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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Kroeker Farms Limited: Expanding Hemp Production - Teaching Note
Mary Gillett; Jessica KellyTeaching Note IVEY-8B18B007-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note for product 9B18B007.Starting at €0.00
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Nurturing Green: Vows and Woes of an Entrepreneur (A)
Nakul Gupta; D.P. GoyalCase IVEY-9B12M075-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIt was February 2012 and the founder of Nurturing Green, a plants-as-gifts enterprise, faced an important business decision. As he pondered the deal presented to him by an investment firm, he wondered about the wisdom of giving up 50 per cent control of his company in return for the investment firm’s offer of $10 million in capital funding. Would the investors take control of the company out of his hands, or would they provide necessary capital a...Starting at €8.20
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Cyberpreneur's Wake-up Call: Cyber Security and Millennial Talent Crises
Nakul Gupta; Arjun Bhatnagar; Jyotsna BhatnagarCase IVEY-9B13E029-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIt was summer of 2013, and the news of cyber-attacks and information security breaches was on the rise in India, as it was worldwide. Incidents such as the Axis bank’s cyber-crime incident and the news of the American National Security Agency’s global e-surveillance were creating consternation and dilemmas in the minds of information security consultants. One such consultant owned and operated an information security company, Percept Softech, a L...Starting at €8.20
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The Indian Greenpreneur: Management of Frenemy Talent and Coopetition
Jyotsna Bhatnagar; Neha Paliwal Sharma; Nakul GuptaCase IVEY-9B13C028-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyDuring the 2013 Indian festival of colours, a young green entrepreneur and owner of Green Horizon Consulting (GHC) faced a plethora of business growth challenges. His former employee, who had quit GHC a while back to work for a major rival, wanted to return. However, the entrepreneur could not figure it out — would rehiring an ex-employee be a sound business decision? Should he take a risk and give the former employee another chance? If he did, h...Starting at €8.20
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Arthur Brothers Construction Ltd.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jessica KellyCase IVEY-9B12B022-EAccounting and ControlA general contracting company specializing in the construction of single-family homes was known for its exceptional craftsmanship and was, therefore, highly sought after during the busy construction season from late spring to early fall. As a result, clients secured a spot in the company's schedule by paying deposits. This left the company with excess cash during the off-season, which it invested each year in trading investments. The case centres...Starting at €8.20
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Yogurt Mamas: Probiotics in Tanzania
Oana Branzei; David J. Sharp; Jessica Kelly; Osama SiddiquiCase IVEY-9B09M051-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyThis case illustrates a grassroots enterprise's path to self-sufficiency in a subsistence market context. It explores the gradual evolution of a business model with strong social mandates (pro-health, pro-women) and asks which growth options best marry profitability and positive social change. The Mwanza, Tanzania-based Yogurt Mamas emerge as entrepreneurial role models in their communities, with funds from Western donors and an exciting new tech...Starting at €8.20
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Double E Grain Corporation: Where To From Here
Donald W. Barclay; Jessica KellyCase IVEY-9B11M122-EStrategyIt was mid-January 2011 and Elmer Enns, sole owner of Double E Grain Corporation, a 6600-acre farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, was reflecting on the past year, during which he had completed the canola harvest ahead of schedule. Helped by strong commodity prices, Double E had experienced successive years of prosperity (as shown by the financial statements in the case). Elmer, in his mid-50s, was optimistic about the industry and content with the curr...Starting at €8.20
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Travelling Thai Ltd.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jessica KellyExercise IVEY-9B12B017-EAccounting and ControlA company that has a fleet of food trucks serving Thai food has issued bonds twice since its incorporation. Because the company has reached a level of maturity and is in the sixth year of operations, it is able to recall a portion of one of the bonds. The other bonds mature. Students are asked to record the transactions related to these bonds.Starting at €8.20
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Fresh Air Communications
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Jessica KellyExercise IVEY-9B12B019-EAccounting and ControlA large, well-established telecommunications company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, has decided to begin an overhaul of its infrastructure, beginning with a small pilot project. The case centres around the bonds used to finance this project, the short-term investments made with portions of the bond proceeds, and the company's outstanding common shares.Starting at €8.20
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Infosys: The Buyout Strategy for Vision 2020
Netra Pal Singh; Nakul GuptaCase IVEY-9B18M032-EStrategyInfosys Limited, a large Indian information technology (IT) company, had set a target of achieving revenues of US$20 billion by 2020 (known as Vision 2020) and thus needed swift growth. Acquisitions were a possible source of growth, but the problem was where and what to acquire and how to take the post-merger integration factor into account for achieving this growth. Infosys Limited had already made several acquisitions, which improved the compan...Starting at €8.20