Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Jamie's Market: Challenges Hiring and Onboarding Temporary Workers
Atul Teckchandani; Trey Alvarez; Huiling Chen; Nicole Chen; Andrew Davidas; Kevin Le; Edrees ShalemiCase IVEY-9B21C009-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2020, the flagship location of Jamie's Market, a specialty supermarket retailer in California, struggled to hire enough temporary workers to meet the increased staffing demand resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The new assistant manager, who had been recently transferred to the company's flagship store, was tasked with figuring out what had gone wrong and recommending changes to ensure that the store would have enough qualified workers for ...Starting at €8.20
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Feehan Investment Management: Hedge Fund or Mutual Fund
Robert Pozen; Matthew DohertyCase IVEY-9B19N015-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn 2019, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Boston-based Feehan Investment Management faced a decision. After succeeding her father as CEO, she launched a quantitative research group, or "quant group," which used statistical and mathematical methods to determine investment strategies that were applied to incubate a long/short equity strategy. After incubating the strategy for three years and realizing good returns, the CEO wanted to open up thi...Starting at €8.20