Ivey Business School (Canada)
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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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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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Wichita County Health Center: Strategic Planning
Arthur DaemmrichCase IVEY-9B16M084-EStrategyIn 2015, the new chief executive officer of Wichita County Health Center (WCHC) was evaluating his organization’s strengths and weaknesses in light of a changing environment for health-care delivery in rural Kansas. WCHC faced three key issues: whether to sign a service agreement with Colorado-based Centura Health; whether to hire additional full-time nursing staff instead of paying high fees to an external staffing company; and identifying oppor...Starting at €8.20
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Children’s Hospital Oakland: End-of-Life Dilemmas
Arthur Daemmrich; Lauren DavisCase IVEY-9B16C007-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter suffering severe complications from a relatively minor surgery at a California children’s hospital in early December 2013, a young teenage girl was declared brain dead. However, to her family, the girl seemed responsive and they refused to accept the hospital’s statement that their daughter was deceased. The hospital arranged visits with social workers and other staff in an attempt to help the family understand that their daughter was dead ...Starting at €8.20