Ivey Business School (Canada)
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (B)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCase IVEY-9B08M003-EStrategyThis supplement to product 9B08M002 examines the role played by the board with respect to the personal integrity of Lord Browne, who had been several times identified as the chief executive officer of the year by the Financial Times.Starting at €5.74
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Launch of the Sony PlayStation 3
Gloria Barczak; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B07A014-EMarketing, StrategyThe PlayStation 3 (PS3) was the successor of the acclaimed PlayStation 2 (PS2), recognized as the world's best-selling video game console with more than 100 million units sold. The unprecedented display of enthusiasm for the PS3 suggested that Sony had another winner on its hands. The company projected sales of six million PS3 consoles worldwide between November 2006 and March 2007, a level that the PS2 took almost a year to reach. Sony's initial...Starting at €8.20
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Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility: BHP Billiton and the Tintaya Dialogue
Sheila Puffer; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B12M021-EStrategyThe case takes place in Peru in the aftermath of the worst mercury spill in history, by a transportation contractor for Newmont Mining Corporation. BHP Billiton, which has no connection to Newmont but is affected by increased hostility toward mining companies, enters into an agreement with Oxfam to conduct training on sustainability and “the impacts of large-scale infrastructure projects on communities.” Executives from the company’s various inte...Starting at €8.20
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Kaupthing Bank hf Acquires Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07BS13Accounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe managing director of investment banking for Kaupthing Bank hf (Kaupthing) was considering what he would need to do if he accepted a new appointment as chief executive officer of Kaupthing's latest acquisition, U.K.-based investment bank Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Singer). He would have to deal with the fact that the two merging companies had very different cultures, the possibility that some employees may leave as a result of the change ...Starting at €8.20
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Brown: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (A) (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCase IVEY-9B08MS02StrategyEl ano 2007 tuvo que haber sido uno del peor de la historia de British-Petroleum plc (BP). En el palmo de cuatro meses, dos informes independientes separados (el primero comisionado por BP si mismo) habian identificado una “cultura profundamente arraigada del riesgo” dentro de BP donde el dinero y los beneficios fueron valorados sobre trabajador y seguridad ambiental. Estos informes estaban en respuesta a una explosion en 2005 en una refineria de...Starting at €8.20
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Trout Farming in Peru: The Lake Titicaca Decision
Christopher J. Robertson; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B07M003-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFaced with capacity constraints at the company's river fed facilities, the president and general manager of Piscifactorias de los Andes (Piscis), the largest trout farming company in Peru, is considering an option to create a trout farm on Lake Titicaca. Although Titicaca was the largest lake in South America and was in many ways ideally suited to trout farming, all previous attempts to commercialize the lake's fishery had failed. In addition, Pi...Starting at €8.20
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Polar Challenge
Rosanna Garcia; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B10A021-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyPolar Challenge was a company that offered an annual 320 nautical-mile race to the magnetic North Pole organized by Arctic experts. It had been successful in the United Kingdom, establishing marketing partnerships with the BBC, Sony, Fujitsu and others. Polar Challenge saw the United States market as untapped potential for both sponsors and racers. In 2008, with the centennial of polar exploration approaching in 2009, the company decided to offer...Starting at €8.20
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Killer Coke: The Campaign Against Coca-Cola
Henry W. Lane; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B07C003-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe CEO of Coca-Cola is faced with increasing criticism over the company's handling of alleged human rights abuses in Colombia. A grass roots protest movement known as The Campaign to Stop Killer Coke has built international support for a boycott of Coca-Cola products on college campuses. The campaign centers specifically on the intimidation and murder of union leaders at a specific Coca-Cola bottling plant in Colombia. Coca-Cola asserted that it...Starting at €8.20
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Religion in the Workplace: The British Airways Cross Controversy
Alexandra Roth; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B11C031-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBritish Airways took a strictly secular approach to religion in the workplace, banning any outward symbols of faith. This policy extended to the wearing of jewellery with religious symbolism. One employee who originally complied with the ban protested after she found out that the company had made accommodations to other faiths, such as allowing Sikhs to wear turbans. She then decided to wear a cross pendant in protest of the company’s perceived d...Starting at €8.20
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Kaupthing Bank hf Acquires Singer & Friedlander Group plc
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07B013-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe managing director of investment banking for Kaupthing Bank hf (Kaupthing) was considering what he would need to do if he accepted a new appointment as chief executive officer of Kaupthing's latest acquisition, U.K.-based investment bank Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Singer). He would have to deal with the fact that the two merging companies had very different cultures, the possibility that some employees may leave as a result of the change ...Starting at €8.20