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Xanadu Farms: Weathering the Uncertainty
Tiffany BayleyExercise IVEY-W33716-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementIn March 2023, two strawberry producers in Ontario, Canada had to decide how many acres to plant with each of four strawberry varieties at Xanadu Farms. They had committed to providing 275,000 pounds of berries to a local independent grocery chain and also required some of their berry crop to make strawberry preserves. Complicating this decision was the impact that weather had on the yield of each type of berry. If the weather reduced the yield, ...Starting at €8.20
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BikeCo and EngInc: Endless Possibilities (Handout A)
Vanessa C. Hasse; Maclaren ForrestExercise IVEY-W36163-EStrategyThis experiential exercise is designed to teach students how joint ventures can entail inherent tensions that resemble a real-world prisoner’s dilemma. In the context of a (hypothetical) international collaboration in the global bicycle industry, students are put in the position of the parent firms’ decision-makers and must decide between accessing the other’s knowledge versus wanting to acquire (i.e., own) it. Students are thereby incentivized t...Starting at €8.20
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Mystery Books Co.: Measuring Performance through Accounting Policy Choices
Vaughan S. Radcliffe; Mitchell Stein; Elaine WangExercise IVEY-W27858-EAccounting and Control, FinanceIn January 2021, the co-founder of Mystery Books Co. (Mystery Books) was evaluating the company’s 2020 performance under the leadership of his daughter as the new chief executive officer. His daughter had ambitions of securing Walmart Inc. as a key client, so the co-founder had promised her an additional performance bonus of 5 per cent of his 30 per cent ownership of common stock if she grew the company’s net income by 20 per cent over the previo...Starting at €8.20
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Broadband-X: Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation
Mustafa Fatih YegulExercise IVEY-9B20E021-EInformation TechnologiesBroadband-X, is a small-sized electronic contract manufacturing company. The company had been using QuickBooks accounting package and Excel sheets to manage its processes. As the company grew, Brian, the owner, noticed that the current model was not capabStarting at €8.20
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Interest rate swaps pricing - Exercises
Martínez Abascal, EduardoExercise FE-32-EFinanceThese problems are intended to give the student an opportunity to practice with the fixed income mathematics and also to give some exposure to international bond markets. The problems are based on the information containned on FN-314, Exhibit 2, Tables 12 to 15, from the Wall Street Journal Europe (WSJE) and the Finacial Times (FT).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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Netflix: From "Clicks and Bricks" to Digital Movie Delivery (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, Philip; Sieber, SandraExercise PE-75-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementNetflix is a U.S. provider of on-demand Internet streaming media and flat rate DVD-by-mail services. The company experienced incredible success since its beginnings in 1997. During 2010, revenue jumped 29% to $2.16 billion, and stock price increased 219% to $175.70. It also added 8 million subscribers, bringing its total to over 20 million. In the summer of 2011 the company first announced the spin-off of its traditional DVD rental operations fro...Starting at €8.20
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Carretera marginal de la Selva: instrucciones confidenciales para el negociador del gobernador.
Leguizamón Rodríguez, Francisco A.Exercise INCAE-30748El Gobernador de la región del Medio Arauca ha recibido con beneplácito la propuesta del consorcio CMS para la construcción de una carretera marginal de la selva que dinamizara la economía regional. El caso provee los argumentos que facilitarán al gobernador sustentar su apoyo al proyecto.Starting at €8.20
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Carretera marginal de la Selva: instrucciones confidenciales para el negociador de los Puertos de Arauca
Leguizamón Rodríguez, Francisco A.Exercise INCAE-30752Corporate GovernanceLos operadores de los puertos fluviales del Arauca no ven con buenos ojos la construcción de una carretera que limitará el transporte fluvial. El caso presenta la argumentación requerida para negociar una indemnización por parte de (CMS) a los operadores de los puertos fluviales.Starting at €8.20
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Carretera marginal de la Selva: instrucciones confidenciales para el negociador de la Fundación Amigos de la Selva
Leguizamón Rodríguez, Francisco A.Exercise INCAE-30746Corporate GovernanceLa Fundación Amigos de la Selva tiene el compromiso de evitar el deterioro en la región del Medio Arauca. Han llegado a la conclusión de que una carretera marginal a la selva ocasionará serios daños al equilibrio ecológico de la zona. El caso provee los argumentos que servirán para negociar con el CMP cambios en el proyecto que evita el daño ambiental.Starting at €8.20