Ivey Business School (Canada)
-
Escapes Outdoor Living Designs Inc.
Michael Sider; Richard BloomfieldCase IVEY-9B14M044-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Escapes Outdoor Living Designs (Escapes) must decide what to do with his small landscaping and construction business. Escapes has been doing well, but has not had any sustainable growth over five years. The owner feels the business lacks focus and will need a good strategy in order to grow successfully. Facing problems with employee retention and shifting market opportunities, he has to perform an in-depth analysis of his current bus...Starting at €8.20
-
When There Is No Will, Is There a Way
Rajiv Agarwal; Samish DalalCase IVEY-9B13C006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case examines the mindset of a father who faces a complex situation when his adult son, who works with him in the family business in India, begins pressuring him to make a will. The father’s thought processes are revealed as he tries to understand the reasons behind his son’s motivation. The case explores the issue from the father’s point of view. It examines his hesitation to make a will and the points in favour of doing so.Starting at €8.20
-
Indian Steel Limited: Tri-Party Negotiation - The Seller (B)
Samish Dalal; Rajiv AgarwalCase IVEY-9B14C006-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case presents a role play between a buyer, seller and consultant. In January 2012, India Steel Ltd., a successful, family-owned, mid-sized steel manufacturing company headquartered in India but with agents in Europe, the United States and some parts of the Middle East, is about to enter into a negotiation to buy a steel plant owned by Swedish Steel AB, a large Swedish steel company with more than 7,000 employees working in nine production fa...Starting at €5.74
-
Pramanik Containers and the Bottleneck Challenge (A)
Rajiv AgarwalCase IVEY-9B12E014-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn 2010, a recent business graduate tries to resolve a constant bottleneck in the printing department of the family business. The two-part case discusses the issues of identifying the need for relevant information and then discusses the staff’s resistance to change and how these objections were handled and overcome. This pair of cases seeks to identify the pressures faced by small businesses, along with the task of managing the various stakeholde...Starting at €8.20
-
Marineland and the Mayor
Michael Sider; Ahn HoangCase IVEY-9B13M063-EStrategyThe mayor of one of Canada’s largest tourist destination cities has to decide how to handle the media outcry that followed a major newspaper story in which eight former staffers at the local, popular aquatic zoo accused the zoo of treating its animals with severe cruelty. His initial response was perceived by many as being too glib and favouring the marine park, which is an important source of revenue for the city. Although he is no expert on ani...Starting at €8.20
-
Greenpeace's Unfriend Coal Campaign and Facebook
Michael Sider; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M011-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyFacebook’s director of policy communications was faced with a situation caused by a YouTube video posted by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Greenpeace. This video publicly critiqued the environmental sustainability of Facebook’s decision to build a new data centre, its main objection being that the new facility would be connected to a local utility provider that supplied electricity mainly from the burning of coal, one of the largest sour...Starting at €8.20
-
Balaji Wafers Taking the Pepsi Challenge - Teaching Note
Rajiv Agarwal; Ashita AggarwalTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M145-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M145.Starting at €0.00
-
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Releasing New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening (A)
Gregory S. Zaric; Michael Sider; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M020-EStrategyIn late October 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of primary care experts, was preparing to release their updated guidelines for the use of screening mammograms, which were given to women in an attempt to detect evidence of breast cancer at a treatable stage. The new guidelines, based on rigorous scientific research and tests, now recommended routine screening starting at age 50 rather than at age 40. Th...Starting at €8.20
-
The Lac-Mégantic Disaster
Michael Sider; Mary Weil; Brian DunphyCase IVEY-9B14M040-EStrategyIn July 2013, the chairman of Montreal Maine & Atlantic Railway is facing a public outcry as well as possible bankruptcy and the revocation of his operating licence. When one of the company’s trains derailed in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, several of its cars carrying crude oil exploded. The explosions and subsequent fires destroyed the downtown core and killed several dozen people. The oil spill also contaminated the local lake and river, l...Starting at €8.20
-
Loblaw Inc. and Rana Plaza
Michael SiderCase IVEY-9B13M071-EStrategyA business professor who teaches sustainability must decide whether to sell his shares in the Canadian company, Loblaw Inc., after learning that the company produced garments for its clothing line in a Bangladeshi garment factory that collapsed, killing 1,127 workers.Starting at €8.20