Ivey Business School (Canada)
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FNB codeFest: Fostering Corporate Innovation through In-House Hackathons
Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Caren ScheepersCase IVEY-9B19M030-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyPeter Alkema, chief information officer of Business Banking at First National Bank in Johannesburg, was puzzling over ways to ensure that codeFest, the event he had inaugurated, would continue to thrive beyond 2018 without his direct involvement. His brainchild had begun in 2015 as a one-day hackathon with 100 participants. Three years later, it had grown to become a six-day coding and innovation extravaganza. Now, in May 2018, Alkema wondered wh...Starting at €8.20
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Westshore Terminals Investment Corporation: The Discovery of a Value Investing Idea - Teaching Note
George Athanassakos; Filippo IulianiTeaching Note IVEY-W23177-EFinanceTeaching note for product W23175.Starting at €0.00
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Fundrr: Growth through Resourcefulness - Teaching Note
Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Cara Bouwer; Given RamadzangaTeaching Note IVEY-W28452-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product W28451.Starting at €0.00
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McKesson Corporation: Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry - Teaching Note
George Athanassakos; Woojin Lee; Andy Seo; Derek Kang; Ton BuiTeaching Note IVEY-8B20N017-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B20N017.Starting at €0.00
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McKesson Corporation: Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry
George Athanassakos; Woojin Lee; Andy Seo; Derek Kang; Ton BuiCase IVEY-9B20N017-EFinance, StrategyOn October 27, 2017, the share price of McKesson Corporation and two other major US pharmaceutical distributors dropped by 7–12 per cent over only a few days. The stock price drop was fuelled by reports that Amazon Inc. had quietly acquired wholesales phaStarting at €8.20
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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE: Leading Digital Innovation with Cross-Functional Smart Evolution - Teaching Note
Caren Scheepers; Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Nobuhle NkosiTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M154-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M154.Starting at €0.00
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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE: Digital Innovation of Cross-Functional Smart Evolution
Caren Scheepers; Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Nobuhle NkosiCase IVEY-9B20M154-EStrategyIn mid-2019, the chief regions and markets officer of the Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) insurance company was wondering how to grow the company’s innovation culture, and how to manage resistance from other areas of the business. AGCS wasStarting at €8.20
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HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc.
George Athanassakos; Kamil Janczyk; Grzegorz ZebrowskiCase IVEY-9B11N006-EFinance, StrategyA junior investment analyst at Maple Toronto Fund (the Fund), a “deep-value shop” whose main strategy was to invest in deeply undervalued businesses, was screening hundreds of small-cap stocks and came across HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc. (HQS), an aquaculture and aquatic product processing company that operated in two product segments in China. A quick look at HQS’s financials suggested to the junior investment analyst that he had foun...Starting at €8.20
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Harley-Davidson Inc.
George Athanassakos; Reyer Barel; Saj KarsanCase IVEY-9B08N021-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe founders of BarKar, an investment company, are considering whether to invest in Harley-Davidson Inc. BarKar is a value-oriented investment company in Vancouver, B.C., Canada that specializes in identifying and investing in companies trading at more than a one-third discount to their intrinsic value. In order to reach a decision, the founders have to look at the financials and carry out a strategic analysis to determine the intrinsic value of ...Starting at €8.20
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La-Z-Boy
George Athanassakos; Muhammad Fuad FarooqiCase IVEY-9B08N022-EFinanceIn September, 2005 an investment analyst had recommended to the investment committee of Optimal Funds (the Fund) to invest $10 million in La-Z-Boy, in addition to the $20 million that the Fund had already invested. The analyst believed La-Z-Boy represented strong value yet, having only been on the job less than one year, he knew that he needed to provide sound judgment and analysis to convince the investment committee and to maintain his credibil...Starting at €8.20