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Ferio Pugliese: Leading WestJet's New Carrier Encore
Gerard Seijts; Jean-Louis Schaan; Robert WayCase IVEY-9B15C008-ELeadership and People ManagementIn early 2014, Ferio Pugliese looked back on his turbulent first year as president of WestJet Airlines Ltd.’s new regional air service Encore. Encore represented the company’s most significant organizational change in its 18 years of dramatic growth. Expanding the airline’s fleet to include smaller, short-haul aircraft that could service smaller destinations throughout Western Canada had not been without growing pains. For example, a number of em...Starting at €8.20
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Hopax (B)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Yung-Chien LouCase IVEY-9B10M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Hopax (A), product number 9B10M004, explains that, unlike the other players, Hopax decides to fight in court after Staples, Hopax's largest customer in the United States, decides to cancel its contract.Starting at €5.74
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Hopax (C)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Yung-Chien LouCase IVEY-9B10M006-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Hopax (A), product number 9B10M004, recounts the events that followed until 2008 and explains how the company applied principles of judo strategy to become the second largest supplier of repositionable notes in the world.Starting at €5.74
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Kassatly Chtaura: Time to Expand Abroad
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramzi FathallahCase IVEY-9B15M104-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2013, Kassatly Chtaura, a family-owned producer of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages headquartered in Chtaura, Lebanon, faces a dilemma. It is doing very well in terms of revenues and market share and has succeeded in building a strong cash flow. However, the past year’s figures show little growth, and the family is concerned that sales of its syrups, juices, ready-to-drink beverages and wines have reached a plateau. Should the ...Starting at €8.20
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Hopax (A)
Jean-Louis Schaan; Yung-Chien LouCase IVEY-9B10M004-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe three-case series is about how a medium-sized Taiwanese company approached competition with 3M in global markets. The series covers a 14-year period. The A case starts in 1994, when 3M decides to launch a lawsuit against companies (including Hopax) selling repositionable notes that compete with 3M's highly successful Post-It notes in the United States. How should Hopax respond? The B case explains that, unlike the other players, Hopax decides...Starting at €8.20
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CivicAction (A): Launching a Multi-stakeholder Initiative
Jean-Louis Schaan; Gerard SeijtsCase IVEY-9B16C018-ELeadership and People ManagementAlthough much had been accomplished since the members of the Commercial Building Energy Initiative Leadership Council first met in September 2009, the co-chairs were concerned about the local landlords’ reluctance to engage in a public race to reduce energy consumption in their respective buildings. As one of three environmental initiatives launched out of CivicAction’s Greening Greater Toronto initiative, reducing the energy consumption in comme...Starting at €8.20
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CivicAction (B): The Target
Jean-Louis Schaan; Gerard SeijtsCase IVEY-9B16C019-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement to CivicAction (A): Launching a Multi-stakeholder Initiative, 9B16C018.Starting at €5.74
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CivicAction (C): The Awards
Jean-Louis Schaan; Gerard SeijtsCase IVEY-9B16C020-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplement to CivicAction (A): Launching a Multi-stakeholder Initiative, 9B16C018.Starting at €5.74
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Bixi Goes to New York
Yves Plourde; Jean-Louis SchaanCase IVEY-9B15M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2011, the Public Bike System Company, based in Montreal, Canada, was preparing to answer a request for proposal by New York City to create a financially self-sustaining public bike-sharing system. Three years earlier, the company, owned by the Montreal Transit Authority, had created Bixi, a service that made bikes available to members through docking stations, powered by solar energy, spread across the city. Although its financial structur...Starting at €8.20
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iMPath Networks
Terrence Kulka; Jean-Louis Schaan; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B06M094-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe vice-president marketing (VP) for iMPath Networks, a leading provider of managed video networks for surveillance and enterprise applications, is presented with an offer to take over as CEO of the firm. It was October 2001 and iMPath was in poor shape after growth in expenses outpaced sales growth from 1999 to 2000 when the firm pursued aggressive growth targets in international markets while increasing the number of employees. Unfortunately f...Starting at €8.20