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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Shoppers Stop Limited: Developing Sense-and-Respond Capabilities (B)
Pragya Arya; Sanjay Kumar; Narain GuptaCase IVEY-9B20D016-EService and Operations ManagementSupplement for product 9B20D015.Starting at €5.74
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Sahyadri Farms: Growing in the Agritech Field
Preeti Jain; Jyotsna Bhatnagar; Narain GuptaCase IVEY-W28518-EService and Operations Management, StrategyThe farmer producer company (FPC) Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company Ltd. (Sahyadri Farms) commenced with a mission of safeguarding fair compensation to the small landholding farmers of India in exchange for their produce and hard labour. Sahyadri Farms was a market leader in grape exports, especially to Europe, but when export freight charges shot up dramatically due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the company was forced to enter i...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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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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Delhi Metro Airport Express Line: Making it Viable - Teaching Note
Sunil Ashra; Sharat Sharma; Narain GuptaTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M113-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M113.Starting at €0.00
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Shoppers Stop Limited: Developing Sense-and-Respond Capabilities (A) - Teaching Note
Pragya Arya; Sanjay Kumar; Narain GuptaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20D015-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20D015.Starting at €0.00
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Shoppers Stop Limited: Developing Sense-and-Respond Capabilities (A)
Pragya Arya; Sanjay Kumar; Narain GuptaCase IVEY-9B20D015-EService and Operations ManagementIn January 2013, the chief executive officer and the department heads of Shoppers Stop Limited, India’s largest department store chain, met to discuss the Indian government's imminent clearance of direct foreign investment applications by major global retStarting at €8.20
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Capitalization of Costs at Salesforce.com
Darren Henderson; Chris Sturby; Jessica KellyCase IVEY-9B12B021-EAccounting and ControlAn investor wishes to make an investment in a software/information technology company. The investor is intrigued by the growth prospects of firms in the cloud computing industry and is deciding on whether to make an investment in the common shares of Salesforce.com. While the industry appears to be very attractive, concerns have been raised in the financial media over the company's accounting policy decisions, particularly the decision to capital...Starting at €8.20