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The North West Company: Cross-enterprise Strategy
Stephen R. Foerster; Mary M. Crossan; James E. Hatch; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe North West Company cases allow students to take a cross-enterprise leadership approach in looking at the dilemma facing the president and chief executive officer of The North West Company (North West), a food and general merchandise retailer operating primarily in Northern Canada. In early 2003, North West had negotiated a master franchisor agreement with Giant Tiger Stores Limited (Giant Tiger) with the objective of opening stores west of Wi...Starting at €8.20
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Hongxing Auto Sales and Service Co.
James E. Hatch; Yuan Shi; Wei SunCase IVEY-9B09N031-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe Li family, the sole owners of Hongxing Auto Sales and Service, are ready to sell the company. They must determine how much the business is worth and the best method of negotiating the sale of the business. This case deals with the valuation of a small, privately-owned business, and will develop students' skills in sizing up a business and placing a value on a business using a variety of methods, including liquidation value, discounted cash fl...Starting at €8.20
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CSTAR
James E. Hatch; John S. Haywood-Farmer; Michael J. Rouse; Virginia Ritchie; Lyndsay Passmore; Leah HillierCase IVEY-9B09M017-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyCanadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics Centre (CSTAR) had had a successful year during which its new director had ensured that CSTAR's budget deficit was on target to be reduced by 50 per cent. CSTAR still faced significant hurdles to becoming financially stable and a leader in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The director wanted CSTAR to be financially self-sustainable within two years, and identified goals to overcome these hurdl...Starting at €8.20
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Groupworks Financial Corporation
James E. HatchCase IVEY-9B09N030-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, FinanceThe chairman of the board of Groupworks, a company created to consolidate independent brokers in the benefits industry, is faced with three issues. First, he must manage a liquidity problem related to debt that is coming due. Second, he must assess the merits of acquiring another company and, if the company is acquired, he must design the offering package. Third, he must review the firm's consolidation strategy. The case also lends itself to a de...Starting at €8.20
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Prairie Ventures Limited
James E. Hatch; Zhou ZhangCase IVEY-9B09N025-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe investment manager at Prairie Ventures Limited, a Saskatchewan based venture capital firm, is examining the merits of financing a management buyout of Crestline Coach, a manufacturer of ambulances and distributor of buses. Students must design a term sheet and create an appropriate financing package. Students are provided with an Excel model to assist in their analysis.Starting at €8.20
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Seguros Europa y Hoteles Lama (B): El director general de Hoteles Lama
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Jimenez, José Manuel; García-Castro, RobertoCase E-175Corporate Governance, Decision Analysis, EntrepreneurshipHoteles Lama es una cadena hotelera familiar fundada en 1962 por un constructor que hizo los actuales cuatro hoteles que tiene en la ciudad la segunda en tamaño del país y muy pujante turísticamente , donde siempre ha trabajado desde que emigró del campo. Los hoteles son dos de tres estrellas y dos de cuatro. La constructora Lama ganó dinero durante años, siendo relativamente normales los márgenes del 15% en las obras que emprendía, llegando, en...Starting at €5.74
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El loft (B): Arrendador
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Zapatero, Miguel ÁngelCase E-161EntrepreneurshipEres el encargado de arrendar el loft de tu hija. La mañana de la negociación te levantaste pensando en cómo ibas a plantear la reunión que tendrías esa tarde con un posible arrendatario, un directivo extranjero que ya visitó el loft hace unas semanas en un viaje a la ciudad en la que vivirá durante una temporada. Se lo enseñó el portero de la finca, pues tú tuviste que acompañar a tu mujer a urgencias. El portero piensa que el directivo mostró u...Starting at €5.74
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El loft (A): Arrendatario
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Zapatero, Miguel ÁngelCase E-160EntrepreneurshipTu empresa, una compañía multinacional de consumo, te ha destinado a la nueva ciudad en la que actualmente se encuentra una filial. Durante los diez años que llevas en la empresa a la que te incorporaste directamente desde que acabaste tus estudios universitarios, siempre habías trabajado en la central. Recientemente, el director nacional de Marketing de una filial en el extranjero se ha jubilado, y el Consejo de Administración ha decidido promoc...Starting at €8.20
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Europe Insurance and Lama Hotels (B): The Chief Executive Officer of Lama Hotels
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Jimenez, José Manuel; García-Castro, RobertoCase E-175-ECorporate Governance, Decision Analysis, EntrepreneurshipHoteles Lama is a family-owned hotel chain founded by a builder who migrated from the countryside to the city, where he remained and ultimately started the chain in 1962, which has now grown to four hotels. The city is the second largest in the country and draws many tourists. Two of the hotels are three-star and the other two are four-star. Lama's construction group was profitable for years, achieving relatively standard 15% margins, and in some...Starting at €5.74
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The Loft (B): Lessor
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Zapatero, Miguel ÁngelCase E-161-EEntrepreneurshipYou have taken on the job of renting you daughter's loft apartment. On the morning of the negotiation you got up thinking about what you were going to say that afternoon to a prospective tenant, a foreign manager, who already visited the loft a few weeks ago during a trip to the city, where he is going to be living for a while. On that occasion it was the caretaker of the building who showed the flat, as you had to accompany your wife to the emer...Starting at €5.74