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Valley Carriers (B): Working on Versus Working in the Business
Vanessa M. StrikeCase IVEY-9B16M096-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is the second case in the Valley Carriers series, which also includes Valley Carriers (A): Establishing Status in a Family Business 9B16M095 and Valley Carriers (C): Restructuring the Governance of the Family Firm 9B16M097.Starting at €5.74
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Muxxic Latina
Carrión V.; Nueno, José Luis; Bertini, MarcoCase M-1135Information Technologies, MarketingMuxxic Latina es una compañía discográfica internacional creada por Prisa y Universal Music Group, con el propósito no sólo de crear una plataforma uniforme con la cual penetrar en los países de habla hispana, sino también participar activamente en la globalización de la música contemporánea en español.Starting at €8.20
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Advising the Family Firm: Opening Pandora's Box (A)
Vanessa M. Strike; Dennis MaCase IVEY-9B18M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2018, a family business advising team entered a seemingly straightforward contract with members of the Graham family, who were planning to transition their business to the next generation. The first and second generations, who founded and grew their business into a portfolio of 50 grocery store franchises across the eastern United States, were concerned about the capacity and interest of the next generation in continuing the success of...Starting at €8.20
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To Mumbai with Love: Exiting the Family Firm
Vanessa M. Strike; Alykhan AlidinaCase IVEY-9B16M159-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIt was the summer of 2015 when the son of a family-owned real estate business in Vancouver was struck by love and decided to follow his heart to India. However, leaving his family’s business was easier said than done. The family had no formal documents that provided members with an exit strategy or remuneration. There were no wills or financial plans, and whatever money was available to finance a move abroad was tied up in the family business, wh...Starting at €8.20
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Simpson Seeds: Growing the Next Generation
Vanessa M. Strike; David Bentall; Christine LoweCase IVEY-9B16C051-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementGreg Simpson was the chief executive officer of Simpson Seeds Inc. (SSI). He and his two brothers, second-generation owners of a family farm, had started the seed company. From humble beginnings in Moose Jaw, SSI had grown to be the largest privately owned lentil exporter and seed retailer in Saskatchewan, Canada, distributing pulses to nearly 80 countries worldwide. Simpson and his brothers had recently added a new red lentil–splitting plant to ...Starting at €8.20
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Health Nut
Colleen Sharen; Vanessa M. StrikeCase IVEY-9B08M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLate in the afternoon on January 20, 2006, one of the owners of The Health Nut hung up the phone. Her account manager had just called to tell her that the bank was not going to extend any further credit to her small retail natural health products (NHP) store located in Grand Bend, Ontario. She and her life and business partner had owned The Health Nut since May 2003. While they had successfully grown sales, the business was not generating enough ...Starting at €8.20
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Refreshing the Orbed Private Label
Villanueva, Julian; Nueno, José Luis; Soldado, PilarCase M-1345-EMarketingFor several weeks Daryl had been spending a lot of time preparing a presentation he would make to the company's executive committee. In the presentation, he would have to make a recommendation on the repositioning of Orbed's store-brand soft drinks. The next day, he had to talk his proposal over with Richard Balmori, the director of the store-brand department, and Joe Rod, Orbed's commercial director. A few months earlier, Sandfer, a British supp...Starting at €8.20
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Refrescando la marca propia en Orbed
Villanueva, Julian; Nueno, José Luis; Soldado, PilarCase M-1345MarketingDaryl Board llevaba varias semanas dedicando mucho tiempo a preparar la presentación que realizaría ante el comité de dirección de la compañía. En dicha presentación, debía proponer sus recomendaciones acerca del necesario reposicionamiento del refresco de la marca Orbed. Al día siguiente, discutiría su propuesta con Richard Balmori, director del Departamento de Marcas Propias, y con Joe Rod, director comercial. Unos meses antes, Sandfer, una emp...Starting at €8.20
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TiVo 2011
Tonijuan, Gemma; Comín, Marta; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Nueno, José LuisCase SI-178-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, MarketingTiVo is a digital video recorder, developed and marketed by TiVo, Inc. and introduced in 1999. TiVo provides an electronic television programming schedule, whose features include "Season Pass" schedules which record every new episode of a series, and "WishList" searches which allow users to find and record shows that match their interests by title, actor, director, category or keyword. TiVo is facing declining revenues and is exploring a number o...Starting at €8.20
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Muxxic Latina
Carrión V.; Nueno, José Luis; Bertini, MarcoCase M-1135-EInformation Technologies, MarketingMuxxic Latina, the international recording company created by PRISA and Universal Music Group for the purpose of establishing a joint presence in the booming U.S.Latin music market, not only wants to create a uniform platform with which to penetrate Spanish-speaking countries, but also they want to actively participate in the globalisation of contemporary music in the Spanish language.Starting at €8.20