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Stewarding the Soil: An Ontario Farmer’s Quest for Regenerative Agricultural Practices
Wren Montgomery; Pratima Bansal; Melanie Issett; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B20M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBlake Vince is a fifth-generation farmer who adheres to seemingly unconventional farming techniques. Most farmers in southwestern Ontario use conventional industrial farming methods such as tilling their fields, relying on pesticides and fertilizers, and monocropping (i.e., planting the same crops on the same plot of land year after year). Vince, however, embraces more regenerative agricultural practices (such as no-till farming, wherein the top ...Starting at €8.20
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Assessing Corporate Impact: Danby's Response to Syrian Immigration
Diane-Laure Arjalies; Pratima Bansal; Bobby KalotyCase IVEY-9B20M107-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2018, more than one year after the chief executive officer (CEO) of Danby Appliances Inc. launched a private sponsorship program to support Syrian refugees in their integration into Canada, the CEO and others were starting to raise some questionsStarting at €8.20
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Maple Leaf Foods (B): Employees
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M176-EStrategySupplement to 9B20M174.Starting at €5.74
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Maple Leaf Foods (C): Shareholders
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M177-EStrategySupplement to 9B20M174.Starting at €5.74
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Maple Leaf Foods (D): Supply Chain
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M178-EStrategySupplement to 9B20M174.Starting at €5.74
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Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (C)
Pratima Bansal; Pamela Laughland; Brent McKnightCase IVEY-9B09M082-EStrategyThis is a supplement to Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (A) and (B), products 9B09M080 and 9B09M081 and, taken together, this case series illustrates why industrial farming has supplanted the farm-based agricultural system.Starting at €5.74
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Y U Ranch: Strategy and Sustainability in Cattle Ranching (A)
Pratima Bansal; Pamela Laughland; Brent McKnightCase IVEY-9B09M080-EStrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - This case won the 2011 Oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition. The owner and operator of Y U Ranch, a Longhorn cattle ranch in southern Ontario, is required to make a set of interesting but seemingly unimportant decisions. In this case series, students will see that each decision builds on the previous decision (i.e. the decisions are path dependent). Taken together, these cases illustrate why industrial farming has su...Starting at €8.20
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"World-Class" Universities: Rankings and Reputation in Global Higher Education
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316065-EDiscussions of "world-class" universities have become an academic cottage industry in the 21st century, and definitions of the term are complex and at times contradictory. This background note traces the origins of university ranking systems and their evolution from a by-product of lists of great men in the United States to a global phenomenon that has a strong influence on the development of higher education. Then, it examines commonalities acro...Starting at €8.20
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Augustine Heard & Co.: Building a Family Business in the China Trade (B)
Kirby, William C.; Eby, Joycelyn W.Case HBS-316186-EIn 1861, the Heard brothers faced a decision: should they continue their family firm's business model that had made them a successful commission house in China, or was it time to make fundamental adjustments to their work? This case reveals that the brothers decided to maintain the status quo, primarily because of a lack of decision-making mechanism amongst the brothers. The firm rapidly went downhill, before declaring bankruptcy in 1875.Starting at €5.74
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Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy (C)
Kirby, William C.; Wang, YuanzhuoCase HBS-318091-EThis case updates Wanxiang Group's activities since 2012, focusing on its electric vehicle strategy and a transition of the group's leadership.Starting at €5.74