Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Hummus Bar: Dipping into International Markets
Ilan Alon; Jennifer Dugosh; Yusaf AkbarCase IVEY-9B13M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of Hummus Bar, a successful restaurant in Hungary, is considering expansion. He is struggling to identify and select the most promising market. Should he pursue domestic expansion or consider internationalizing his concept? The founder wants to recruit and involve additional investors to spread risk, enhance the brand through diversified skill sets and ensure he selects the most appropriate entry strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Frozen Food Products: Cost of Capital
S.K. MitraCase IVEY-9B12N028-EFinance, StrategyMaria D’souza planned to expand her business by introducing a new product line of frozen foods. She wanted to estimate the attractiveness of the new expansion by estimating net present value (NPV) of the expected cash flows. Her main concern was to find a suitable discount rate to be applied to cash flows to ascertain the NPV of the project.D’souza’s consultant friend asked her to analyze cost of capital of similar companies operating in the same...Starting at €8.20
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Fly Ash Brick Project: Feasibility Study Using CVP Analysis
S.K. Mitra; Shubhra HajelaCase IVEY-9B13B022-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyA budding entrepreneur in India is planning to set up a fly ash brick manufacturing plant near a thermal power plant. Not only does making bricks out of the residue of coal power generation reduce the amount of fly ash waste dumped on the ground, but the government is actively supporting the fly ash brick industry as a way to meet the increasing demands for construction materials that are environmentally sustainable. On the basis of preliminary a...Starting at €8.20
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Anandam Manufacturing Company: Analysis of Financial Statements
Vinay Goyal; S.K. MitraCase IVEY-9B16B007-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyIn July 2015, the owner of the Anandam Company approached a bank for additional funding to meet the growing requirements of his garment manufacturing firm. The owner was confident about the financial prospects of his firm, with its fourfold increase in revenue and phenomenal increase in profit after taxes over the last three years. In a lengthy discussion with the bank manager, the owner shared the development of his company and the dynamics and ...Starting at €8.20
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Yash Building Centre: Planning for Expansion - Teaching Note
M. Kannadhasan; Vinay Goyal; S.K. MitraTeaching Note IVEY-8B18N003-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B18N003.Starting at €0.00
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Herend Porcelain Manufactory: Designing Strategy in a COVID-19 World - Teaching Note
Anass Karzazi; Elias Goletsas; Pardeep Singh Attri; Yusaf AkbarTeaching Note IVEY-W27120-EStrategyTeaching note for product W27119.Starting at €0.00
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Yash Building Centre: Planning for Expansion
M. Kannadhasan; Vinay Goyal; S.K. MitraCase IVEY-9B18N003-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceYash Building Centre, based in Raipur, central India, was in the business of manufacturing fly ash bricks and blocks. At the beginning of 2016, after achieving decent growth and gaining goodwill among local builders and contractors, the managing partner was actively looking to expand business operations into tiles, pavers, and curbstones. He believed this expansion would improve the firm’s profitability by allowing it to take full advantage of it...Starting at €8.20
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Applied Mobile Labs: Valuation of a Start-Up
Jaslene Kaur Bawa; Vinay Goyal; S.K. MitraCase IVEY-9B16N022-EFinance, StrategyAn angel investor had invested seed capital in a start-up company that aggregated and sold value-added services for mobile telecommunications in India. The company had done well since its inception in 2009, but the revenue growth figures reported for 2014 were concerning. According to the performance report, the start-up had grown 12 per cent in 2014—less than half of the estimated industry revenue growth figure for mobile value-added services. T...Starting at €8.20
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Miutcánk: A Neighbourhood-Building Network
Anass Karzazi; Yusaf AkbarCase IVEY-9B20M099-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe co-founder and chief product officer of Miutcánk, a promising sharing-economy platform dedicated to neighbourhood networking and services, was analyzing the growth of the platform since its creation in 2014. Miutcánk had more than 43,000 registered usStarting at €8.20
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Herend Porcelain Manufactory: Designing Strategy in a COVID-19 World
Elias Goletsas; Anass Karzazi; Pardeep Singh Attri; Yusaf AkbarCase IVEY-W27119-EStrategyHerend Porcelain Manufactory Ltd. (Herend) was an almost 200-year-old porcelain manufactory located in western Hungary. The company had weathered multiple social and political changes, world wars, and hardships and had variably experienced prosperity, international recognition, and, on one occasion, bankruptcy. However, under the current chief executive officer, Herend had become a stable and profitable organization. Then, in March 2020, the COVI...Starting at €8.20