Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Eli Lilly in India: Rethinking the Joint Venture Strategy (Spanish version)
Charles Dhanaraj; Paul W. Beamish; Nikhil CellyCase IVEY-9B04MS16StrategyEli Lilly and Company es una compañía líder en farmacéutica de Los Estados Unidos. El nuevo Presidente de operaciones intercontinentales es reevaluando todas las divisiones de la empresa, incluyendo la empresa conjunta con Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, una de las empresas farmacéuticas más grandes de la India. Esta estrategia conjunta ha funcionado sin problemas durante varios años a pesar de sus diferencias de enfoque, pero recientemente Ranbaxy...Starting at €8.20
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Oral Insulin: Breakthrough Innovation at Biocon
Nita Sachan; Prasad Kaipa; Anand Nandkumar; Charles DhanarajCase IVEY-9B11M065-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThis case deals with the innovation challenges of a medium-sized firm (under $1 billion) in an emerging economy (India), particularly the challenges of product development and commercialization. The management has to decide how to proceed with a promising novel formula for oral insulin — promising both in terms of financial returns as well as social impact. The company has spent several years of research and development in getting the drug throug...Starting at €8.20
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Cumi India's Global Strategy: The China Puzzle
S. Ramnarayan; Charles Dhanaraj; Krithiga SankaranCase IVEY-9B13M023-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyCarborundum Universal Murugappa International (CUMI) was a leading abrasives manufacturing company based in India with global operations in Russia, South Africa and China. In the global abrasives business, China held 50 per cent of the raw materials for the industry. China was also the largest market for abrasives worldwide and was expected to contribute to one third of the global demand for abrasives. CUMI had the vision to become a global leade...Starting at €8.20
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Nokia India: Battery Recall Logistics
Charles Dhanaraj; Narendar Sumukadas; P. Fraser Johnson; Monali MalvankarCase IVEY-9B11D003-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThis case presents the challenge faced by Nokia India in 2007. Nokia had built a strong brand reputation over a ten-year period and was a market leader in Indian mobile devices. India, incidentally, was also Nokia’s second-largest market, next only to China. Suddenly, what corporate headquarters considered a routine product advisory for a defective battery resulted in panic in customers after the Indian media widely publicized the potential dange...Starting at €8.20
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Bayer CropScience in India (B): Value-Driven Strategy
Charles Dhanaraj; Oana Branzei; Satyajeet SubramanianCase IVEY-9B10M062-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis supplement to Bayer CropScience in India (A): Against Child Labor focuses on Bayer’s formulation of a value-driven strategy with three pillars: communication, implementation, and education.Starting at €5.74
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Duckworth Asset Management Inc.
Chuck GraceCase IVEY-9B09N021-EFinanceIn October 2008, the manager of client services at Duckworth Asset Management Inc. (Duckworth), an investment firm headquartered in St. John's, Newfoundland, was preparing for a briefing with Duckworth's vice-president of investments. The vice-president had been fielding several phone calls in the past few weeks, all from clients concerned about the significant drop in global financial markets. Since its June 2008 peak, Canada's S&P/TSX had dropp...Starting at €8.20
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Powershares Exchange-Traded Funds
Chuck Grace; Samir Haji RemtullaCase IVEY-9B10N020-EFinanceIn early January, 2009 the president of Invesco Trimark Ltd. (Invesco Trimark) was optimistic about the year ahead, particularly when compared to the perfect storm of 2008. That year saw global investment markets in turmoil, and Invesco Trimark's mutual fund assets had plummeted to almost half its value. The president and his team had spent nearly a year working and re-working a new product launch and by 2009 thought they had developed a unique a...Starting at €8.20
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Mary Spencer's Personal Financial Plan
Chuck GraceCase IVEY-9B12N012-EFinanceMary Spencer was putting the final touches on her personal financial plan before graduating from the Richard Ivey School of Business HBA program in spring 2012. Generally, Mary was happy with her plan. Her goals, investment policy statement, and financial budget all made perfect sense to her. However, she kept returning to one number — a 43 per cent tax rate! It did not seem fair that just when she started to make some serious income, she would h...Starting at €8.20
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Malvern's Investment Advisor of the Year
Chuck GraceCase IVEY-9B14N022-EFinanceThe managing partner for Malvern Investment Services was faced with a dilemma. In two weeks, she would be hosting the firm’s annual conference and would be announcing the Investment Advisor of the Year. Having narrowed down the list to four finalists she now had to make the final decision. This was her first conference as the managing partner and she knew that every announcement, presentation and interaction she had with her partners and staff wo...Starting at €8.20
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High-Impact Wealth Management: Tom and Deena Li Plan for Retirement
Chuck Grace; Paige Addesi; Matt LordCase IVEY-9B16N028-EFinanceThe High-Impact Wealth Management case series is a portfolio of cases that are built around the high-impact theme. Each case in the series can stand on its own to deliver a unique learning objective; but, taken together, the cases are designed to cover all seven topics covered in the list of “common-cents” strategies. Also refer to 9B16N029.Starting at €8.20