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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Panda Base: Digital Transformation for Wildlife Conservation
Man Zhao; Yang Chen; Carol Hsu; Ning Su; Guiyao TangCase IVEY-9B20E012-EInformation Technologies, StrategyThe Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (Panda Base), located in Chengdu, China, was the world’s most popular scenic spot for giant panda tourism. Panda Base was founded in 1987 with a mission that included the protection and breeding of the endangered giant panda, scientific research, public education, and cultural tourism. In 2002, the director of Panda Base began to build panda culture and the panda brand in an effort to resolve low ...Starting at €8.20
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StratAFin Inc.: Auditing Change
Verity Hawarden; Margaret Sutherland; Mandla AdonisiCase IVEY-9B12C006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case focuses on organizational transformation in an accounting firm in South Africa. It describes how the impact of both globalization and the transformation that the country had undergone since the advent of democracy in 1994 steered StratAFin Inc. towards a process of building a new identity. The firm’s senior management realized the need for transformation based on the many new challenges in the changing environment. Change was experience...Starting at €8.20
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Huanglongxi Ancient Town: Digital Transformation of Cultural Tourism
Ning Su; Yang Chen; Qi Song; Si Shi; Carol HsuCase IVEY-W26299-EInformation Technologies, StrategyHuanglongxi, a historic town in Sichuan Province, topped the list of “China’s Iconic Cultural Tourism Towns 2020.” In October 2017, Zhang Dafan, the executive director of the Huanglongxi Overseas Chinese Town Group (OCT), had led his team in initiating aStarting at €8.20
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Panda Base: Digital Transformation for Wildlife Conservation - Teaching Note
Man Zhao; Yang Chen; Carol Hsu; Ning Su; Guiyao TangTeaching Note IVEY-8B20E012-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for product 9B20E012.Starting at €0.00
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Beer for All: SABMiller in Mozambique
Margaret Sutherland; Tashmia IsmailCase IVEY-9B14M026-EStrategySABMiller, the world’s second largest brewer, has developed a business model in Mozambique that represents a radical departure from the firm’s traditional approach to beer production. Despite this multinational’s well-developed global supply chains and heavily centralized processes, it has disrupted both established processes and products and has, instead, innovated to produce a cassava-based beer in an effort to serve the low-income consumers wh...Starting at €8.20
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Olitzki Property Holdings Catalyzes Change in Johannesburg
Anthony Wilson-Prangley; Jonathan Marks; Margaret SutherlandCase IVEY-9B15M118-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe large-scale abandonment of property in inner-city Johannesburg had brought waves of crime, illegal building occupation and general disinvestment. The founder of Olitzki Property Holdings (OPH) saw that an improvement at a precinct level, through carefully constructed partnerships with government, other property owners, tenants and illegal residents, was the key to building a sustainable, inclusive and socially grounded entrepreneurial busines...Starting at €8.20
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Market Stretch
Gavin Price; Margaret SutherlandCase IVEY-9B09M046-EMarketing, StrategyBio-Oil is a multi-purpose skin care product that has gone from being sold only in South Africa to being the No. 1 scar treatment product in 16 of the 17 countries in which it is distributed. Retail sales have jumped from R3 million per annum to R1 billion from 2000 to 2008. Justin and David Letschert made key decisions to eliminate all of the other 119 products that were being manufactured by the company that they took over in 2000, and focused ...Starting at €8.20
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The Beauty of Sorbet
Margaret Sutherland; Verity HawardenCase IVEY-9B12A039-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyHIGHLY COMMENDED CASE - African Business Cases Runner-up, 2012 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Case Writing Competition. This case chronicles the origins and growth of Sorbet, a chain of beauty salons targeting upper income women in South African metropolitan areas. Owner Ian Fuhr identified an opportunity to redefine the beauty salon experience in South Africa by offering customers a service unlike anything in the industry....Starting at €8.20
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Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement
Margaret Sutherland; Anthony Wilson-Prangley; Verity HawardenCase IVEY-9B13C029-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI), a South African non-government organization, played a crucial role in turning the tide in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. The organization significantly influenced the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through its credibility, research output and multiple stakeholder engagement. The collaborative multiparty relationships between WRHI's stakeholders were a key component of the o...Starting at €8.20
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Huaxi Hospital: Digital Transformation of Healthcare - Teaching Note
Yang Chen; Man Zhao; Hui Lv; Carol Hsu; Ning SuTeaching Note IVEY-W29511-EInformation Technologies, StrategyTeaching note for product W29510.Starting at €0.00