Ivey Business School (Canada)
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YU Ranch: Growing a Sustainable Business
Rod E. White; Hadi Chapardar; Ryan WhiteCase IVEY-9B15M038-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder and owner of YU Ranch is selling all of the Texas Longhorn beef the ranch can produce. YU Ranch's grass-fed, sustainable beef is substantially leaner and healthier than conventionally produced beef. This highly differentiated product is sold at a premium to selected restaurants, food service companies and at the farm-gate. The local consumer segment has been tapped, while local businesses and distant customers need to be supplied. Wit...Starting at €8.20
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Leader Healthcare: Deciding on a Growth Strategy
Sonal Singh; Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B17M006-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLeader Healthcare India (LHC) was a medical devices importer firm that dealt primarily in respiratory and anesthetic devices. The company imported medical devices from U.S. manufacturers and, for the most part, performed its own marketing, sales, and service activities. In 2016, the director of LHC was concerned about LHC’s multiple failed efforts at market expansion. The company wanted to grow, but its attempts had been unsuccessful. Lack of hig...Starting at €8.20
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ibibo: Grow Independently or Sell
Meeta Dasgupta; S. Veena IyerCase IVEY-9B17M113-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2016, the chief executive officer of the ibibo Group, one of the largest players in India’s online travel sector, faced a major decision. MakeMyTrip, India’s market leader in online travel, had expressed interest in acquiring the ibibo Group. Should the ibibo Group’s chief executive officer accept the offer and give up partial or total control of the company, in return for growing with the market leader? Or should he continue with the business...Starting at €8.20
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The Canadian Television Industry Confronts Subscription Video on Demand
Adam Fremeth; Rod E. White; Kartik RaoCase IVEY-9B16M072-EStrategyIn late 2015, developments in the Canadian television industry led the incumbent players to reconsider their traditional distribution strategies. The conflux of changes to technology, regulatory reforms, and consumption patterns was complicated by the entry of new players, forcing established firms to consider revising their business models. The regulated oligopolistic industry structure that once protected the players and ensured superior perfor...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon and Future Group: Rethinking the Alliance Strategy
Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B16M108-EStrategyIn 2014, the chief executives officers of Amazon and Future Group led their companies into an alliance that, while initially successful, encountered some difficulties in regards to discounts on their retail products. With the global retail industry standing at US$25.4 trillion in 2016, and the percentage of which e-commerce made up 7.4 per cent, the partners would have to decide if they should resolve their conflict and remain allies, or if they ...Starting at €8.20
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Optima Business Group: Leveraging Information Technology for Salesforce Enablement
Ritu Mehta; Debabrata GhoshCase IVEY-9B15A021-EMarketing, StrategyOptima Business Group (OBG), a consumer packaged goods firm, achieved significant improvements in its sales and distribution processes through the implementation of sales force automation (SFA). The implementation was carried out in the urban markets of OBG, but it was not an easy journey. The chief technology officer has to decide whether OBG should implement SFA in its rural markets and, if so, how it should be executed. What are the risks and ...Starting at €8.20
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Oxigen: Nurturing the Mobile Payment Ecosystem in India
Sandip Mukhopadhyay; Meeta Dasgupta; M.P. JaiswalCase IVEY-9B15M124-EStrategyIn 2013, Oxigen Services India Pvt. Ltd. launched a money transfer service integrated with the infrastructure of the National Payment Corporation of India. The Oxigen Wallet, India’s first non-bank wallet, allowed instant money transfers to and from any bank account over an extensive ecosystem, with a large retail presence across India using point-of-sale terminals. Oxigen was a major provider of bill payment and merchant payment services, with c...Starting at €8.20
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Nukkad, the Chaitastic Teafé: Consider Efficacy in Growth Options
Bandinee Pradhan; Ritu Srivastava; Meeta DasguptaCase IVEY-9B18A003-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn December 2016, the founder of Nukkad, The Chaitastic Teafé Pvt. Ltd. (Nukkad), an organized tea café retail chain, was pleased to see that Nukkad had garnered positive reviews and ratings on numerous social media pages. He was proud of his social enterprise, which encompassed two cafés based in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Since its inception in 2013, Nukkad had created quite a buzz for its distinctive initiative: it specifically employed yout...Starting at €8.20
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Closing the Gap - Facing the Future (B)
Rod E. White; Rida EliasCase IVEY-9B10M052-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is a supplement to Closing the Gap - The Changing Home Care Environment (A) case, product #9B10M051. The regulations in the home care industry are changing. The industry is moving toward consolidation and favouring large companies. Closing the Gap reaches a crossroad. In this (B) case, students will be asked to evaluate an acquisition possibility and advise the chief executive officer whether the acquisition will be a successful one or not.Starting at €5.74
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Fortis Inc. and the $11.8 Billion ITC Decision - Teaching Note
Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M020-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M020.Starting at €0.00