Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Strategic Planning at Apple Inc.
Kyle Murray; Miranda R. Goode; Fabrizio Di MuroCase IVEY-9B09A026-EMarketing, StrategyApple Inc. is one of the world's most successful and most recognizable companies. Over its 30 year existence, the company had seen a lot of changes in the computer industry. What would the future hold for the computer giant in a rapidly changing world? How should the company allocate resources between its more traditional offerings (computers) and its newer products (iPods, iPhones, Apple TV, etc.) in order to maintain and improve its market posi...Starting at €8.20
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Jamie's Market: Challenges Hiring and Onboarding Temporary Workers
Atul Teckchandani; Trey Alvarez; Huiling Chen; Nicole Chen; Andrew Davidas; Kevin Le; Edrees ShalemiCase IVEY-9B21C009-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2020, the flagship location of Jamie's Market, a specialty supermarket retailer in California, struggled to hire enough temporary workers to meet the increased staffing demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The new assistant manager, who had been recently transferred to the company's flagship store, was tasked with figuring out what had gone wrong and recommending changes to ensure that the store would have enough qualified workers for ...Starting at €8.20
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Aspire Food Group: Marketing a Cricket Protein Brand
Miranda R. Goode; Emily MoscatoCase IVEY-9B20A071-EMarketingWhile the practice of eating insects was still in its infancy in North America, Aspire Food Group (Aspire), with its Aketta cricket-protein products, was positioned for success in this emerging market. In 2018, having recently acquired Exo, a maker of cricket-based protein bars, Aspire's co-founders faced an important decision regarding the Aketta brand. While Aspire had experienced some success in marketing cricket powder, whole roasted crickets...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft Windows: The Launch of Windows 7
Miranda R. Goode; Matthew BallCase IVEY-9B09A023-EMarketingIn early 2009, Microsoft began preparing for the launch of its next operating system, Windows 7. Successfully marketing Windows 7 had become essential for the company, which had faced numerous challenges in recent years, including a commercial and public relation failure of its last operating system, Windows Vista. While Windows 7 had received strong pre-release reviews, its success depended on Microsoft's ability to overcome the lingering skepti...Starting at €8.20