Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Creating Competitive Advantage Using Big Data
Peter C. BellArticle IVEY-9B13TC01-EStrategyAnalytics is often seen as a threat by senior managers, yet good analytics can inform decision makers and lead to better decisions. Senior executives are likely to react negatively if their deeply held intuition is challenged by results derived from data that use analytics that they do not understand. However, a manager’s job is enriched when it changes from an operations-level, decision-making function to a role in which a complex system is supe...Starting at €8.20
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Ethical Implications of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data
Gregory S. Zaric; Kyle Maclean; Jasvinder MannTechnical Note IVEY-9B21E004-EDecision AnalysisTechnology is advancing at a rapid rate, changing various aspects of our everyday lives. Businesses and governments are trying to adapt to this change by embracing positive aspects, while remaining attentive to negative aspects. This note focuses on technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data, considering the ethical issues that these technologies create within our society and also how these ethical issues are bei...Starting at €8.20
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Swadhaar: Self-Support through Financial Services
Rajesh Panda; Madhvi Sethi; Pooja GuptaCase IVEY-9B20N002-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceSwadhaar FinServe Private Limited (Swadhaar), a non-banking financial company–microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI), was set up in Mumbai, India in 2008 with the objective of providing the urban poor with increased access to financial services. Swadhaar was a leading provider of financial services to clients in several major states of India. Between 2009 and 2013, there were major changes in the regulatory environment; some of these restricted the ...Starting at €8.20
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Universal Basic Income: Is There a Case for India - Teaching Note
Madhvi Sethi; Saina Baby; Vandita DarTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M130-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M130.Starting at €0.00
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The Game of Financial Ratios
Pooja Gupta; Madhvi Sethi; Darroch A. RobertsonExercise IVEY-9B17B001-EAccounting and Control, StrategyThis exercise revolves around the rivalry between two financial analysts. Upset by their constant game of one-upmanship, an advisor to the governor of the Reserve Bank of India came up with a challenge for them to prove who was better. He provided them with financial data for the financial year ending March 2014 from 10 anonymous companies and asked them to match the financial data with specific industries given in a list. The challenge was timed...Starting at €8.20
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American Idiot: The Value of Billie Joe Armstrong - Teaching Note
Kyle MacleanTeaching Note IVEY-8B17E013-ECorporate GovernanceTeaching note for product 9B17E013.Starting at €0.00
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Professional Media Inc.
Peter C. BellCase IVEY-9B13E004-ECorporate GovernanceA media planner at a specialized media buying firm was in the process of planning the spring 2012 television campaign for a customer with a recognizable brand name. The campaign budget of $7 million was to be spent on seven weeks of advertising during the first 20 weeks of the year. Each week of advertising involved a carefully selected series of advertisements on network and local television, and each week of advertising cost $1 million. Which s...Starting at €8.20
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Selecting Stocks for a Hedge Fund
Peter C. Bell; David PietruszkaCase IVEY-9B05E022-ECorporate Governance, Information TechnologiesThe popularity of hedge funds grew in the volatile markets surrounding the technology bubble. Hedge funds take both long and short investment positions in the market, attempting to achieve reliable gains while insulating the fund's assets from market fluctuations. The challenge facing hedge fund managers is to demonstrate that investing in a combination of long positions, short positions and cash matching the strategy of the fund can, at an agree...Starting at €8.20
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Long Wang Sha Tan Ku Company
Peter C. Bell; Anna Galica; Vincent Fung; Lothair Ling; Pik-Kei Osburga ChanCase IVEY-9B09E008-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThe chief operation officer (COO) of Long Wang Sha Tan Ku Company, a boardshorts manufacturer based in Shanghai, China, was expected to present a plan to improve the company's profitability through adjustments to the company's operations. There were at least three possible paths to increase profitability. First, reviewing how production was scheduled between the company's two manufacturing facilities. Second, since the company operated at capacit...Starting at €8.20
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Container Transportation Company
Peter C. Bell; Bai Xiaodong; Michael ZhangCase IVEY-9B08E005-ECorporate GovernanceThe regional manager of the Container Transportation Company, and his colleagues were looking for a new strategy to allocate containers for transportation from Korea and China to the Middle East. All the business departments had been challenged by top management to optimize their revenues and profit. The regional manager wondered whether he could improve pricing or apply other revenue management techniques to enhance revenues without negatively a...Starting at €8.20