Ivey Business School (Canada)
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To Brew or Not to Brew: The Corkford Brewery Acquisition
Mary Gillett; Chris Sturby; Brittney MacKinnonCase IVEY-9B19B007-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipIn 2017, the president and co-owner of MacKinnon Industries was considering the opportunity to diversify his business and bring a former family business back into the MacKinnon family. With an extensive background in acquiring and managing manufacturing bStarting at €8.20
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To Brew or Not to Brew: The Corkford Brewery Acquisition - Teaching Note
Mary Gillett; Chris Sturby; Brittney MacKinnonTeaching Note IVEY-8B19B007-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B19B007.Starting at €0.00
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Stewarding the Soil: An Ontario Farmer’s Quest for Regenerative Agricultural Practices
Wren Montgomery; Pratima Bansal; Melanie Issett; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B20M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBlake Vince is a fifth-generation farmer who adheres to seemingly unconventional farming techniques. Most farmers in southwestern Ontario use conventional industrial farming methods such as tilling their fields, relying on pesticides and fertilizers, and monocropping (i.e., planting the same crops on the same plot of land year after year). Vince, however, embraces more regenerative agricultural practices (such as no-till farming, wherein the top ...Starting at €8.20
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Maple Leaf Foods (B): Employees
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M176-EStrategySupplement to 9B20M174.Starting at €5.74
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Maple Leaf Foods (C): Shareholders
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M177-EStrategySupplement to 9B20M174.Starting at €5.74
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Maple Leaf Foods (D): Supply Chain
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M178-EStrategySupplement to 9B20M174.Starting at €5.74
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Loblaw and Shoppers Drug Mart
Mary Gillett; Chris Sturby; Leanne BowdenCase IVEY-9B14B003-EAccounting and ControlIn mid-2013, the executive chairman of Loblaw Companies Ltd. was considering whether it was in his company’s best interest to acquire Shoppers Drug Mart. In December 2012, Loblaw had announced a proposal to create a real estate investment trust to which it would initially transfer approximately 75 per cent of its substantial real estate holdings, thus unlocking value for its shareholders. At the same time, Shoppers’ shares were trading at an hist...Starting at €8.20
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Artis REIT — Accounting for Investment Properties Under IFRS
Chris SturbyCase IVEY-9B11B015-EAccounting and ControlThe CFO of Artis REIT, a publicly traded real estate investment trust in Canada, must decide how to account for investment properties as the trust adopts international financial reporting standards (IFRS). While the CFO must choose between historical cost and fair value accounting, additional issues arise regarding how the standard should be implemented and the level of disclosure that the trust should issue. The CFO must consider all of the rele...Starting at €8.20
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Spotify: Facing the Protestors’ Music
Yan Castaldo; Michael Sawers; Jacob Tawil; Osmaan Dawood; Kyle Punnett; Wren MontgomeryCase IVEY-W26296-EStrategySpotify Technology S.A. (Spotify) was facing significant problems with public relations due to artists’ claims of poor treatment. They had accused Spotify of underpaying artists, obscuring its business practices, and being overly litigious. The objections reached a critical point with a union of creatives, the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW), submitting a petition to Spotify and on March 15, 2021, protesting at its global offices. Sp...Starting at €8.20
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Maple Leaf Foods (A): Consumers
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M175-EStrategySupplement to 9B20M174.Starting at €8.20