Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Joseph Vigneault & The Capital Pool Company Program
Colette Southam; Jeff McDonaldCase IVEY-9B10N013-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceJoseph Vigneault and his entrepreneurial partners wanted to raise $500,000 to pursue a new venture through the purchase of a currently existing company in the $4,000,000-5,000,000 price range. A boutique investment bank introduced them to the features of the Capital Pool Company (CPC) program. Vigneault needed to decide if a CPC was an option that he and his partners should consider. He needed to consider the effect on their ownership stake in th...Starting at €8.20
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Goodwin Wealth Management: An Acquisition Opportunity
Colette Southam; Lisa ConwayCase IVEY-9B08N029-EFinanceOn November 30, 2007, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Goodwin Wealth Management (Goodwin), decided to hire a consultant to make an assessment of his current situation. Recently, several firms had expressed interest in acquiring Goodwin. The CEO knew he would have to decide whether to consider these offers or not very soon in order to avoid a hostile bidding situation. If the CEO did decide to consider an acquisition, he would have to act qui...Starting at €8.20
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Trichromatic West Inc.
Colette Southam; Amin Lalani; Dylan Haggart; Michael White; Sherif GuirgisCase IVEY-9B09N020-EFinanceThe founder of Trichromatic West Inc. (TCW) has decided that he would like to explore the possibility of selling the business he has spent the last 20 years building. The founder has asked a group of students from the Richard Ivey School of Business to help establish a benchmark valuation for TCW against which future offers can be evaluated. In addition, the founder is interested in the team's recommendation for positioning TCW for a potential sa...Starting at €8.20
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Domino’s Pizza Japan: Fortressing or Market Expansion? - Teaching Note
Paul W. Beamish; Colette Southam; Alex BeamishTeaching Note IVEY-8B21M028-EMarketing, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B21M028.Starting at €0.00
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Domino’s Pizza Enterprises (Australia): Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Colette Southam; Paul W. Beamish; Matthew WinklerCase IVEY-W25568-EFinanceOn November 4, 2020, the group chief financial officer of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited was tasked with determining the cost of capital in preparation for the corporate response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In planning for 2021, the company would need to make considerable investments throughout its franchises in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. The cost of capital would be integral to these investment decisions. In the previous year, ...Starting at €8.20
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Karatu Coffee Company in Tanzania: What Strategy Next - Teaching Note
Manuel Siegrist; Gary Bowman; Colette Southam; Paul W. BeamishTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M039-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M039.Starting at €0.00
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A Risk Versus Reward Approach to Market Research
Sheri Lambert; Sara HonovichCase IVEY-W27947-EAccounting and ControlKing’s Hawaiian Bakery, West Inc. (King’s Hawaiian), a beloved and highly regarded company, produced a line of bread products dating back to the 1950s and was inspired by a Portuguese sweet bread. The business had grown over time, adding more production facilities and expanding from Hawaii to the mainland United States in 1977. King’s Hawaiian had done minimal consumer research related to its development of new products before it hired Troy Figgi...Starting at €8.20
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Coinorb: An Initial Coin Offering to Launch A Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange - Teaching Note
Rand Low; Colette Southam; Matthew WinklerTeaching Note IVEY-W29723-EFinanceTeaching note for product W29722.Starting at €0.00
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Sustainability through Simply Good Jars
Sheri L. Lambert; Sara HonovichCase IVEY-W28631-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingFounded in 2017, Simply Good Jars (SGJ) was launched with the introduction of a unique salad-in-a-jar line of products. The founder, owner, and chief executive officer of SGJ was looking to build a ready-to-eat salad business with a mission of “making better-quality delicious food more attainable.” The SGJ brand promoted healthy, quality ingredients and sustainability. Initially, the product was tested in various locations, including vending mach...Starting at €8.20
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Soom Foods: Zooming Out for A Booming Supply Chain - Teaching Note
Neha Mittal; Sheri Lambert; Sara HonovichTeaching Note IVEY-W27964-EStrategyTeaching note for product W27963.Starting at €0.00