INCAE (Costa Rica - Nicaragua)
-
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
-
Cabalonga S. A.: Seeking Sustainability and Self-Sufficiency
Nathaniel LuptonCase IVEY-9B19M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyCabalonga S. A. (Cabalonga) was a unique, low-cost hostel located in the small seaside town of Puerto Cayo, Ecuador. The beachfront land on which Cabalonga was established had been inherited by one of the two proprietors. In 2017, the company did little better than break even, but the hostel did provide the occasional weekend getaway for its owners. However, the weekend getaways had actually become hectic cross-country commutes for the owners, an...Starting at €8.20
-
Solubles Instantaneos C.A.: A Family Heritage, Looking To The Future - Teaching Note
Angélica Sánchez-Riofrío; Nathaniel Lupton; Teresa Larreta-MendozaTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M176-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M176.Starting at €0.00
-
Ratan Tata Or Cyrus Mistry: Tata Steel Shareholders’ Dilemma - Teaching Note
Pitabas Mohanty; Supriti MishraTeaching Note IVEY-8B19N016-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B19N016.Starting at €0.00
-
Cabalonga S. A.: Seeking Sustainability and Self-Sufficiency - Teaching Note
Nathaniel LuptonTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M005-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M005.Starting at €0.00
-
Solubles Instantaneos C.A.: A Family Heritage, Looking To The Future
Angélica Sánchez-Riofrío; Nathaniel Lupton; Teresa Larreta-MendozaCase IVEY-9B17M176-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn July 2017, Jorge Salcedo-Benitez was reflecting on his first decade as president of Solubles Instantaneos C.A. (SICA). Under his leadership, SICA had retained ownership of two leading brands of instant coffee in Ecuador: Don Café and Café Oro. As his descendants prepared to take the helm, Salcedo-Benitez wondered whether the company was still headed in the right direction. Giants like Nestlé S.A. dominated the markets elsewhere, in part by con...Starting at €8.20
-
Ambuja Cements and Holcim India Merger
Pitabas Mohanty; Tina Stephen; Supriti MishraCase IVEY-9B16N056-EFinance, StrategyOn July 24, 2013, the management of Ambuja Cements Limited announced the merger of Holcim (India) Private Limited with Ambuja Cements in a two-stage process. First, Ambuja Cements would buy a 24 per cent stake of Holcim (India) from Holderind Investments Ltd. of Mauritius for ?35 billion. Subsequently, Holcim (India) would be merged with Ambuja Cements. The management of Ambuja Cements projected huge synergy from the merger, whereas proxy firm ad...Starting at €8.20
-
Maruti Suzuki: Good Company or Good Stock (A)
Pitabas Mohanty; Supriti MishraCase IVEY-9B17N014-EFinance, StrategyOn January 28, 2014, the management of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) surprised the market by announcing that its plant in Gujarat would be operated as a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Company of Japan, MSIL’s parent company, rather than by MSIL. The stock price fell by 8 per cent that day. The days following this announcement were marked by justifications by MSIL management about the benefits of the new structure and allegations by some analysts...Starting at €8.20
-
Ambuja Cements and Holcim India Merger - Teaching Note
Pitabas Mohanty; Tina Stephen; Supriti MishraTeaching Note IVEY-8B16N056-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B16N056.Starting at €0.00
-
Ratan Tata Or Cyrus Mistry: Tata Steel Shareholders’ Dilemma
Pitabas Mohanty; Supriti MishraCase IVEY-9B19N016-EFinanceIn October 2016, the board of Tata Sons, a company in the Tata Group, India’s largest business group, decided to remove Cyrus Mistry from the chairmanship of its board. Subsequently, Tata Sons appealed to the shareholders of the other Tata Group companiesStarting at €8.20