Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Kindred Home Care: Choosing Growth Options - Teaching Note
David Barrett; Ramasastry ChandrasekharTeaching Note IVEY-8B19D024-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19D024.Starting at €0.00
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InteraXon Inc.'s Muse: Aligning the Supply Chain - Teaching Note
David Barrett; Ramasastry ChandrasekharTeaching Note IVEY-8B17D011-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B17D011.Starting at €0.00
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South East Grey Community Health Centre: Journey to Rural Expansion - Teaching Note
David Barrett; Vania SakelarisTeaching Note IVEY-8B20D008-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20D008.Starting at €0.00
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McMaster Family Health Team: Culture Evolution - Teaching Note
David Barrett; Vania SakelarisTeaching Note IVEY-8B20D009-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20D009.Starting at €0.00
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South East Grey Community Health Centre: Journey to Rural Expansion
David Barrett; Vania SakelarisCase IVEY-9B20D008-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2019, the clinical director of the South East Grey Community Health Centre was conflicted about whether to proceed with presenting the chief executive officer with a proposal to expand the health centre's primary services to a satellite location in theStarting at €8.20
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Ethical Crossroads: Genetix Solutions’ Bioweapon Conundrum
David Barrett; Nihaal RanaCase IVEY-W34803-EEconomics, Leadership and People ManagementIn the rush to develop vaccines, many strains of viruses are used in laboratories in an effort to help humanity. However, the same samples used to develop life-saving vaccines could potentially be used to develop weapons of biological warfare. This case looks at the scenario from multiple perspectives in an effort to discuss the ethics of virus usage, storage and regulatory oversight given the differing economical situations and motivations of th...Starting at €8.20
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McMaster Family Health Team: Culture Evolution
David Barrett; Vania SakelarisCase IVEY-9B20D009-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2016, the chair of McMaster Family Health Team faced challenges related to differences in operational culture that had emerged at its two clinic sites—Stonechurch Family Health Centre and McMaster Family Practice. The two sites, which had operated indeStarting at €8.20
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Art Feeds: Scaling a Non-profit Organization
Colleen Sharen; Tess WiddifieldCase IVEY-9B14M159-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early June 2013, the executive director of Art Feeds, which provided therapeutic art and creative education to school children to help them achieve mental and emotional well-being, needed to make a recommendation to her board about whether to expand the current operations in Joplin, Missouri, to Moore, Oklahoma, after a devastating tornado in Moore. She needed to determine whether the organization had the resources required to expand successfu...Starting at €8.20
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Women's Community House and Mine101: Is Social Enterprise Worth It
Colleen SharenCase IVEY-9B14M095-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2013, the director of transitional and community programs at Women’s Community House (WCH) must decide whether to renew the retail lease on WCH’s used-clothing boutique, Mine101. This social enterprise was launched to generate income for WCH’s children’s programming, but lost money in its first two years of operations. The decision to renew the lease begs a larger question: Should Women’s Community House continue to operate Mine101? The di...Starting at €8.20
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Saint Elizabeth: Innovation in Health Care
David Barrett; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B16D025-EService and Operations ManagementSaint Elizabeth, a leading Canadian health-care enterprise, had been managing innovation through what it called the Innovation Tripod. This had three components—Ideas (which involved generating innovative ideas from among employees), Solutions (involving outside ventures in innovation), and Impact (consisting of ways in which results were measured). The chief executive officer (CEO) was facing a dilemma with each element of the tripod. How could ...Starting at €8.20