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La Liberte Newspaper
Satyendra Singh; Martine MorinCase IVEY-9B07A007-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThe director of La Liberte, a French not-for-profit weekly newspaper, needed to revitalize the newspaper as sales had been declining consistently for the past 15 years. The newspaper's mission was to serve the French community in Manitoba, Canada. Survival of a French newspaper was essential for the French culture in the community. To reverse the negative sales trend, the director conducted a survey. Based on the findings of the survey, the direc...Starting at €8.20
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Elite Rent-a-Car
Gregory S. Zaric; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B07E011-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe president and founder of a premier luxury car rental agency located throughout Europe must decide on the composition of the fleet of cars for the upcoming summer season. She has to balance a desire for high utilization versus the possibility of having to turn away clients if they request a car that is not in stock. The case can be used to introduce or reinforce a number of concepts including break-even analysis, basic descriptive statistics a...Starting at €8.20
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Adept Chemical Inc.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Lindsay BrockCase IVEY-9B08N019-EFinanceThe chief executive officer of a chemical company supplying cleaning and hygiene products is preparing a bid worth $3 million in new business. Students are asked to analyze the industry, construct and interpret a statement of cash flows, calculate and interpret financial ratios, perform a differential analysis, project a cash budget, calculate sales breakeven and project a statement of earnings and a balance sheet.Starting at €8.20
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GPS-to-GO Takes on Garmin
Donald A. PillittereCase IVEY-9B09A027-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyGPS-to-GO is a successful company that has a wealth of brilliant researchers and scientists who have created advanced global positioning systems (GPSs) for complex air-traffic control and logistics systems. Now, the vision of one of the up and coming managers is to use GPS-to-GO's knowledge to dominate the consumer market with premium-priced and feature-rich GPS units. Even though GPS-to-GO is far ahead in terms of GPS technology, the consumer ma...Starting at €8.20
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Monforte Dairy
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jamie HyodoCase IVEY-9B10M037-EStrategyThe owner of Monforte Dairy Company Ltd. in Stratford, Ontario, was torn between two alternatives for the future of the company. She depended on the company for her livelihood, but she also wanted to use the company to further several culinary movements. All major growth options under consideration would require debt financing, and the owner wondered what affect this would have on her company.Starting at €8.20
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Dr. M. L. Dhawale Trust Hospital - Towards Sustainability
Gayathri Sivaraman; Vasant SivaramanCase IVEY-9B10B010-EAccounting and Control, Finance, StrategyThis case deals with a rural charitable homeopathic hospital in the state of Maharashtra, India, set in the year 2008. The hospital, Dr. M. L. Dhawale Memorial Trust's Rural Homeopathic Hospital, is one among many clinics and hospitals run by the Dr. M. L. Dhawale Memorial Trust (MLDT). Dr. Navin Pawaskar, the head of the hospital, has to make recommendations to the management team to improve the profitability of the hospital and be financially s...Starting at €8.20
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Ornge: Improving Service Levels
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10M092-EAccounting and Control, StrategyOrnge’s management team is taking a look at its helicopter service contract, which accounts for 42 per cent of its annual costs. The firm is a not-for-profit organization tasked with providing air and ground ambulance services for Ontario, Canada. In the past, Ornge has subcontracted helicopter service to a service provider. But an analysis conducted within Ornge suggests that owning the helicopters might save the firm a lot of money. Any savings...Starting at €8.20
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Dental Associates of Northern Virginia (A)
Marie E. MattaCase IVEY-9B10D017-EService and Operations ManagementDental Associates of Northern Virginia is one of the largest dental networks in northern Virginia. In this series of two cases, the head administrator must choose between keeping up with new technology by investing in innovative all-porcelain crown-making machines or holding onto a strategy of waiting and seeing. This choice also aligns with the head administrator making a larger decision of whether to enhance the core competency of his network b...Starting at €8.20
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Dental Associates of Northern Virginia (B)
Marie E. MattaCase IVEY-9B10D018-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is a supplement to Dental Associates of Northern Virginia (A).Starting at €5.74
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Avalanche Corporation: Integrating Bayesian Analysis into the Production Decision-making Process
Owen P. Hall; Kenneth KoCase IVEY-9B11D006-EService and Operations ManagementThe director of operations at Avalanche Corporation was faced with some major decisions. The firm was experiencing considerable difficulties in matching supply with demand. As a result, the company was overproducing and had to sell the excess at a loss. At a recent board meeting, the vice president of marketing reported on a new snowboard product, the Avalanche Racer. She presented her rationale for introducing a new ski product at this time by h...Starting at €8.20