Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Methanex: Developing Strategy in a Commodity Industry
Daniel Shapiro; Carolyn Egri; Michael Parent; Adam J. MillsCase IVEY-9B13M066-EStrategyMethanex, the world’s largest producer of methanol, was a $2.5 billion global company based in Canada. Top management at Methanex undertook a quarterly risk review that included a systematic review of corporate strategy and the competitive landscape in the methanol industry. The review’s primary objective was to identify organizational risks and opportunities and to develop appropriate strategic responses for both short-term profits and long-term...Starting at €8.20
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Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited — Governance Failure
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B08M068-EStrategyThe Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited (CSIBL) was the largest investment bank quoted on all the stock exchanges in Pakistan, so when it declared a huge loss of Rs2.1 billion (US$35.5 million) for the year December 31, 2005, the market was taken by surprise. There had been some rumours that all was not well and that the investment banking regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), had sent a team to investigate the a...Starting at €8.20
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Pak Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO) - Management of Circular Debt
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B11M047-EFinance, StrategyThis case describes how significant debt was built up in Pakistan among the private- and public-sector energy and power-generation companies, which were some of the country’s largest organizations. An unexpected slowdown in recovery of payments created debt that affected corporate business operations and the Pakistani economy as a whole. The case discusses the energy and power sectors, along with the reasons for the circular debt. The Pakistani g...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Exam Irregularities in an MBA Program
David Hannah; Sarah Lord Ferguson; Michael ParentCase IVEY-9B19C005-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late September 2014, students in the Arnold School of Business (Arnold) full-time MBA program wrote an open-book managerial accounting exam. Immediately after the exam, one of the students, who was also vice-president academic of the Graduate Business Students Association (GBSA), was informed by a classmate that some students accessed the Internet for solutions during the exam. The GBSA representative knew she had to do something but was unsur...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Exam Irregularities in an MBA Program - Teaching Note
David Hannah; Sarah Lord Ferguson; Michael ParentTeaching Note IVEY-8B19C005-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for products 9B19C005 and 9B19C006.Starting at €0.00
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WaterCo Customer Information and Billing System (A) & (B) - Teaching Note
Michael ParentTeaching Note IVEY-8B16E003-ETeaching note for products 9B16E003 and 9B168E004.Starting at €0.00
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PharmaCo: Inject 5-Malware Infection
Michael Parent; Greg Murray; Sundeep SandhuCase IVEY-9B20M058-EStrategyAdditional Supplement to accompany 9B20M058.Starting at €8.20
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PharmaCo: Inject 2-Email Theft
Michael Parent; Greg Murray; Sundeep SandhuCase IVEY-9B20M055-EStrategyAdditional Supplement to accompany 9B20M053.Starting at €8.20
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PharmaCo: Inject 3-Phi Theft
Michael Parent; Greg Murray; Sundeep SandhuCase IVEY-9B20M056-EStrategyAdditional Supplement to accompany product 9B20M053.Starting at €8.20
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Pak Elektron Limited: Converting Systems to ERP
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B12E002-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyPak Elektron Limited was a prominent manufacturer of consumer home appliances, large distribution and power transformers, and switch gears for power companies in Pakistan. From 2007, the company had started the process of changing the information systems of the company. These systems had become outdated as Microsoft withdrew its support of Visual FoxPro, the platform on which all systems had been developed. The company decided that a Tier 1 ERP (...Starting at €8.20