Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Schuhren Consumer Packaging: Managing Risk
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M056-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Schuhren Consumer Packaging (Schuhren), a manufacturer of plastic food packaging based in Windsor, Ontario, is getting ready to meet a group of buyers from one of the top six fruit packaging firms in the world. An hour before their arrival, the CEO uncovers a whole series of issues concerning quality assurance, waste production and machine operations that could have an impact on the company’s opera...Starting at €8.20
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Macquarie Bank Limited: Executive Compensation
Murray J. BryantCase IVEY-9B07M072-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA managing director of international equities for a large public sector pension fund has to decide how the pension fund would vote on say for pay. Say for pay represents a vote held at the annual general meeting whereby shareholders have an annual and non-binding (thus it has no legal effect on the board or the corporation) opportunity to vote on executive compensation. Such a vote is obligatory in Australia and the United Kingdom and is starting...Starting at €8.20
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Gentera S.A.B. de C.V.: The Evolution of an Organization and Its Board of Directors
Juan Romero McCarthy; Murray J. BryantCase IVEY-9B17M173-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFinancial holding company Gentera S.A.B. de C.V., located in Mexico City and operating in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, offered microlending, financial payment, insurance, and money transfer services to individuals at the bottom of the financial pyramid. The company was founded and operated on strong social values—reduce financial exclusion, focus on human and social values (including self-actualization), and enhance economic value—which pervaded ...Starting at €8.20
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Big City Courier (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Michelle TheobaldsCase IVEY-9A97BS09Accounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipBig City Courier es una pequena empresa de correos regional que opera en Toronto, Ontario. El emprendimiento comenzo hace dos anos, y ha crecido rapidamente desde sus comienzos. La compania da ganancias, pero tiene un severo problema de efectivo. Este caso puede ser usado para ilustrar un flujo de fondos, el impacto de un rapido crecimiento en la posicion de efectivo de una pequena empresa, y la brecha financiera generada entre cuentas a cobrar y...Starting at €8.20
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MK II: Building an American Watch Company
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B09M073-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyAgainst all odds, the founder of Mk II Corporation (Mk II) has started an American watch company. The founder, a former investment banker and a Wharton MBA graduate, began his venture in 2002 with no prior experience in the watchmaking trade. He started his company to produce watches in the United States during an era when U.S. manufacturing was in decline and the country had no indigenous watchmaking firms to speak of. In addition, the economy w...Starting at €8.20