Ivey Business School (Canada)
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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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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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Bed Bath & Beyond: Is Online the Solution
Wolfgang Messner; Suzanne Ducker; Katherine C. WilsonCase IVEY-9B19M105-EStrategyBed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY) was founded in 1971 and focused on retailing items for customers’ “home and heart” life events, such as weddings, births, and moves. By the end of 2017, the company had over 1,530 stores distributed in the United States, PuerStarting at €8.20
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Cognizant: Recovering from a Bribery Scandal in India
Wolfgang Messner; Jeremy P MartinezCase IVEY-9B20C029-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn February 2019, Cognizant Technology Solutions (Cognizant), an American information technology (IT) outsourcing company, was ordered to pay a total of US$28 million in penalties to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Department of JusStarting at €8.20
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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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Daimler China: Facing a Media Firestorm
Wolfgang Messner; Hyo Jin YoonCase IVEY-9B18C012-EThe chief executive officer of Daimler Trucks and Buses China Ltd. was on an expatriate assignment in China. In November 2016, he faced a discomforting situation that could bring an abrupt halt to his career; an unfortunate incident in which he lost his temper led to fierce outrage in local Chinese and worldwide media. The media reaction threatened China’s prominence as a major source of revenue for Daimler, and sent Daimler’s share price on a do...Starting at €8.20
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Cognizant: Recovering from a Bribery Scandal in India - Teaching Note
Wolfgang Messner; Jeremy P MartinezTeaching Note IVEY-8B20C029-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20C029.Starting at €0.00
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Waterloo Regional Police Services: Reassessing the CIMS Project
Deborah Compeau; Jane GravillCase IVEY-9B07E010-EInformation TechnologiesIt had been four years since the chief of the Waterloo Regional Police Services (WRPS) met with the board to discuss critical next steps regarding vendor management for the Common Information Management System (CIMS) project. CIMS was an information systems project originally involving the WRPS and seven other police organizations. Since then, considerably more resources had been invested into the CIMS project by all stakeholders involved. The re...Starting at €8.20
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Cenabal (A)
Stewart Thornhill; Jane GravillCase IVEY-9B08M020-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Cenabal, faced an important decision. She had received an offer from two investors on the television show The Dragon's Den. She wondered if it would be wise to give up 50 per cent control of her organic salad dressing and bread dipping business in return for their $200,000 investment. Would losing a considerable amount of control over the business be worth gaining access to capital and their notable business experience? The supplemen...Starting at €8.20