Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited: Talent Management
Albert Wöcke; Hayley PearsonCase IVEY-9B20M160-EStrategyIn October 2019, the interim chief executive officer of Air Traffic and Navigation Services SOC Limited (ATNS) in South Africa faced a dilemma regarding talent management. ATNS’s talent pipeline was unbalanced, and there was insufficient progression intoStarting at €8.20
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Google Play Store in India: Playing with Networks - Teaching Note
Tulsi JayakumarTeaching Note IVEY-8B21M044-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B21M044.Starting at €0.00
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iD Fresh Food: Scripting a Fresh Story
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B21M047-EEconomics, StrategyIn May 2020, amid the lockdown in India brought about by COVID-19, P. C. Musthafa, chief executive officer of iD Fresh Food (iD), a food company located in Bengaluru, India, was preparing for a virtual meeting with his co-founders. The company offered customers the value proposition of “freshness” and operated in the ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat segments. iD’s flagship product was batter for preparing idlis and dosas, which were popular Indian ...Starting at €8.20
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Inverroche Gin: Taking African Sophistication Global
Albert Wöcke; Danie PetzerCase IVEY-9B19M009-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Inverroche Distillery established a viable business incorporating fynbos, the unique flora growing around the remote community of Still Bay, South Africa, into her premium gins. She grew Inverroche Distillery into the dominant brand in the artisanal gin segment of the South African gin market and beyond. In 2018, she was facing key decisions about taking her business forward. Should she grow Inverroche Distillery by actively focusing...Starting at €8.20
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Post-Truth or Social Justice: Serge Belamant and Cash Paymaster Services in South Africa - Teaching Note
Albert Wöcke; Morris MthombeniTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M086-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M086.Starting at €0.00
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McKinsey & Company: Facilitating Bribery in South Africa - Teaching Note
Morris Mthombeni; Albert Wöcke; Alvaro Cuervo-CazurraTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M145-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M145.Starting at €0.00
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Sony Corporation’s Aibo: An Intelligent Decision
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B18M036-EStrategyIn November 2017, the chief executive officer of Sony Corporation was preparing to announce the company’s release of its rebooted robo-pup, the Aibo—a robot equipped with sensors and actuator technologies, and powered by artificial intelligence that allowed this virtual pet to behave like a real dog. Sony Corporation, the 70-year-old iconic Japanese manufacturing company, had diverse businesses. After significant restructuring since 1999 to addre...Starting at €8.20
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Mismanagement of Fiscal Policy: Greece's Achilles' Heel
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B17M142-EStrategyIn December 2016, the debt-stricken Greek government announced the distribution of a sizeable “Christmas gift” to its low-income pensioners, a one-time bonus that would cost the government €617 million. This cost was in addition to suspending increases in the value-added tax on some Greek islands. These plans were in clear violation of the terms of a bailout provided to Greece by Eurozone nations in 2015, which required Greece to implement auster...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Unilever Ltd.: Creating Shared Value in a VUCA World
Tulsi JayakumarCase IVEY-9B13M129-EStrategyHindustan Unilever Ltd. can trace its current-day profitable business operations in its Doom Dooma factory in the conflict-ridden northeastern state of Assam (India) to its proactive corporate responsibility initiatives since the start of its operations. A spurt in sales in the personal care segment has led the company to consider capacity expansion. The company needs to decide whether to continue to invest in Assam despite three challenges: oper...Starting at €8.20
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Sudarshan Chemicals India: Crowd-sourcing for Corporate Sustainability
Tulsi Jayakumar; Nilotpal Ray; Divya Mulanjur; Debopam Basu; Gayatri PatkarCase IVEY-9B14M065-EStrategySudarshan Chemicals Industries is a top player in the Indian chemicals industry. This case traces the remodelling of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, both along scientific lines and aligned to its core business strategy. Faced with an informal and unstructured CSR initiative, the company uses an innovative method of problem-solving – crowd-sourcing ideas from a top business school in India. A team of students assesses the sit...Starting at €8.20