Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Mexico's Economy, 2012
David W. Conklin; Danielle CadieuxCase IVEY-9B08M084-EStrategyMexico had a history of repeated financial crises, with high inflation leading to current account deficits with volatile capital inflows, culminating in significant devaluations. Concerns persisted that this pattern might repeat itself in the future. In the years prior to 1980, the government of Mexico had put in place a command and control economy with an extensive array of regulations through which it intervened in the economy on an ongoing bas...Starting at €8.20
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UCB: Data is the New Drug
Stijn ViaeneCase IVEY-9B18E002-EInformation TechnologiesAt the end of 2012, the chief information officer (CIO) at UCB, a global pharmaceutical company based in Brussels, started to implement analytics as a service. Between 2012 and 2016, he put this vision into practice, introducing agile sprints and proving the competence of analytics within the organization, and at the beginning of 2016, he felt the company was ready to upgrade its analytics capability. As he prepared to meet with UCB’s chief execu...Starting at €8.20
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The Transformations of Wal-Mart: Experimenting with New Retail Paradigms
David W. Conklin; Danielle CadieuxCase IVEY-9B11M024-EStrategyBeginning in the 1990s, Wal-Mart sought to maintain its rapid growth by investing outside of the United States. It chose to enter other countries through the purchase of existing retail chains. This process created a new set of challenges, since the existing chains had their own corporate cultures and operating procedures, and Wal-Mart experienced several surprising defeats. In 2000, Wal-Mart launched a chain of what it called Neighborhood Market...Starting at €8.20
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Kmart de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Spanish version)
David W. Conklin; Wendy Evans; David AgerCase IVEY-9A94HS09StrategyEl Puerto de Liverpool, S.A. de C.V., una de las más antiguas y más grandes cadenas de tienda de departamentos, ha entrado en un acuerdo con la gigante cadena minorista Kmart Corporation para abrir y operar una serie de Super Kmart Centres a lo largo de Méjico. El nuevo Director General (CEO) de Kmart de Méjico debe crear la nueva organización. Él debe considerar todos los aspectos del ambiente de negocios mejicano, y analizar como estos elemento...Starting at €8.20
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Mexico’s Economy, 2009 (Spanish version)
David W. Conklin; Danielle CadieuxCase IVEY-9B08MS84StrategyMéxico tenía una historia de crisis financieras repetidas, con la alta inflación llevando a los déficits por cuenta corriente con las aportaciones de capitales volátiles, culminando en devaluaciones significativas. Las preocupaciones persistieron que este patrón pudo repetirse en el futuro. En los años antes del año 80, el gobierno de México había puesto una economía en el lugar del comando y del control con un arsenal extenso de las regulaciones...Starting at €8.20
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KPN: How to Navigate the Digital Tides
Stijn ViaeneCase IVEY-9B19M046-EStrategyIn June 2018, the executive vice-president of Networks and Information Technology of KPN BV (KPN), Bouke Hoving, was evaluating the digital transformation of KPN, the leading telecommunications company in the Netherlands. Hoving had been an initiator of a turnaround that had started at KPN in 2014, after a financially and operationally hectic year. The entry into the market of over-the-top digital services, which used the Internet to bypass platf...Starting at €8.20
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Geely's Acquisition of Volvo: Challenges and Opportunities
David W. Conklin; Danielle CadieuxCase IVEY-9B10M057-EStrategyFor more than a decade, the government of China had sought to develop an automotive industry. The government's initial steps involved the creation of joint ventures in which government-owned firms became partners of foreign privately owned corporations. Most of these joint ventures were extremely successful financially. However, ongoing differences in management preferences created a continual tension within the joint ventures. Of particular conc...Starting at €8.20