was undergoing changes, driven primarily by the electric vehicle (EV) revolution that was in full swing in early 2023. Committed to an EV future, original equipment manufa...Starting at €8.20
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McGill St Laurent: Growing a Commodities Trading Firm
Jesse Prent; Gwyneth Edwards; Raymond L. PaquinCase IVEY-9B20M116-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2018, Philippe Boisclair, business owner and president of McGill St Laurent (MSL), sought to grow the firm and increase annual profitability by CA$35 million by 2020. MSL was a medium-sized commodities trading firm with interests in wood, grain, and energy. Founded in 2009 by two business school graduates and veterans of the lumber industry, MSL had enjoyed significant growth. The company had not only expanded into grain and energy trading...Starting at €8.20
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Cervus Equipment Corporation: Harvesting a New Future
Daniel Doiron; Davis SchryerCase IVEY-9B13M092-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2015, Cervus Equipment Corporation, based in Calgary, Alberta, has grown its business substantially through regional acquisitions and strong organic growth. The company was founded in the 1990s to manage and consolidate farm equipment dealerships in western Canada but, in partnership with original equipment manufacturers, has branched into the construction equipment and long haul trucking manufacturing industries and has moved into New Zealand...Starting at €8.20
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Technologies Ecofixe: Green Wastewater Treatment for Africa
Roxanne Lavoie-Drapeau; Gwyneth EdwardsCase IVEY-9B20M079-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn September 2018, Marisol Labrecque, president of Technologies Ecofixe Inc. (Technologies Ecofixe), was heading to Ain Taoujdate, Morocco, in order to supervise the installation of the company’s second ECOFIXE system in Africa. Technologies Ecofixe was aStarting at €8.20
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Cervus Equipment Corporation: Diversified Growth in Trucking
Daniel Doiron; Davis SchryerCase IVEY-9B16M230-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyCervus Equipment Corporation, the major Canadian dealer group for John Deere and Peterbilt Motors Company equipment, had grown from CA$56 million in 2004 to close to $1 billion in 2014. It had achieved these results through an aggressive acquisition and growth-oriented strategy, by purchasing heavy-equipment dealerships representing John Deere, Bobcat, and other high-end original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company’s move into the long-ha...Starting at €8.20