Ivey Business School (Canada)
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StarTech.com: Globalizing Hard-to-Find Made Easy
Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B13M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe co-founder and CEO of StarTech.com is reviewing his firm’s strategic plan, including an aggressive target of $150 million in sales in three years. To achieve this goal, the company needs to leverage its knowledge to develop a meaningful presence in Europe. The challenge is to identify the best way to go to market, given country and regional differences in how people buy computer parts. The company can capitalize on several favourable trends: ...Starting at €8.20
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Didi Kuaidi
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangCase IVEY-9B16M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, Didi and Kuaidi, the two leading players in China’s Internet-based ride-hailing industry, merged to form Didi Kuaidi. The combined firm represented one of the world’s largest Internet- and smartphone-based transport service companies, valued at about $6 billion. In its home market of China, Didi Kuaidi left its biggest competitor, Uber, a distant second. Meanwhile, Didi Kuaidi actively pursued global growth. For example, it invested in a...Starting at €8.20
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Femu Advertising: The Expansion Opportunity
Cathy Chen; Eric MorseCase IVEY-9B17M083-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2016, a business student from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, was considering expanding his print advertising business, which he had been operating out of his home for the past five years. He was about to graduate from the School of Commerce at Addis Ababa University, and he needed to put together an action plan for his company’s potential expansion. His options were: (1) continue operating his business as is; (2) invest in an office location and m...Starting at €8.20
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Keda’s SAP Implementation
Derrick Neufeld; Yulin Fang; Huaiqing Wang; Terrance FungCase IVEY-9B11E001-EInformation Technologies, StrategyKeda, a manufacturer of large-scale machinery in China, had successfully deployed an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that was paying for itself through more efficient inventory management. This was significant because despite China’s increasing demand for ERP systems, an estimated 80 per cent of ERP implementation efforts failed in the country. The vice general manager of Keda had a large backlog of other information technology projec...Starting at €8.20
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Volkswagen Group: Adapting in the Age of AI
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Duan YangExercise IVEY-9B19E016-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyIn 2016, the Volkswagen Group (VW Group) announced a new future program, Together–Strategy 2025, which outlined the company’s ambition of becoming “a world-leading provider of sustainable mobility” by 2025. The VW Group made it clear that innovation and tStarting at €8.20
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Cathay Pacific: Navigating Digital Disruption - Teaching Note
Yulin Fang; Ning Su; Duan YangTeaching Note IVEY-8B19E002-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for product 9B19E002.Starting at €0.00
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Sun Life Financial: A Potential Indian Life Insurance Joint Venture
Stephen R. Foerster; Tony S. Frost; Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Sun Life Financial: Planning for the Future, product 9B07M045, hones in on Sun Life's decision to re-enter the Indian insurance market.Starting at €8.20
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Pennycook Power Boats: Considering an Offer to Sell the Firm (B)
Eric Morse; Ken Mark; David KennedyCase IVEY-9B16M164-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySupplement for product 9B16M163.Starting at €5.74
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Racing into the Future: Strategic Marketing for the Regina Auto Racing Club - Teaching Note
Dwight Heinrichs; Chris Street; Michael TaylorTeaching Note IVEY-8B17A050-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B17A050.Starting at €0.00
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Didi Kuaidi - Teaching Note
Ning Su; Yulin Fang; Yukun YangTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M060-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B16M060.Starting at €0.00