Ivey Business School (Canada)
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The WeWork SPAC - Teaching Note
Mark SimonsonTeaching Note IVEY-W25103-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceTeaching note for product #W25102.Starting at €0.00
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.: Sum of the Parts - Teaching Note
Mark SimonsonTeaching Note IVEY-W25119-EAccounting and Control, FinanceTeaching note for product W25118.Starting at €0.00
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Vertu: Last Call for British Luxury Mobile Phone Maker - Teaching Note
Margaret Osborne; Ken Kwong-Kay WongTeaching Note IVEY-8B19A005-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B19A005.Starting at €0.00
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Blackstone Group: Dry Powder in an LBO Drought (B)
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-9B20N019-EFinanceSupplement for product 9B20N018.Starting at €5.74
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A “Compelling and Pre-emptive Offer for the Valspar Corporation
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-9B16N063-EFinanceIn May 2015, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Valspar Corporation (Valspar) contacted the CEO of an industry competitor to discuss a potential strategic combination of the two companies. As discussions continued, Valspar’s board and senior management realized that an alternative strategic collaboration might be more beneficial, so Valspar then contacted the CEO of the second-largest comparable firm in the industry, Sherwin-Williams, which...Starting at €8.20
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Hasselblad: A New Chapter for the Swedish Camera Manufacturer
Ken Kwong-Kay WongCase IVEY-9B16A017-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategySwedish camera manufacturer Hasselblad was founded in 1841. The brand reached new heights in 1969, when astronaut Neil Armstrong used a Hasselblad camera to take the first photos on the moon. For decades, Hasselblad was renowned for making the world’s best high-end, medium format cameras for professional photographers. Faced with the paradigm shift from film-based to digital imaging, the company launched digital cameras and also diversified into ...Starting at €8.20
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F.P. Journe: Continuing the Tradition of Haute Horology Excellence
Ken Kwong-Kay WongCase IVEY-9B14A073-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn the summer of 2014, the founder and sole owner of F.P. Journe, a maker of luxury watches, sat in his Geneva headquarters and wondered about the future. Founded in 1999, the private company had 125 employees and a strictly limited production of 850 to 900 watches per year. It was a well-respected brand that was distributed globally through a network of company-owned boutiques and third-party jewellery stores. Its exclusively designed and indivi...Starting at €8.20
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Pequignet: The Face of the Renaissance of French Haute Horlogerie
Ken Kwong-Kay WongCase IVEY-9B15A022-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyFor French watchmaker Pequignet, its return to the annual luxury watch and jewelry show, Baselworld, signaled a new page in the company’s 40-year history. As the only “haute horlogerie” manufacturer in France since the quartz crisis in the 1970s, Pequignet had caught the attention of both the media and the watch collector community, despite going through receivership and a change of ownership. In addition to showcasing its Calibre Royal collectio...Starting at €8.20
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Apex Technology Co. Ltd.: Financing an Acquisition
Xiangyang Ma; Hongchuan Zhao; Tieshan LiCase IVEY-9B18N016-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyOn April 20, 2016, printer and ink maker Lexmark International, Inc. (Lexmark) announced that it was being acquired and taken private by a consortium comprising China-based computer hardware company Apex Technology Co., Ltd. (Apex), as well as private equity firms PAG Asia Capital (PAG) and Legend Capital (Legend). On the same day, Apex formally announced its acquisition of Lexmark for the Chinese capital market. The announcement caused a huge se...Starting at €8.20
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Mobiado Luxury Mobile Instruments: Form over Features
Margaret Osborne; Ken Kwong-Kay WongCase IVEY-9B16A020-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2016, the founder and sole owner of Mobiado, a Canadian line of luxury mobile phones, was evaluating his company’s marketing strategy. Proud of what he had achieved and passionate about his role as designer of one of the most unique and distinctive product lines in the category, he reflected on how he might need to adjust his company’s strategies to fit current trends and to remain competitive. Could the Mobiado product line continue to succee...Starting at €8.20