Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Valley Carriers (B): Working on Versus Working in the Business
Vanessa M. StrikeCase IVEY-9B16M096-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is the second case in the Valley Carriers series, which also includes Valley Carriers (A): Establishing Status in a Family Business 9B16M095 and Valley Carriers (C): Restructuring the Governance of the Family Firm 9B16M097.Starting at €5.74
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Advising the Family Firm: Opening Pandora's Box (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Vanessa M. Strike; Dennis MaTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M047-EStrategyTeaching note for products 9B18M047 and 9B18M048.Starting at €0.00
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Scholtes Waterservices
Vanessa M. Strike; Lisa BarendseCase IVEY-9B12M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyHIGHLY COMMENDED CASE - Family Business Runner-up, 2012 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. Scholtes Waterservices was a second-generation family firm in the Netherlands that specialized in installing and selling water pipes, primarily for the horticultural industry. In 2008, Rijk Scholtes Jr. and his brother, Ben, took over management of the firm from their father and gradually assumed ownership throug...Starting at €8.20
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Advising the Family Firm: Opening Pandora's Box (A)
Vanessa M. Strike; Dennis MaCase IVEY-9B18M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2018, a family business advising team entered a seemingly straightforward contract with members of the Graham family, who were planning to transition their business to the next generation. The first and second generations, who founded and grew their business into a portfolio of 50 grocery store franchises across the eastern United States, were concerned about the capacity and interest of the next generation in continuing the success of...Starting at €8.20
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Juchheim: The Faithful Pursuit of Flavour, Culture and Family Values
Vanessa M. Strike; Takao KawamotoCase IVEY-9B14M129-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJuchheim Co. Ltd. was a confectionery family firm located in Japan. The chief executive officer and owner faced two important issues related to the future success of the firm: managing succession into the next generation and determining the company’s expansion strategy in the overseas market. Under the Japanese tradition of patriarchal primogeniture, the owner’s eldest son was the heir apparent and would take over the company. However, the market...Starting at €8.20
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Ford Motor Company: New Shades of Green Through Soy Foam
Garima Sharma; Chris Laszlo; Indrajeet GhatgeCase IVEY-9B13M109-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyFord Motor Co. develops and commercializes a green technology that replaces a traditional and scarce resource with an abundant bio-material. The pilot project becomes hugely successful, and, within the company, the idea of expanding the use of bio-material gains considerable momentum, but implementation and customer acceptance prove to be a challenge. Two members from the company’s research and engineering division work together to overcome these...Starting at €8.20
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To Mumbai with Love: Exiting the Family Firm
Vanessa M. Strike; Alykhan AlidinaCase IVEY-9B16M159-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIt was the summer of 2015 when the son of a family-owned real estate business in Vancouver was struck by love and decided to follow his heart to India. However, leaving his family’s business was easier said than done. The family had no formal documents that provided members with an exit strategy or remuneration. There were no wills or financial plans, and whatever money was available to finance a move abroad was tied up in the family business, wh...Starting at €8.20
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Taj Hotels: Building Sustainable Livelihoods
Garima Sharma; David G. HyattCase IVEY-9B13C032-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case explores issues faced by the corporate sustainability manager at the corporate headquarters of a large hotel group in a developing nation as she implements her company’s corporate sustainability strategy through supplier partnerships with bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) social organizations. Under the rubric of responsible purchasing, the hotelier’s “Creating Sustainable Livelihoods” initiative engaged cause-based nongovernmental organizati...Starting at €8.20
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Health Nut
Colleen Sharen; Vanessa M. StrikeCase IVEY-9B08M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLate in the afternoon on January 20, 2006, one of the owners of The Health Nut hung up the phone. Her account manager had just called to tell her that the bank was not going to extend any further credit to her small retail natural health products (NHP) store located in Grand Bend, Ontario. She and her life and business partner had owned The Health Nut since May 2003. While they had successfully grown sales, the business was not generating enough ...Starting at €8.20
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Valley Carriers (A), (B), and (C) - Teaching Note
Vanessa M. StrikeTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M095-EStrategyTeaching note for products 9B16M095, 9B16M096, and 9B16M097.Starting at €0.00