Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Internationalization of Logset Oy
Bonita Russell; Cory IsaacsCase IVEY-9B17M175-EStrategyLogset Oy (Logset) was a privately held, specialized forest-machine manufacturing firm in Koivulahti, Finland. The firm had a strong presence in Europe but not in North America. Canada, with 42 per cent of its land mass covered by forest, was an appealing market, although 15 years of effort had not resulted in any appreciable increase in sales there. Logset had a strong dealer network in Ontario and Quebec. However, efforts to recruit a dealer fo...Starting at €8.20
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Junkkari Oy: Growing the Wood-Chipper Business - Teaching Note
Bonita Russell; Cory IsaacsTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M131-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M131.Starting at €0.00
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ServiceForce: Scaling up Financing
Hitesh J Shukla; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B13N019-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe founder of ServiceForce, a company that provides repair and maintenance for motorized two-wheel vehicles in India, has a dilemma about whether he should sell the rights of his franchisee business, join hands with a venture capitalist, borrow money for capacity building or see the business grow through franchising. The start-up was initiated with his own money and family investment. A mere 18 months has shown great success with two service sta...Starting at €8.20
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Tella Oy: Nordic Boutique or Finnish Global Enterprise - Teaching Note
Bonita Russell; Cory Isaacs; Oscar RuelasTeaching Note IVEY-8B21M023-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B21M023.Starting at €0.00
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Tella Oy: Nordic Boutique or Finnish Global Enterprise
Bonita Russell; Cory Isaacs; Oscar RuelasCase IVEY-9B21M023-EStrategyIn 2020, the chief executive officer of Tella Oy, a small Finnish hat-making firm, wanted to achieve €2 million in turnover. She had been pursuing a regional growth strategy with some success since 2016, when she had founded the business after acquiring the long-established family firm. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the firm had abandoned its internationalization plans and began fabricating personal protective clothing. When the chief ...Starting at €8.20
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The Future of Oy Moomin Characters Ltd.
Bonita Russell; Cory IsaacsCase IVEY-9B14M088-EStrategyThe chief executive officer of Oy Moomin Characters Ltd. (Oy Moomin) had dramatically increased revenues since he joined the firm, but breaking into the major markets of the world, including the United States, was proving to be quite difficult. The firm’s long-standing relationship with its master agent, Bull’s Press of Sweden, had given the firm a dominant presence in the Nordic region and Japan but little presence elsewhere. He must consider hi...Starting at €8.20
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Nilco Pvt. Limited — The Technology Selection Process (A)
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B14M068-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2009, since the introduction of liberal economic policies by the government of India in 1991, many Indian companies manufacturing leather cloth were closing down due to cheap imports from China and Taiwan. There had been no new investment or expansion in this field at all. In such a business environment and against the advice of many trade analysts, the chief executive officer of Northern India Leather Cloth Manufacturing Company Pvt. Ltd., ba...Starting at €8.20
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Namo Alloys Pvt. Ltd. - A Drive to Sustainable Investment Decision
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B13D022-EService and Operations ManagementNamo Alloys, a medium-size, secondary-metal manufacturing firm, is seeking to expand by investing in new technology. The co-founder’s challenge is to select a technology that aligns with the company’s sustainable manufacturing philosophy by creating not only economic value but also sustainable societal and environmental values that will ensure triple bottom line value creation for all company stakeholders.Starting at €8.20
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Nilco Pvt. Limited — The Technology Selection Process (B)
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B14M069-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn this, the B case, the chief executive officer wonders how to enlist and prioritize important qualitative factors, along with financial factors in evaluating the shortlisted technologies from which he must choose. He consults a leading industrial pundit for his advice on multi-criteria decision-making techniques used by many practitioners in industry. They decide to use the analytic hierarchy process methodology, which had gained huge popularit...Starting at €5.74
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Harsh Electricals: Analyzing Cost in Search of Profit - Teaching Note
Rahul Pramani; Ashutosh DashTeaching Note IVEY-8B19B003-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B19B003.Starting at €0.00