Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Speak-On: Projecting Cash Budgets for a New Venture
Ian Dunn; Jordan SillsCase IVEY-9B19B014-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipIn August 2018, the founder of Speak-On, was finalizing plans for his company’s first year of operations. Speak-On was a learning tool used in classrooms to help students improve their communication and public speaking skills. Having worked on developingStarting at €8.20
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Speak-On: Projecting Cash Budgets for a New Venture - Teaching Note
Ian Dunn; Jordan SillsTeaching Note IVEY-8B19B014-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B19B014.Starting at €0.00
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Macmet Engineering Limited: An In-Depth Cost Analysis - Teaching Note
Ian Dunn; Pooja KrishenTeaching Note IVEY-8B19B013-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B19B013.Starting at €0.00
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Crème Couture Bridal Inc.: Revenue Segmentation
Ian Dunn; Edward GrayCase IVEY-9B19B017-EAccounting and ControlExternal pressures from an increasingly saturated industry were forcing the president of Crème Couture Bridal Inc. to contemplate the future of her business. Crème Couture operated as a retail outlet for memorable lifestyle events, selling wedding dresses, bridalwear, formalwear, and various accessories to women of all ages. The president wanted to develop an expansion strategy that would best position Crème Couture for long-term success. Specifi...Starting at €8.20
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GE South Africa: Londvolota’s Contextual Leadership for Creating Shared Value
Caren Scheepers; Abdullah Verachia; Ingrid TruslerCase IVEY-9B21M007-EStrategyIn January 2019, one of the founding members and current board members of Londvolota, a South African trust formed by General Electric South Africa (GESA) in 2015, faced a challenge. Londvolota needed to improve the establishment and growth of entrepreneurial South African businesses as part of GESA’s development of local suppliers, which aimed to enable the best of these businesses to supply the global GE network. The initiative represented a ma...Starting at €8.20
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Project Sparrow: Applying Costing Methods
Ian Dunn; Kaitlyn OhCase IVEY-9B21B003-EAccounting and ControlIn 2019, the pricing manager at the US manufacturing facility for Sparrow GmbH (Sparrow), a chemical manufacturer based in Germany, asked the project manager at Roland Berger, a global management consulting firm, to provide her opinion on the pricing for Sparrow’s bid on a basic chemicals contract with Impendium Chemicals. The basic chemicals industry was a highly competitive and commoditized environment; as a result, pricing decisions with respe...Starting at €8.20
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BeanCountr Inc.: A Financing and Investing Exercise
Ian Dunn; Kaitlyn OhExercise IVEY-9B21B006-EAccounting and ControlIn April 2020, the owner and founder of BeanCountr Inc. was reviewing her company’s financial performance for its third fiscal year. The company was a financial technology start-up located in London, Ontario, Canada. The owner had already reviewed the company’s operating decisions over the past fiscal year, which ended March 31, 2020. She was now eager to review the company’s financing and investing transactions.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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Sasol Fuel Retail Franchise: Contextualizing Entrepreneurship’s Role in Women Empowerment
Caren Scheepers; Motshedisi MathibeCase IVEY-9B21M070-EStrategyIn 2018, the owner of a Sasol Limited (Sasol) fuel retail franchise in Pretoria, South Africa, was facing the challenge of how to continue growing her business by retaining her existing customers and offering the products and services they expected. A woman entrepreneur in a male-dominated industry, the franchisee had worked her way up the corporate ladder in the financial services industry and, after being retrenched from her position at a bank,...Starting at €8.20
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Hi-Line Auto Parts: Taking the Right Exit - Teaching Note
Ian Dunn; Holli GreenwaldTeaching Note IVEY-W25134-EStrategyTeaching note for product W25133.Starting at €0.00