Ivey Business School (Canada)
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CoinOrb: An Initial Coin Offering to Launch Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange
Rand Low; Colette Southam; Matthew WinklerCase IVEY-W29722-EFinanceIn early March 2020, CoinOrb needed additional capital to build the minimum viable product for their cryptocurrency futures trading platform. Rather than raise additional equity, the company founders created an initial coin offering (ICO), a token sale that blockchain start-ups use to raise funds. CoinOrb planned to launch their ICO shortly after launching their platform in late 2020, but they first needed to prepare their white paper. How would ...Starting at €8.20
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The Employees Provident Fund (EPF Malaysia): Modern Retirement Challenges
Wee Yong YeoCase IVEY-W28667-EEconomics, FinanceThe Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is Malaysia’s national private-sector pension program. It has grown into one of the largest pension funds in the world. The success of the EPF and Malaysia as a whole have brought new challenges. As life expectancy increases and the population ages, how can the EPF ensure adequate pension coverage and take care of Malaysians’ increasing retirement needs? As technology replaces the need for branches and customer-...Starting at €8.20