Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Maersk’s Non-Market Strategy Towards State-Owned Chinese Rivals
Bent Petersen; Toshimitsu Ueta; Mathias Sandholt Knauf; Anna Boysen LauritsenCase IVEY-W25258-EStrategyAfter the 2008–09 financial crisis, the Chinese shipping industry grew markedly and took on a more dominant role in global shipping. As a result, it was felt by some that China’s state-driven economic model had possibly created an unequal playing field. Under the political agenda of the Belt and Road Initiative, specifically the Maritime Silk Road, Chinese state-owned enterprises acquired strategic infrastructure assets, establishing a global net...Starting at €8.20
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Maersk’s Non-Market Strategy Towards State-Owned Chinese Rivals - Teaching Note
Bent Petersen; Toshimitsu Ueta; Mathias Sandholt Knauf; Anna Boysen LauritsenTeaching Note IVEY-W25259-EStrategyTeaching note for product W25258.Starting at €0.00
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Carlsberg Breweries A/S: Facing Political Risk in Russia
Klaus Meyer; Bent PetersenCase IVEY-W28541-EKnowledge and Communication, StrategyCarlsberg Breweries A/S (Carlsberg) had developed from a local to a global player in the brewing industry, having focused on growth in emerging economies in Europe and Asia. This growth path was against the background of economic transition and political change in Russia—from optimism about opportunities in the new market economy in the 1990s, to increasing regulatory obstacles, political authoritarianism, and increasing local competition in the ...Starting at €8.20
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SAP: The Challenge of Aligning Sourcing and Innovation Strategies
Bent Petersen; Dominique Nikerle-Uhthoff; Helen SchwaerzlerCase IVEY-9B14M101-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2011, SAP, the German leader in the enterprise software industry, announced a major investment plan for expanding in China and also acquired a leading American firm in cloud-based human capital management software. At first glance, these investments seemed rather unconnected. A closer look at SAP’s strategy, however, revealed a closely connected and coordinated network of strategic decisions and investments for which alignment and finding...Starting at €8.20
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Arthur Hill & Company Realty Services
Peter C. Bell; Srinivas KrishnamoorthyCase IVEY-9B09E012-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThe chief leasing officer (CLO) of Arthur Hill & Company was preparing Sunrise Atrium (a commercial property currently in the company's portfolio) for sale. Currently, many of the tenants of the building had signed long-term leases that still had time to run but were significantly below market rates. The CLO believed that the majority of potential buyers of Sunrise Atrium would use the cap rate method of valuation, which made the future net opera...Starting at €8.20
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ISS & Nordea: Facility Management in the Nordic Region
Torben Pedersen; Bent PetersenCase IVEY-9B12D005-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyNordea Bank had emerged as the largest financial group in the Nordic region. As part of its consolidated approach, Nordea’s top management had made the strategic decision to outsource a number of the company’s peripheral activities, such as catering, security, and cleaning, in order to focus on the core business of banking. In Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, some services had been outsourced to one of the leaders in the facility management (FM) mar...Starting at €8.20
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Pinpoint Consulting — Credit Card Portfolio Valuation
Srinivas Krishnamoorthy; Devin ChetanCase IVEY-9B11E032-ECorporate Governance, Finance, StrategyPinpoint Consulting, a multi-billion dollar strategy consulting firm, has been hired by Dart Financial Corporation to provide advice on the potential acquisition of a credit card portfolio. An analyst has the task of building a model and making recommendations. The price is set at $60 million and the analyst must assess whether the portfolio is an attractive opportunity and a suitable fit for Dart Financial.Starting at €8.20
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Glitz Investments
Shelly Bajaj; Sean Bandyopadhyay; Srinivas Krishnamoorthy; Kyle MacleanCase IVEY-9B19E013-EDecision Analysis, StrategyAn investment manager at Glitz Investments, a firm based in the United States with a focus on the entertainment industry, wanted to identify potential blockbuster movies in the Indian film industry for the firm’s potential investment purposes. The investment manager received a report compiled by analysts at the firm indicating that Bollywood would be an attractive industry for investment. The firm’s analysts had collected data but could the manag...Starting at €8.20
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The Fab Four of Tennis
Srinivas Krishnamoorthy; Jonathan PintoCase IVEY-9B13E022-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIn recent years, men’s tennis has been dominated by Roger Federer, Rafeal Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. The question is whether their performance depends on the type of court surface.Starting at €8.20