Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Beanz Versus Starbucks: Personality in a Cup
Edward Gamble; Peter W. Moroz; Stewart Thornhill; Haley BeerCase IVEY-9B12M051-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyBeanz Espresso Bar is located in downtown Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is operating in a market with high rivalry (11 other coffee businesses in a two-block radius). The economy in Prince Edward Island has seen several diners, restaurants, and coffee shops close their doors within the past few years, while simultaneously drawing in large corporate businesses such as Starbucks and Running Room. Beanz has thus far survived the ma...Starting at €8.20
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Shutout Solutions
Edward Gamble; Peter W. Moroz; Stewart ThornhillCase IVEY-9B11M079-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyAfter working together on a university business plan, two entrepreneurs worked for three years to develop their venture: Shutout Solutions Inc. Their start-up venture was established in response to an issue familiar to most hockey players: notoriously smelly equipment. While their familiarity with hockey equipment helped them identify a specific problem, subsequent research revealed a much broader issue: the need to clean products made of micro-f...Starting at €8.20
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The Canadian Police Knowledge Network
Stewart Thornhill; Edward Gamble; Peter W. Moroz; Andrew MacVaneCase IVEY-9B12M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2004, Holland College formed a not-for-profit organization with the Canadian policing community and National Research Council to create the Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN). In 2011, CPKN is Canada's leading provider of e-learning solutions for Canadian law enforcement, with more than 60,500 registered learners - including customers such as the Regina-based Royal Canadian Mounted Police and INTERPOL. To date, these learners have succes...Starting at €8.20
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Neechie Gear: Pivoting in an Aboriginal Start-up
Peter W. Moroz; Simon Parker; Edward GambleCase IVEY-9B15M049-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA young Aboriginal entrepreneur faces three major challenges to growing his lifestyle apparel business. First, he has been unable to find a trusted partner who is both competent and passionate about the venture. Second, he is spread thinly across the multiple roles involved with running and growing the business. Third, he has not yet fully tested any of the proposed business models to determine whether they will require considerable investment or...Starting at €8.20
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Cameco Corporation: Partnering with Aboriginal Communities
Peter W. Moroz; Simon Parker; Edward GambleCase IVEY-9B15M050-EStrategyThe director of corporate responsibility at Cameco Corporation, a global uranium mining company, is debating whether to engage in formal negotiations leading to a partnership with a remote First Nations community in northern Saskatchewan, and if so, how. The director knows that a partnership may be costly upfront but it might also lead to future opportunities. Keenly aware of the need to manage rapidly growing expectations within the First Nation...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Women Entrepreneurs: Pioneers of New Frontiers
Carol StephensonArticle IVEY-9B09TB13-EStrategy"Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old frontier," according to entrepreneur and author Paula Nelson. I agree. It takes courage, know-how and perseverance to launch a business and make it succeed. Fortunately for our economy, Canada is home to more than 850,000 women entrepreneurs. Their numbers have increased more than 200 percent over the past 20 years. Today, they annua...Starting at €8.20
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From the Dean: The True Meaning of Innovation
Carol StephensonArticle IVEY-9B11TB08-EStrategyBring up the topic of innovation and often the conversation will soon revolve around a cool, new gadget or an exciting start-up company with a revolutionary idea.-- If the talk is about the challenge of innovation, it usually focuses on developing something new, original and radically different. -- As the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity points out in its recent report, innovation has now become synonymous with invention, when inventi...Starting at €8.20
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From the Dean: The Role of Leadership in Managing Risk
Carol StephensonArticle IVEY-9B10TF11-EStrategy...You can't control people through policies, procedures and policing. You can only do it through a strong risk management culture and absolute integrity in all leaders. Leadership on Trial, A Manifesto for Leadership Development, p. 39, comment recorded in Montreal. This observation is one of the thousands shared by the 300 C-suite executives, who participated in a series of candid discussions spearheaded by a group of Ivey faculty over the past...Starting at €8.20
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My Path To Leadership
Carol StephensonArticle IVEY-9B11TC11-EStrategyAfter decades as a CEO and years as the Dean of the Richard Ivey School of Business, business students and other aspiring leaders often ask me what inspired me to become a leader. Was there a moment in my career when I decided that I was going to become the CEO? Did I have a boss who encouraged me or a role model that I wanted to follow? Did I have a plan - a clear path forward early on my career?Starting at €8.20
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West Paw Design: B Corp Certification and Growth
Edward Gamble; Peter W. Moroz; Simon Parker; Jackie Art; Kelli GoodyCase IVEY-9B16M193-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2016, the founder and chief executive officer of West Paw Design (WPD) was faced with a growth dilemma: how could he align WPD’s socially responsible ethos with his desire to expand business activities in the growing pet products market? Based in Bozeman, Montana, WPD developed, manufactured, and distributed pet products. The company was a certified “B Corporation,” meaning its social and environmental credentials had been verified by an exter...Starting at €8.20