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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Complete Service Billing
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B14N008-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceAn entrepreneur is reviewing her business plan for a proposed new venture that would provide billing services to emergency room physicians in a hospital setting. She has to make a final recommendation regarding the feasibility of the plan. The entrepreneur must ensure that her financial analysis provides a realistic projection of the revenue and profit. She also wants to consider all the pertinent factors that could potentially affect the viabili...Starting at €8.20
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Beyond the Bean
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B13A006-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn 2012, a young entrepreneur is preparing the marketing portion of a business plan to launch a board games café, and he needs to complete the plan within a week so that he can review it with his business partner. The marketing plan must include a recommendation for a target market and detail plans for promotion, pricing and product offering. The partners have budgeted $6,000 for promotion to gain exposure and bring customers into the café.Starting at €8.20
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Michael Patterson (A)
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B10C024-ELeadership and People ManagementMichael Patterson is an engineering technician at Confederation Kitchen. The company is downsizing its staff in response to declining profitability. Patterson has heard a rumour that he will now report to a supervisor for whom he has little respect and with whom he has had trouble in the past. The engineering and manufacturing manager has called a meeting to discuss Patterson's new role, and Patterson must decide how candid he should be at the me...Starting at €8.20
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Note on Evaluating Capital Investments
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B08B012-EFinanceThis note introduces the process of making capital investment decisions to non-business students.Starting at €8.20
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Just Clean Your Hands
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B12C022-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2011, a fourth-year science student at The University of Western Ontario must provide the manager of Infection and Prevention Control her recommendations to improve staff compliance with the hand hygiene requirements of the medical and support staff at London Health Sciences Centre and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The Province of Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care had implemented an initiative called Just Clean Your ...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Patterson (B)
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B10C025-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementIn this (B) case to Michael Patterson (A), product # 9B10C024, an engineering technician meets with the new engineering and manufacturing manager. He shares his thoughts about his new immediate supervisor, but the manager believes his comments to be inappropriate and presents the engineering technician with a formal written reprimand. In a time of economic uncertainty, the engineering technician must determine what action, if any, he should take.Starting at €5.74
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London’s Green Bin Program
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B11D008-EService and Operations ManagementThe general manager of environmental and engineering services in London, Ontario, is preparing a recommendation regarding the implementation of green bins to collect organic waste from city households. When making this decision, he must consider the costs to the taxpayer to implement this program along with other qualitative issues. The case is written for an engineering economics unit in a general business course for engineering students as an i...Starting at €8.20
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Yates Control Systems: Will the Bank Make the Loan
David HouseCase IVEY-9B18N008-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn early April 2017, the newly-appointed business account manager at the Confederation Bank of Canada's branch in London, Ontario, was reviewing a long-term loan request for CA$1,500,000. The president of Yates Control Systems (YCS), an engineering company focused on providing automation solutions for manufacturing companies, had requested the loan to fund the purchase of a new facility for her company as part of a strategic expansion plan. YCS’s...Starting at €8.20
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Influenza Pandemic Planning at LHSC
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B08C011-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe manager of occupational health and safety services at the London Health Science Centre (LHSC) is a member of a team developing a plan to prepare LHSC to manage various issues in the event of an influenza pandemic, particularly in its hospitals. Such an event would place severe strain on LHSC's employees and on the organization's ability to provide health care to the public. The manager has to resolve several ethical concerns while ensuring co...Starting at €8.20
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Huron Farms Dressage
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; David HouseCase IVEY-9B09N005-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceA retired scientist and her partner want to start a company near London, Ontario, specializing in training horses for dressage competitions. The partners must ascertain whether the $100,000 they plan to invest will be sufficient to cover cash requirements, or whether a loan is required. Neither partner has had any business training, and they are unsure how to prepare proper financial statements. The partners wondered whether any further informati...Starting at €8.20