Ivey Business School (Canada)
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LIDL: A German Grocer in the United States
Lubna Nafees; Neel Das; Mokhalles MehdiCase IVEY-9B19A007-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2017, the German grocery chain Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Lidl) opened its first 20 U.S. stores in the southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Key target segments of Lidl were budget-conscious customers, middle-class families with children, and elderly customers on a fixed income. Lidl offered lower prices than its competitors and quickly gained a strong advantage in the marketplace. Despite high early consumer demand, ho...Starting at €8.20
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ExtraCarbon: Working for a Cleaner Future
Rakesh Gupta; Lubna Nafees; Saumyajit GuhaCase IVEY-9B20M044-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyExtraCarbon was a company focused on the sorting stage of India’s unorganized waste management industry. The company was founded in 2013 with owners’ capital and some investments from friends and family. In October 2018, one of these friend investors expressed a desire to exit the venture. Although ExtraCarbon had made steady progress since its founding, the company did not have enough money to buy out the investor’s stake, and the company’s valu...Starting at €8.20
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Global Metal Company: The Challenges of Scaling Up in the Unorganized Sector - Teaching Note
Lubna Nafees; Rakesh GuptaTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M025-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M025.Starting at €0.00
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Project Sparrow: Applying Costing Methods
Ian Dunn; Kaitlyn OhCase IVEY-9B21B003-EAccounting and ControlIn 2019, the pricing manager at the US manufacturing facility for Sparrow GmbH (Sparrow), a chemical manufacturer based in Germany, asked the project manager at Roland Berger, a global management consulting firm, to provide her opinion on the pricing for Sparrow’s bid on a basic chemicals contract with Impendium Chemicals. The basic chemicals industry was a highly competitive and commoditized environment; as a result, pricing decisions with respe...Starting at €8.20
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BeanCountr Inc.: A Financing and Investing Exercise
Ian Dunn; Kaitlyn OhExercise IVEY-9B21B006-EAccounting and ControlIn April 2020, the owner and founder of BeanCountr Inc. was reviewing her company’s financial performance for its third fiscal year. The company was a financial technology start-up located in London, Ontario, Canada. The owner had already reviewed the company’s operating decisions over the past fiscal year, which ended March 31, 2020. She was now eager to review the company’s financing and investing transactions.Starting at €8.20
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Pharmeasy: Expansion Dilemma Amidst Regulatory Uncertainties
Rakesh Gupta; Lubna NafeesCase IVEY-9B20M090-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe two co-founders of PharmEasy, an online medical store and pharmacy website launched in 2015, faced a new challenge in December 2018. Recent judgments by the Madras and Delhi High Courts had suspended the operations of India’s more than 250 online pharStarting at €8.20
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LIDL: A German Grocer in The United States - Teaching Note
Lubna Nafees; Neel Das; Mokhalles MehdiTeaching Note IVEY-8B19A007-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B19A007.Starting at €0.00
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ExtraCarbon: Working for a Cleaner Future - Teaching Note
Rakesh Gupta; Lubna Nafees; Saumyajit GuhaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M044-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M044.Starting at €0.00
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BeanCountr Inc.: A Financing and Investing Exercise - Teaching Note
Ian Dunn; Kaitlyn OhTeaching Note IVEY-8B21B006-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B21B006.Starting at €0.00
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Equability by Jen Candle Company: A Manufacturing Inventory Exercise
Ian Dunn; Kaitlyn OhCase IVEY-9B21B005-EAccounting and ControlIn November 2020, the owner of Tranquility by Jen Candle Company located in Canmore, Alberta, Canada, was reviewing her company’s financial performance for its third fiscal year. The company was a candle manufacturer located in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. The owner had gathered the company’s statement of financial position for fiscal year 2018–19, the list of cash receipts and disbursements for 2019–20, and various related miscellaneous information...Starting at €8.20