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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Why Canada Should Adopt Mandatory Say-On-Pay
David Fraser; Darren HendersonArticle IVEY-9B14TA05-EStrategySay-on-pay votes give shareholders a valuable opportunity to express their views on executive compensation. The goal of say-on-pay is to increase the accountability, transparency and performance linkage of executive pay and improve communication between shareholders and boards of directors. Among major Western nations, Canada is an outlier in not having adopted mandatory say-on-pay. About 60 per cent of Canada’s 100 largest companies have adopted...Starting at €8.20
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Air Canada: Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Darren Henderson; Christine I. Wiedman; Pricilla CheungCase IVEY-9B11B016-EAccounting and ControlAn investor was reviewing his investment in Air Canada to decide whether or not to sell his shares in the company. Recent weakness in the airline industry and a three-day strike by service staff had caused the investor to reevaluate Air Canada’s long-term prospects. In particular, the investor wanted to consider the company’s pension plans in his analysis. A proposal to move new hires to defined contribution from defined benefit pension plans was...Starting at €8.20
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Ford Motor Company: Accounting for Deferred Taxes
Darren Henderson; Christine LiuCase IVEY-9B11B023-EAccounting and ControlFord Motor Company is considering whether to reverse the valuation allowance it has recorded over its deferred tax assets. Due to substantial losses from 2006 to 2008, Ford has $10.3 billion of tax loss carryforwards in addition to other deferred tax assets; however, due to uncertainty, Ford has not recorded the value of those deferred tax assets on its balance sheet. To improve business conditions over 2009 and 2010, Ford must now decide whether...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting for Faulty Ignition Switches at General Motors Company
Darren Henderson; Julia CuttCase IVEY-9B14B014-EAccounting and ControlOn January 31, 2014, the chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors (GM), a major automaker located in Detroit, Michigan, must decide whether to issue a recall based on a defect that had been found through an internal safety committee investigation. The ignition switch of certain GM small car models manufactured between 2005 and 2007 was prone to being nudged out of the run position, causing the driver to lose control as the engine would swi...Starting at €8.20
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Vietnam's Embrace of ICT for Economic Development: Success and Future Challenges
Vu Minh Khuong; Robert D. AustinCase IVEY-9B15E005-EInformation Technologies, StrategyVietnam has made impressive economic gains over a period of three decades, following the Doi Moi reforms of 1986. Before reform, the country’s socialist economy had been unable to displace the poverty that had plagued the country in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. After reform, Vietnam has experienced many years of sustained growth, as evidenced by its advances on several economic performance rankings. By 2014, Vietnam's rankings compared favou...Starting at €8.20
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Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship: Business Incubation in the Danish Context - Teaching Note
Robert D. Austin; Dana Minbaeva; Demetra DimokopoulosTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M116-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M116.Starting at €0.00
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Hart Schaffner Marx: Neurodiversity at a Classic American Suit Maker - Teaching Note
Robert D. AustinTeaching Note IVEY-8B18C048-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B18C048.Starting at €0.00
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TDC Group: New Ways of Working - Teaching Note
Robert D. Austin; Dana MinbaevaTeaching Note IVEY-W33699-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for Ivey Product W26414.Starting at €0.00
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JPMorgan Chase & Co.: Open Banking
Robert D. Austin; Jashan PuniyaCase IVEY-9B21M060-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationJPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMC), one of the world’s largest banks, was confronting the advent of open banking in its retail banking business. In late 2020, policy makers and regulators were advocating movement toward open banking with growing enthusiasm as a way to stimulate competition in the financial services sector and thus, encourage greater value creation for consumers.
JPMC, however, seemed to embrace open banking while also resisting i...Starting at €8.20
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Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship: Business Incubation in the Danish Context
Robert D. Austin; Dana Minbaeva; Demetra DimokopoulosCase IVEY-9B17M116-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2015, the Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship (CSE), the largest business incubator in Denmark, was admitting 100–125 new start-ups each year and attracting external funding of US$33 million from both public and private sources—all with an annual budget of US$435,000, funded exclusively by the Copenhagen Business School. Like most business incubators, CSE worked to provide entrepreneurs with training, mentorship, and investors, and to enhanc...Starting at €8.20