Ivey Business School (Canada)
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CCS Logistics: Culture Change Driving Accountability and Responsibility
Amy Moore; Maxine Jaffit; Tanya StevensCase IVEY-W31505-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case features Ina Botha, executive director for South Africa-based Commercial Cold Storage and Logistics (CCS Logistics), critically reflecting on the lessons learned during her tenure leading the organization. Botha initiated and led a three-and-a-half-year culture change journey, which helped improve accountability and results. Now that she was considering a larger role within the organization’s parent company, Oceana Group, she reflected o...Starting at €8.20
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Extraordinary Journeys: Wild Times in the Safari Industry (Spanish version)
David HallidayCase IVEY-W28187Entrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2017, an entrepreneur in the tour operator industry faced a potential investment decision. Her company, Extraordinary Journeys (EJ), created custom luxury African safaris for a US-based clientele. While EJ had enjoyed dramatic growth since its founding in 2009, the entrepreneur worried that competitive pressures were increasing, as resource-rich companies had entered the market, drawn by the industry's rapid growth. In response to this g...Starting at €8.20
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Technology Driven Transformation at Comair Limited
Maxine Jaffit; Caren Scheepers; Jabu MaphalalaCase IVEY-9B15C003-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyComair Limited was South Africa’s largest private airline and consisted of British Airways SA and the low-cost airline kulula.com. After acquiring more fuel-efficient aircraft, Comair decided to adopt Sabre, a reservation and scheduling technology platform. Initially, some Comair executives thought that the Sabre implementation was an IT project, but they soon realized that all employees were affected and that a culture change was required to suc...Starting at €8.20
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Extraordinary Journeys: An Acquisition Expedition
David HallidayCase IVEY-9B21M008-EStrategyIn late 2015, the chief executive officer of Extraordinary Journeys, an African safari tour operator, faced a rare opportunity to buy a smaller competitor, Safari Specialists Inc. The chief executive officer worried that her firm's strong organic growth would slow, and she was interested in examining alternative growth strategies. The smaller company was offered at a reasonable price and had a remarkably similar organizational culture. On the oth...Starting at €8.20
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Extraordinary Journeys: Wild Times in the Safari Industry
David HallidayCase IVEY-9B18M164-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2017, an entrepreneur in the tour operator industry faced a potential investment decision. Her company, Extraordinary Journeys (EJ), created custom luxury African safaris for a US-based clientele. While EJ had enjoyed dramatic growth since its founding in 2009, the entrepreneur worried that competitive pressures were increasing, as resource-rich companies had entered the market, drawn by the industry's rapid growth. In response to this g...Starting at €8.20