Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Singapore Post Ltd.: Recurrent Service Failures - Teaching Note
Thompson S.H. Teo; Jitao Chen; Felicia, Li Peng Lim; Yu Zhen Goh; Qian Bing Lim; Pei Yi Lee; Shi Khin Tan; Vanessa Jia Hui KwaTeaching Note IVEY-8B19D021-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19D021.Starting at €0.00
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LHSC Multi-Organ Transplant Program: Pooling Ontario's Kidney Transplant Wait-Lists
Fredrik Odegaard; Felipe RodriguesCase IVEY-9B18E020-EDecision AnalysisIn 2017, wait times for kidney transplants in Ontario were getting out of hand. While patients from London Health Sciences Centre’s kidney transplant program in London, Ontario, had a reasonable wait of approximately one year, patients in Toronto's kidney transplant program waited almost four years. In an attempt to improve the overall wait times for all Ontario patients, the provincial Ministry of Health intended to merge the two currently indep...Starting at €8.20
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LHSC Multi-Organ Transplant Program: Pooling Ontario's Kidney Transplant Wait-Lists - Teaching Note
Fredrik Odegaard; Felipe RodriguesTeaching Note IVEY-8B18E020-EDecision AnalysisTeaching note for product 9B18E020.Starting at €0.00
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Uber(US): The Push for Autonomous Vehicles
Thompson S.H. Teo; Vivien K.G. LimCase IVEY-9B20D022-EService and Operations Management, StrategySince early 2015, Uber had been investing heavily in research and development for its autonomous vehicles to revolutionize the ride-hailing industry and provide better ways of competing and fulfilling its promise of profitability to investors. Constant inStarting at €8.20
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Korean Air: The Nut Rage Incident
Thompson S.H. Teo; Mei Jie ZhaoCase IVEY-9B15D017-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn December 2014, after receiving poor service on a flight, a senior vice president at Korean Air lashed out at the flight attendants and delayed the flight’s departure until the chief attendant was returned to the gate. Following a tepid apology from her father, Korean Air’s chief executive officer, her actions drew a public backlash because they exposed the sense of entitlement prevalent among rich family conglomerates in South Korea. How shoul...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver General Hospital (A): Improving Porter Efficiency
Fredrik Odegaard; Ryan MetcalfCase IVEY-9B09E017-ECorporate GovernanceThe head of Patient Escort Services for Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) had to determine the best approach to improve efficiency of the hospital's porter system. Porters represented a vital part of various hospital processes, facilitating timely flow of patients, equipment and materials throughout the hospital. Recently, VGH had experienced incidents in which the capacity of the porters was insufficient to meet the demands of the hospital and, d...Starting at €8.20
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Student Plays Fantasy Hockey (A)
Fredrik Odegaard; Chris Engelking; Linden Head; Matthew Rabson; Mike SharpCase IVEY-9B10E017-ECorporate GovernanceA student is trying to incorporate various analytical tools to assist in selecting National Hockey League (NHL) players for a fantasy hockey pool, using individual player data from the 2006-2009 NHL seasons. The student must come up with a strategy in which 16 players are selected for the 2010 season.Starting at €8.20
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Pricing at Vocram Airways (A)
Fredrik Odegaard; John G. WilsonCase IVEY-9B13E013-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipIn 2010, the owner of a small air-passenger firm transports individuals and small groups to remote waterfront regions. The business serves two types of customers: private and public. The private customers can afford to pay more, while the public customers’ budget constraints limit what they can pay. The owner wants to set a single price that will maximize his expected revenue across both customer groups. A constraining factor is the plane’s limit...Starting at €8.20
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Toronto Rehab
Peter C. Bell; Fredrik OdegaardCase IVEY-9B09E016-ECorporate GovernanceDue to continued budget shortfalls the project manager for the Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Program at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute needed to provide proposals for immediate cost-saving measures. One of these measures included how to schedule the nursing staff. The problem involved meeting certain occupancy target levels while ensuring a minimum number and correct mix of available nurses.Starting at €8.20
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Pricing at Vocram Airways (B)
Fredrik Odegaard; John G. WilsonCase IVEY-9B13E014-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThis is a supplement to 9B13E013.Starting at €5.74