Ivey Business School (Canada)
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BitGold: Turning Digital Currency into Gold
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Brady BurkeCase IVEY-9B15M129-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2015, BitGold, an international savings and payments service, was undergoing the final steps towards its historic initial public offering, which would take place on Canada's TSX Venture Exchange and sought to raise between $10 million to $20 million in funding. With its blending of blockchain technology and aspects of digital currencies like bitcoin, BitGold was paving the way to the legitimation of future FinTech startups by going publi...Starting at €8.20
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Hess LNG: Responding to Community Opposition
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Chethan SrikantCase IVEY-9B16M062-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2002, a joint venture, Hess LNG, proposed a liquid natural gas import terminal in the city of Fall River, Massachusetts. The community led by the city’s mayor, who built a coalition comprising concerned citizens, non-governmental organizations, and politicians at multiple levels opposed the project. From early 2002 to June 2004, multiple issues emerged, and the opponents used various tactics to challenge their adversaries. Hess LNG's chief exe...Starting at €8.20
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A Pathway for Scotiabank's Innovation: Leveraging FinTech Partnerships
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary Weil; Ying-Ying HsiehCase IVEY-9B17M109-EStrategyIn February 2017, Scotiabank’s vice-president of digital enablement was sitting in his office at Scotiabank’s Digital Factory in downtown Toronto. He was reflecting on his recent introduction to the financial technology (fintech) company Kabbage, and on how successfully the partnership was progressing. Scotiabank’s vice-president was considering what opportunities the bank should pursue next, specifically in the area of blockchain. The Scotiabank...Starting at €8.20
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A Pathway for Scotiabank's Innovation: Leveraging FinTech Partnerships - Teaching Note
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary Weil; Ying-Ying HsiehTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M109-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M109.Starting at €0.00
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TokenFunder: Democratizing Funding and Investing with Blockchain
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Alexander LiCase IVEY-9B18M186-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTokenFunder Inc. (TokenFunder) was a Canadian blockchain start-up focused on developing a platform to help companies perform token offerings in a legal and compliant way. The Ontario Securities Commission had granted the firm a sandbox that permitted it tStarting at €8.20
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TokenFunder: Democratizing Funding and Investing with Blockchain - Teaching Note
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Alexander LiTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M186-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M186.Starting at €0.00
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The Graph: The ‘Google Search’ of the Blockchain-Powered Web?
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Kelly-Ann CoulterCase IVEY-W32684-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe co-founders of The Graph Foundation had experienced first-hand how difficult it was to create new Web3 applications without easy access to blockchain data: There was no indexing and querying software for blockchain, and developers had to find their own method for collecting and transforming data from different sources. The Graph was an indexing protocol designed to solve this issue and become the nascent "Google Search" for the metaverse. Wit...Starting at €8.20
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The Graph: The ‘Google Search’ of the Blockchain-Powered Web? - Teaching Note
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Kelly-Ann CoulterTeaching Note IVEY-W32685-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product W32684.Starting at €0.00
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Yuser: Funding Start-up Growth with Token Issuance - Teaching Note
Jungsoo Ahn; Jean-Philippe VergneTeaching Note IVEY-8B20N038-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B20N038.Starting at €0.00
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Yuser: Funding Start-up Growth with Token Issuance
Jungsoo Ahn; Jean-Philippe VergneCase IVEY-9B20N038-EFinanceYuser Inc. (Yuser) was a young Canadian start-up based in London, Ontario, and focused on developing a gamified media sharing mobile application to help connect businesses with influencers. Yuser’s co-founders had released a marketable version of their apStarting at €8.20