Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Are We Ready for an Automotive Plant
Yi-Chia Wu; Joo Y. JungCase IVEY-9B09D014-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe city of McAllen, Texas and its partners have worked on attracting an automotive assembly plant to the region for over fifteen years. Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) provision, this region enjoys the advantages offered by both sides of the Mexican-U.S. border. Even during the economic downturn of 2007 to 2008, McAllen experienced a lower unemployment rate compared to other cities in the United States. One of the primary r...Starting at €8.20
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More School or Less Tax: Optimizing the Negotiation Results
Joo Y. Jung; Young S. Cho; Allan BeckCase IVEY-9B13D012-EService and Operations ManagementIn response to a 22 per cent growth rate in their city over a 10-year period, the members of the McAllen Independent District School Board form a committee to research and analyze several potential expansion projects that would accommodate the growing number of students in the area. The committee discovers certain funding opportunities that may represent attractive options for discharging financial responsibilities to the city’s residents, but in...Starting at €8.20
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Supply Chain Management at International Automotive
Katrin Haarer; Nahide Hannane; Leonardo Zapata-Flores; Joo Y. JungCase IVEY-9B11D013-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn 2008, International Automotive Company (IAC), a German manufacturer of automotive parts, acquired a plant in Reynosa, Mexico. This plant produced various types of motors for power windows, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and wipers. At the time of acquisition, the plant was showing record losses. Because the acquisition was internally financed, it was crucial to make the plant profitable quickly. After conducting a deep analysis, the c...Starting at €8.20
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Perfect Day and the Milk of Human Invention
Gerry Kerr; Priya Sharma; Francine SchlosserCase IVEY-W24898-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyPerfect Day was a rising cellular agriculture company specializing in lab-based milk. Its founders had created and patented a formula for an ingredient that could produce authentic-tasting non-dairy products. At the beginning of 2020, the US-based firm reStarting at €8.20