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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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White Gold In Benin: Chinese Investment In Cotton
Zhangfeng Fei; Xiaokang Zhao; Kejing Zhang; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-9B18M003-EStrategyIn mid-June 2011, the Chinese president of the China–Benin joint venture Benin Textile Company (Compagnie Béninoise des Textiles, or CBT) was deeply worried about the supply of cotton in Benin. Since 2009, CBT had faced significant challenges in obtaining a reliable cotton supply. In 2010, the company had already placed its cotton orders, but local Beninese cotton producers were unwilling to deliver cotton at the earlier agreed-on price due to th...Starting at €8.20
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Aspop's Recruitment Predicament
Xiaokang Zhao; Paul W. BeamishCase IVEY-9B17C043-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn early 2013, the founder of Shandong Aspop Clothing Apparel Group Co. Ltd. faced the annual “post-holiday recruitment dilemma.” His challenge was typical of the growth challenges that many labour-intensive original equipment manufacturer clothing enterprises in China encountered. Facing rising domestic labour costs, a change in attitudes among workers, the gradual shift of labour preferences from manufacturing industries to service industries, ...Starting at €8.20
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Cyberattack: The Maersk Global Supply-Chain Meltdown - Teaching Note
David T.A. Wesley; Luis Alfonso Dau; Alexandra RothTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M022-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M022.Starting at €0.00
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Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund: Investing Like a Feminist in the #MeToo Era
David T.A. Wesley; Alexandra RothCase IVEY-9B19C013-ELeadership and People ManagementThe senior vice-president for sustainable investing at the U.S.-based Pax World Funds, a leader in socially responsible investing, needed to identify and invest in companies for the company's Pax Ellevate Global Women's Leadership Fund, an investment fund that promoted labour rights through gender equality. The fund had more than US$200 million in assets under management, a 25 per cent one-year rate of return, and a three-year annual rate of retu...Starting at €8.20
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Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund: Investing Like a Feminist in the #MeToo Era - Teaching Note
David T.A. Wesley; Alexandra RothTeaching Note IVEY-8B19C013-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B19C013.Starting at €0.00
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The $85.4 Billion Merger of AT&T and Time Warner: Valuation Analysis
Xiaokang Zhao; Zhichuan (Frank) LiCase IVEY-9B19N022-EFinanceOn October 22, 2016, U.S. telecom operator AT&T Inc. and television media giant Time Warner Group announced that AT&T Inc. would acquire Time Warner Group for $107.50 per share, using half cash and half stock, to a total equity value of $85.4 billion. Although the chief executive officers from both companies were very confident about the future prospects for their shareholders once the transaction was approved and completed, there was much contro...Starting at €8.20
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Religion in the Workplace: Tyson Foods, Inc.
Alexandra Roth; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B11C032-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case discusses an American food processor that embraced faith in the workplace, which helped to increase employee satisfaction and reduce turnover. Recently, Tyson Foods had sought to broaden its religious accommodation to reflect the changing demographics of its employees. At the time of the case, Christian fundamentalism was the predominant religion of Tyson and many employees and community members reacted negatively to the company’s effort...Starting at €8.20
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Cyberattack: The Maersk Global Supply-Chain Meltdown
David T.A. Wesley; Luis Alfonso Dau; Alexandra RothCase IVEY-9B19M022-EStrategyIn 2017, the new chairman of A. P. Møller-Maersk confronted one of the worst cyberattacks in history, which crippled the company's vast global shipping network that accounted for nearly 20 per cent of global container shipping. NotPetya was a particularly virulent strain of ransomware that, within seconds, destroyed Maersks’s servers and personal computers around the world. Maersk's senior system administrators had warned the company that its net...Starting at €8.20
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White Gold In Benin: Chinese Investment In Cotton - Teaching Note
Zhangfeng Fei; Xiaokang Zhao; Kejing Zhang; Alex BeamishTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M003-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M003.Starting at €0.00
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The $85.4 Billion Merger of AT&T and Time Warner: Valuation Analysis - Teaching Note
Xiaokang Zhao; Zhichuan (Frank) LiTeaching Note IVEY-8B19N022-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B19N022.Starting at €0.00