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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Cameron Auto Parts: Early Internationalization
Paul W. Beamish; Harold CrookellCase IVEY-9B16M043-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case is about a small American auto parts producer trying to diversify its way out of dependence on the major automakers in 2013. A promising new product is developed and the company gets a chance to license it to a Scottish manufacturer. The issue of whether to license or go it alone in international markets is central to the case. A full class sequel to this case is available, titled Cameron Auto Parts: Joint Ventures, Licensing or Exporti...Starting at €8.20
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Cameron Auto Parts: Joint Ventures, Licensing or Exporting
Paul W. Beamish; Harold CrookellCase IVEY-9B16M044-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, two years after signing a license agreement in the United Kingdom, Cameron Auto Parts (Cameron) now faces an opportunity to establish with another firm a joint venture in France for the European market. However, the prospect upsets the U.K. licensee who is clearly doing very well, and who even wants Cameron to consider joint venturing with him in Australia. The case ends with Cameron, run off its feet in North America, trying to decide w...Starting at €8.20
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Eli Lilly in India: Rethinking the Joint Venture Strategy (Spanish version)
Charles Dhanaraj; Paul W. Beamish; Nikhil CellyCase IVEY-9B04MS16StrategyEli Lilly and Company es una compañía líder en farmacéutica de Los Estados Unidos. El nuevo Presidente de operaciones intercontinentales es reevaluando todas las divisiones de la empresa, incluyendo la empresa conjunta con Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, una de las empresas farmacéuticas más grandes de la India. Esta estrategia conjunta ha funcionado sin problemas durante varios años a pesar de sus diferencias de enfoque, pero recientemente Ranbaxy...Starting at €8.20
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Huo's Group: A Professional Manager in a Family Firm in China
Ting Wang; Paul W. Beamish; Zhou Liman; Luo JingjingCase IVEY-9B14C009-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn February 2012, a human resources appointment attracted wide attention from China's domestic lubricating oil industry. The iconic general manager of Shell Tongyi (Beijing) Petroleum Chemical Co., Ltd. officially took the position as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Huo's Group, thus returning to work for his former boss, the founder of the former Tongyi Lubricating Oil. Before the merger between Tongyi and Shell in 2006, the private entrepr...Starting at €8.20
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Apple A
Mary M. Crossan; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12M027-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Apple A and B cases provide two different perspectives on the evolution of the computer and electronics firm Apple and are designed to evoke debate about models of strategy, organization, and leadership. The A case presents the story of Apple from a hindsight rational analytic perspective in which students are able to apply a variety of models about strategy, organization, leadership, and innovation. The B case presents a more nuanced, critic...Starting at €8.20
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Sany's Cross-Border Acquisition, Integration, and Strategic Renewal
Libo Fan; Paul W. Beamish; Bess (Huifang) GengCase IVEY-9B16M191-EStrategyIn 2012, Germany-based Putzmeister was acquired by China-based SANY, the largest concrete machinery manufacturer in the world. By early 2015, the degree and extent of integration was still incomplete, which put pressure on SANY’s management. SANY focused mainly on the Chinese domestic market, whereas Putzmeister had an established brand and good experience in international markets. Should the acquisition integration focus only on Putzmeister, or ...Starting at €8.20
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Prince Edward Island Preserve Company: Turnaround
Paul W. Beamish; Nathaniel LuptonCase IVEY-9B08M049-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2008, Bruce MacNaughton, president of Prince Edward Island Preserve Co. Ltd. (P.E.I. Preserves), was focused on turnaround. The company he had founded in 1985 had gone into receivership in May 2007. Although this had resulted in losses for various mortgage holders and unsecured creditors, MacNaughton had been able to buy back his New Glasgow shop/cafe, the adjacent garden property and inventory, and restart the business. He now needed a ...Starting at €8.20
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Chinese Fireworks Industry
Paul W. BeamishCase IVEY-9B11M006-EStrategyThe Chinese fireworks industry thrived after China adopted the open-door policy in the late 1970s, and grew to make up 90 per cent of the world’s fireworks export sales. However, starting in the mid-1990s, safety concerns led governments both in China and abroad to set up stricter regulations. At the same time, there was rapid growth in the number of small family-run fireworks workshops, whose relentless price-cutting drove down profit margins. S...Starting at €8.20
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Enbridge Michigan Oil Spill: Patrick Daniel's Challenge (B)
Gerard Seijts; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12C040-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is a supplement to Enbridge Michigan Oil Spill: Patrick Daniel's Challenge (A), 9B12C039.Starting at €5.74
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Apple B
Mary M. Crossan; William T. WatsonCase IVEY-9B12M028-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Apple A.Starting at €8.20