Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Sarah James in Mexico: Often Wrong but Never in Doubt
William A. AndrewsCase IVEY-9B09C006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyA college student, Sarah James, attends a Mexican university (INI) for the summer to develop her language and cross-cultural capabilities. At the end of a successful semester, she e-mails the director of international recruitment for the Mexican UniversitStarting at €8.20
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General Motors: Supplier Selection for Innovation
Tingting Yan; Hubert Pun; Melissa Srock; James Preslar; Kate Plegue; Jilianna MeldrumCase IVEY-9B17D006-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn February 2017, a purchasing manager for General Motors Company (GM) needed to come up with a sourcing proposal to source e-boost modules, which were required to support the enhanced 2020 Chevrolet Bolt Electric Vehicle and the new 2020 Chevrolet Bolt AStarting at €8.20
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Synergy Pharmaceuticals Scales Up: License or Go It Alone
William A. AndrewsCase IVEY-9B19M026-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAfter more than a decade of development, US-based Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Synergy) received marketing approval from the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) for its first drug, Trulance, which targeted a large market that had only two other approved competitors. Synergy now needed to scale up from a research-and-development shop to a sales-and-marketing powerhouse. The company had not partnered with a larger pharmaceutical company during th...Starting at €8.20
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Residential Child-Services Facility (A): A CEO’S Effort to Preserve Morale
William A. AndrewsCase IVEY-9B18C026-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2013, the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Christian Children’s Home of Florida (CCHF), a well-established, faith-based residential care facility for neglected and abused children, was in the process of seeking a deep understanding of the issues affecting company morale. The CEO had just received the field notes of an extensive qualitative research study of CCHF completed by a Master of Business Administration consulting team from a lo...Starting at €8.20
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General Motors: “Electrification” Capacity Constraints
Tingting Yan; Hubert Pun; Melissa Srock; James Preslar; Kate Plegue; Jillanna MeldrumCase IVEY-9B20D007-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn mid-2018, a supply constraint analyst at General Motors (GM) was working on two electric vehicles: the Chevrolet Bolt EV for the US market and a similar Buick model to be marketed in China. GM had chosen to work with only one supplier for the vehicles’Starting at €8.20
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General Motors: Full-Size Truck Seat Supply Chain
Hubert Pun; Tingting Yan; Hamid Elahi; Lori Sisk; Kate Plegue; Brandon LeAnnais; James Preslar; Alan Domzalski; Jay Glanton; George Smith II; Hajar AlwahabiCase IVEY-W28586-EStrategyIn July 2018, Amir Bell was heading the Operational Excellence (OpEx) team for the Light Duty Pickup Truck Seat Cost Reduction program at General Motors (GM). GM had decided to launch the new full-size truck program in 2019 at assembly plants in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Silao, Mexico. To increase profits, GM sought to decrease costs in the manufacturing process. At the time, GM enjoyed a long-term tier-1 supplier relationship with Skübi Automotiv...Starting at €8.20