Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Identifying Industries through Financial Statement Analysis: Pakistan 2017
Imran Yousaf; Zhichuan (Frank) Li; Aaqib NawazCase IVEY-9B21B012-EAccounting and Control, FinanceThis exercise provides the financial data of eight major companies operating in Pakistan in 2019 and listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. It also provides a list of eight of the country’s main industries. Identify which company operated within which industry to test your understanding of how a company’s financial data can be specific to a particular industry. Using only financial figures, can you identify within which industry each company oper...Starting at €8.20
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Identifying Industries: Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Ratio Analysis
Zhichuan (Frank) Li; Imran Yousaf; Aaqib NawazCase IVEY-W25421-EAccounting and Control, FinanceStudents were provided with the financial data for 10 major companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2019. They were also given a list of 10 major industries. As an exercise, students were then asked to identify which company operated within which industry. The exercise would test the students' understanding of how a company’s financial data can be specific to a particular industry. Using only financial figures, could the student identi...Starting at €8.20
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Belmont Abbey College: Strategy Formulation in Turbulent Times - Teaching Note
Roger Anderson; Michael A. RobertoTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M083-EStrategyTeaching Note for product 9B16M083.Starting at €0.00
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Imaam Spinning Mills: Cost of Capital of a Private Company
Aaqib Nawaz; Imran Yousaf; Zhichuan (Frank) LiCase IVEY-W34046-EAccounting and Control, FinanceOn January 2, 2018, the chief executive officer of a private company in Karachi, Pakistan, Imaam Spinning Mills (Imaam), was planning to expand the company’s product line and enter the weaving business by setting up a new weaving plant. He asked his chief financial officer to conduct a financial evaluation financial evaluation of the project. To do so, she needed to calculate the weighted average cost of capital, using the comparative method to c...Starting at €8.20
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Imaam Spinning Mills: Cost of Capital of a Private Company - Teaching Note
Aaqib Nawaz; Imran Yousaf; Zhichuan (Frank) LiTeaching Note IVEY-W34047-EAccounting and Control, FinanceTeaching note for product W34046.Starting at €0.00
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Betaspring and the Startup Accelerator Movement
Michael A. Roberto; Matthew Los KampCase IVEY-9B15M125-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBetaspring was a mentorship-driven startup accelerator program for technology and design entrepreneurs. Founded in Rhode Island in 2009, it was one of the highest-ranked and longest-operating accelerators in the United States and was notable for being headquartered outside Silicon Valley. However, debate had emerged about the value provided by accelerators, and in August 2014 Betaspring faced two crucial strategic questions. Had a bubble emerged ...Starting at €8.20
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Belmont Abbey College: Strategy Formulation in Turbulent Times
Roger Anderson; Michael A. RobertoCase IVEY-9B16M083-EStrategyBelmont Abbey College was on the verge of closing when a new president took office in the spring of 2004. Enrolment at the private liberal arts college had dropped to just over 500 students, and net revenues were insufficient to support ongoing operations. Belmont Abbey College was not alone in facing dire financial prospects, however. Higher education in general confronted an array of challenges due to dramatically escalating costs and a signifi...Starting at €8.20
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Viking River Cruises Inc.: Cruising to New Markets
Michael A. RobertoCase IVEY-W32682-EStrategyLed by iconoclastic founder and chief executive officer Torstein Hagen, Viking River Cruises, Inc. (Viking) had revolutionized river cruising and established a leading market share in that segment of the cruise travel industry. In 2022, the firm chose to enter the fast-growing expedition segment of the industry with two newly constructed ships. It faced a critical strategic question: could Viking’s proven formula in river and ocean cruising conve...Starting at €8.20
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Identifying Industries through Financial Statement Analysis: Pakistan 2017 - Teaching Note
Zhichuan (Frank) Li; Imran Yousaf; Aaqib NawazTeaching Note IVEY-8B21B012-EAccounting and Control, FinanceTeaching note for product 9B21B012.Starting at €0.00
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Cutting Your Losses: How to Avoid the Sunk Cost Trap
Michael A. RobertoArticle IVEY-9B09TF03-EStrategyIf at first you don't succeed, give up, is the road less travelled for leaders who continue to spend money on an acquisition they made -even though the acquisition is clearly not working out. But why, as this author asks, don't we actually strive to create an organizational climate that makes admitting and learning from mistakes as valued as persistence and perseverance? Below, he describes four steps that can make it easy for leaders to cut thei...Starting at €8.20