Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Taino Construction Supplies: Managing Innovation Risks at an SME in a Small, Developing Nation
Carmen Rios Figueroa; Julia SagebienCase IVEY-9B09M085-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe president of Taino Construction has to make several strategic decisions that can guide the firm during very difficult times for the construction industry - globally and locally. He is trying to find ways to capitalize on the company's innovations and international advantages. At the same time, he is trying to adapt the company to the needs of the local market, which requires smaller volumes and simpler products. In order to do this, managemen...Starting at €8.20
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Just Us! Coffee Roasters
Julia Sagebien; Scott Skinner; Monica WeshlerCase IVEY-9B06A027-EMarketing, StrategyThe founders of Just Us! Coffee Cooperative (Just Us!) are involved in a strategic planning process. The growing demand and acceptance of fair trade products is good news for the industry and opens many opportunities for Just Us!, but there are also risks. Just Us! will likely face increased market competition from major U.S. retail coffee brands and Canadian supermarket brands, pressure on margins as more brands crowd the shelves, and more compe...Starting at €8.20
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Longxi Machinery Works - Quality Improvement (C) (Spanish version)
Robert Klassen; Larry Li; Tom GleaveCase IVEY-9A98DS03Service and Operations Management, StrategyEl grupo del control de calidad ha puesto varias contramedidas en ejecucion, y se han supervisado y se han divulgado los resultados. Un examen final es necesario determinar si este tipo de problema es probable repetirse, y donde mejora adicional se puede llevar a cabo en los sistemas de calidad de la compania. Este caso se disena para ser utilizado conjuntamente con (A) el caso, 9A98D001 y (B) el caso, 9A98D002.Starting at €5.74
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Windhorse Farm's Eco-Woodshop Guitar Top Decision
Julia Sagebien; Annika TamlynCase IVEY-9B08M066-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of Windhorse Farm (WHF), a sustainably run woodlot and woodshop in Nova Scotia that produces building products as well as tonewood (wood used for guitar, mandolin, violin tops), is reaching retirement age. Since there is no heir apparent to run the businesses, he needs to determine whether he should stay in or exit the building products business and/or the tonewood business. The decision must conform to the criteria set out by the four ...Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart Puerto Rico: Promoting Development Through a Public-Private Partnership
Myrna Comas; Julia SagebienCase IVEY-9B10M024-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategySowing the Development of the Country (SDC) was a public-private partnership between Wal-Mart Puerto Rico (Wal-Mart PR), the island's Department of Agriculture as well as its Economic Development Bank (EDB), two NGOs Caborroje's Pro Salud y Ambiente (Caborroje's Pro Health and Environment) and ConectaRSE (a corporate social responsibility (CSR) promotion non-governmental organization(NGO)), and a group of local farmers. The objective of the proje...Starting at €8.20
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Just Us. Community-based Tourism
Ian McKillop; Julia Sagebien; Alba BruguerasCase IVEY-9B10M108-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe development coordinator for Just Us! Development Education Society (JUDES) was reviewing the preliminary agenda for the JUDES Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting would take place some time between May 1 and May 14, 2010, during Canada’s National Fair Trade Weeks. The coordinator was preparing her to-do list for the event. Just Us!, a Nova Scotia-based cooperative that offered fair trade products, had a very loyal regional following, and...Starting at €8.20
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Siam Canadian Foods Co. Ltd. (Spanish version)
John R. Kennedy; Tony S. Frost; Tom GleaveCase IVEY-9A97GS03Entrepreneurship, StrategyEl director de gerente y fundador de la compania Siam Canadian Foods Co. Ltd., basados en Bangkok consideraba las oportunidades de negocio emergentes en el pais vecino Birmania (tambien conocida como Myanmar). Aunque relativamente sea subdesarrollado comparado al resto de Asia Sur-Oriental, Birmania estuvo experimentando niveles aumentados de actividad de la inversion extranjera estos ultimos anos. Tailandia, que habia considerado entrar en Birma...Starting at €8.20
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Pan Boricua: Developing a Market Strategy for the Hispanic Market in the United States (Spanish version)
Julia Sagebien; Jennifer Catinchi; Eva Perez; Marisol Perez-Savelli; Victor QuiñonesCase IVEY-9B09AS20Entrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyDos inexpertos, pero fuertemente confiado, empresarios hacen frente a los molestias de una nueva empresa: exportando la masa hecho en Puerto Rico a las ciudades en los Estados Unidos donde se encuentran una gran cantidad de inmigrantes puertorriqueños que están deseando nostálgicamente para su querido pan sobao (pan hecho con manteca vegetal). Con millares de puertorriqueños que viven en y/o que se mueven a los Estados Unidos y después de varios ...Starting at €8.20
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Five Star Beer - Pay for Performance (Spanish version)
Brian Golden; Tom GleaveCase IVEY-9A98CS04Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl presidente y gerente general estan revisando un sistema de pago por desempeno. El presidente necesita determinar si estos sistemas estan apropiadamente disenados con el fin de asegurar la mas alta calidad del producto a progresivamente bajos costos. De lo contrario, necesita considerar como sugerir que estos y otros sistemas sean modificados a fin de lograr los objetivos de costo y calidad.Starting at €8.20
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Longxi Machinery Works ) Quality Improvement (A) (Spanish version)
Robert Klassen; Larry Li; Tom GleaveCase IVEY-9A98DS01Service and Operations Management, StrategyEl ingeniero auxiliar en el departamento termal del tratamiento de una empresa propiedad del gobierno en China ha recibido la aprobacion para la formacion de un nuevo grupo del control de calidad para reducir el alto indice del defecto de una parte critica. El concepto total de la calidad se presenta dentro del contexto de un problema especifico de la calidad, a el cual anima a estudiantes determinan el sistema de calidad de la compania y aplican...Starting at €8.20