Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Sun Life Financial: A Potential Indian Life Insurance Joint Venture
Stephen R. Foerster; Tony S. Frost; Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Sun Life Financial: Planning for the Future, product 9B07M045, hones in on Sun Life's decision to re-enter the Indian insurance market.Starting at €8.20
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Pennycook Power Boats: Considering an Offer to Sell the Firm (B)
Eric Morse; Ken Mark; David KennedyCase IVEY-9B16M164-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySupplement for product 9B16M163.Starting at €5.74
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Fortis Inc. and the $11.8 Billion ITC Decision - Teaching Note
Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M020-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M020.Starting at €0.00
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StarTech.com: Globalizing Hard-to-Find Made Easy
Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B13M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe co-founder and CEO of StarTech.com is reviewing his firm’s strategic plan, including an aggressive target of $150 million in sales in three years. To achieve this goal, the company needs to leverage its knowledge to develop a meaningful presence in Europe. The challenge is to identify the best way to go to market, given country and regional differences in how people buy computer parts. The company can capitalize on several favourable trends: ...Starting at €8.20
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Hillberg & Berk: Aiming to Sparkle in the Designer Jewellery Business
W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardCase IVEY-9B17M040-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFounded by an entrepreneur in 2007, Hillberg & Berk was a successful Canadian company in the affordable designer jewellery industry. After being funded through the Dragons’ Den television show in 2009, the entrepreneur and her team grew the company to achieving more than $10 million in annual sales. The company had focused its growth in its home province of Saskatchewan and into the neighbouring province of Alberta, but in late 2016, it faced a t...Starting at €8.20
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Femu Advertising: The Expansion Opportunity
Cathy Chen; Eric MorseCase IVEY-9B17M083-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2016, a business student from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was considering expanding his print advertising business, which he had been operating out of his home for the past five years. He was about to graduate from the School of Commerce at Addis Ababa University, and he needed to put together an action plan for his company’s potential expansion. His options were: (1) continue operating his business as is; (2) invest in an office location and m...Starting at €8.20
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EvelineCharles: Sizing Up Opportunities
Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10M045-EStrategyEveline Charles, the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of EvelineCharles (a chain of upscale salon and spas focused in western Canada) was planning the next growth phase of her company. It was currently well positioned for growth: it had nine locations, a 26,000-square foot training facility, a warehouse and its own line of over 1,800 different spa and salon products. Despite these advantages, EvelineCharles was a small company and the CE...Starting at €8.20
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Alsea: A New CEO Comes on Board - Teaching Note
Jose Antonio Davila; Ernesto Bolio; Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M112-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M112.Starting at €0.00
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Fortis Inc. and the $11.8 Billion ITC Decision
Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardCase IVEY-9B18M020-EStrategyIn late 2015, the executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Fortis, Inc., a homegrown energy delivery company based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, was preparing to meet with the company’s leadership committee. On the agenda was whether Fortis should make an offer to acquire ITC Holdings Corporation, the largest independent transmission utility in the United States. Fortis had a proven track record of acquiring regulated u...Starting at €8.20
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Sun Life Financial: Planning for the Future
Stephen R. Foerster; Tony S. Frost; Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M045-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe Sun Life Financial cases allow students to take a cross-enterprise leadership approach in examining Sun Life's effort to re-enter the Indian insurance market. Set in March 1999, a vice-president in Sun Life's international team is looking at international expansion options. In its domestic market, Sun Life, relative to its peers, has had below average financial performance. With the domestic insurers demutualizing (i.e. converting from a poli...Starting at €8.20