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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Herend Porcelain Manufactory: Designing Strategy in a COVID-19 World - Teaching Note
Anass Karzazi; Elias Goletsas; Pardeep Singh Attri; Yusaf AkbarTeaching Note IVEY-W27120-EStrategyTeaching note for product W27119.Starting at €0.00
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Hummus Bar: Dipping into International Markets
Ilan Alon; Jennifer Dugosh; Yusaf AkbarCase IVEY-9B13M060-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of Hummus Bar, a successful restaurant in Hungary, is considering expansion. He is struggling to identify and select the most promising market. Should he pursue domestic expansion or consider internationalizing his concept? The founder wants to recruit and involve additional investors to spread risk, enhance the brand through diversified skill sets and ensure he selects the most appropriate entry strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Sawchyn Guitars: Can an Old Business Learn New Tricks - Teaching Note
Meredith Woodwark; Matthew WongTeaching Note IVEY-8B13M084-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B13M084.Starting at €0.00
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Innovate LLP: Legal Dilemmas in the Start-up World
Matthew Wong; Adrienne Ng; Darren MeisterCase IVEY-9B15M107-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA burgeoning mobile application entrepreneur has developed an interesting potential product with her friends. However, when she encounters an investment opportunity, she decides to seek legal advice for the first time in her business life. As a result of her initial meeting with a lawyer, she realizes how unprepared she is and some of the tough questions that she will need to answer.Starting at €8.20
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Dropbox: Go-To-Market Sales Strategy
Darren Meister; Matthew WongCase IVEY-9B17M053-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late 2014, Dropbox, the San Francisco-based pioneering cloud-based file storage service, was at an important stage of its growth. Its user base had expanded into hundreds of millions of users globally, and the company was expanding its service offerings to organizations. At the heart of this expansion was the ever-increasing acquisition of customers in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. As Dropbox targeted larger customers, it needed to c...Starting at €8.20
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Sawchyn Guitars: Can an Old Business Learn New Tricks
Meredith Woodwark; Matthew WongCase IVEY-9B13M084-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - Laurier School of Business and Economics Best Case Award 2013. The owner of Sawchyn Guitars makes fine handmade acoustic guitars and mandolins. After 40 years of operating from a two-storey backyard garage, he contemplates a shift from a solely custom-order business to a storefront location. Although his custom-order business is still strong, the owner sees the opportunity to realize his dream of providing a full-service musi...Starting at €8.20
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Mobilia Interiors Inc.: The Operations Decision
Eric Morse; Ken Mark; Matthew WongCase IVEY-9B10M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2008, the president of Montreal-based retailer of designer furniture store, Mobilia, was reviewing her workload. Mobilia's growth had required she to spend increasing amounts of her time in operations, finance and human resources and significantly less time on sourcing and purchasing. With a doubling of her direct reports in recent years, and recognizing that external hires would soon be necessary to support Mobilia's growth, she wondered ...Starting at €8.20
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Helarctos Ventures: Investing in Seed-Stage Start-Ups
Matthew WongCase IVEY-9B19M112-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early 2016, Canada’s venture capital (VC) investment environment was growing and, as a result, exciting new start-ups were fruitfully collaborating with a sophisticated selection of investors. Ajay Joshi, a partner at Helarctos Ventures (HV), a seed-stStarting at €8.20
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Helarctos Ventures: Investing in Seed-Stage Start-Ups - Teaching Note
Matthew WongTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M112-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M112.Starting at €0.00
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Miutcánk: A Neighbourhood-Building Network
Anass Karzazi; Yusaf AkbarCase IVEY-9B20M099-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe co-founder and chief product officer of Miutcánk, a promising sharing-economy platform dedicated to neighbourhood networking and services, was analyzing the growth of the platform since its creation in 2014. Miutcánk had more than 43,000 registered usStarting at €8.20