Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Cenabal (C)
Stewart Thornhill; Jane GravillCase IVEY-9B08M022-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Cenabal, an organic salad dressing and bread dipping company, had obtained the funds her company required. Now, she faced the decision of how to spend the money. Some of the possibilities included expanding the product line, entering the U.S. market, or improving the distribution channels. Naturally, each of these choices had advantages and disadvantages that she must consider. This is the last supplement that follows Cenabal (A) and...Starting at €5.74
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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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epost: Evolving an Online Business
Deborah Compeau; Jane GravillCase IVEY-9B07E001-EInformation TechnologiesThe chief executive officer (CEO) of epost is preparing for a meeting with his successor. Epost, a division of Canada Post, is in a transition and many decisions will need to be made by the successor. With the introduction of the Internet, people are using regular postal services less frequently. Epost was created to generate revenue and to provide customers the ease of paying bills electronically. In 2004, epost acquired its competitor, Webdoxs....Starting at €8.20
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Waterloo Regional Police Services: The CIMS Project (B)
Jane Gravill; Deborah CompeauCase IVEY-9B07E008-EInformation TechnologiesThe chief of the Waterloo Regional Police Service was again faced with a crisis in the ongoing development of the CIMS project. It was early 2005 and he found himself again debating the future of this increasingly time-consuming and expensive project. Complicating matters now, however, was the fact that several of his partner organizations in CIMS wanted to go live with those portions of the software which had been delivered from the vendor. Thes...Starting at €5.74
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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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Waterloo Regional Police Services: The CIMS Project (C)
Jane Gravill; Deborah CompeauCase IVEY-9B07E009-EInformation TechnologiesThe chief of the Waterloo Regional Police Services (WRPS) found himself preparing for an important board meeting to discuss the fate of the CIMS project. Earlier that year he had recommended that the contract with ITG be cancelled and negotiations toward this end were proceeding. Now the chief was faced with the task of recommending an alternative vendor and approach for completing this important project. WRPS needed to install a suitable compute...Starting at €5.74
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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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Cenabal (B)
Stewart Thornhill; Jane GravillCase IVEY-9B08M021-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Cenabal, an organic salad dressing and bread dipping company, had received an offer from two investors on the television show The Dragon's Den. The show's premise of all or nothing did not leave room for negotiating terms. Now as she carefully read the contract, she considered whether she was willing to sign it. This supplement follows Cenabal (A). The supplement Cenabal (C) looks at subsequent events.Starting at €5.74
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SPARK Schools: Kindling Innovation in South Africa's Primary Schools - Teaching Note
Margaret Sutherland; Jeff Yu-Jen ChenTeaching Note IVEY-8B16C002-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B16C002.Starting at €0.00