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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Bikanervala Foods Private Limited: Professionalization of a Family Business
Pranav Mittal; Madhushree AgarwalCase IVEY-9B20M136-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBikanervala was a fourth-generation Indian family business in the domestic fast-food and packaged-snacks industries. In its 65 years of existence, it had grown from a small outlet selling traditional Indian sweets and snacks to the industry’s second-largest player. This case traces the evolution of Bikanervala’s business model, which uniquely leveraged professional management practices along with strengths rooted in its family values. As the busi...Starting at €8.20
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Wooden Bakery: Should It Enter the U.S. Market
Hagop Panossian; Dima JamaliCase IVEY-9B16M128-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA leading family-owned Lebanese bakery-convenience store chain, Wooden Bakery, was in the process of deciding the company’s next options for growth in Lebanon and in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. The owner was pondering the use of aggressive growth strategies such as franchising and area-development franchising. Additionally, the founder of the company and its board members were facing the biggest decision in the company’s history as th...Starting at €8.20
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BLC Bank and the Quest for Women's Empowerment in MENA
Farah Matar; Dima JamaliCase IVEY-9B15M106-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2010, the assistant general manager and head of strategic development at Lebanon’s BLC Bank attended the annual summit of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, a leading organization of financial institutions that drove the creation of women’s wealth worldwide. On her return to Beirut, she encouraged her bank to capitalize on the inclusion of women as a relevant differentiator from both a business and societal perspective. The result of resea...Starting at €8.20
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Shirdi Infratech: Should a Star Manager Be Fired
Anjali Tiwari; Madhushree AgarwalCase IVEY-9B17C034-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyShirdi Infratech Pvt. Ltd. was in the wooden furniture manufacturing business and dealt with a wide range of diversified products such as modular kitchens, furniture, and doors. With its normal profit margin, the firm was growing, but not at a rate that satisfied the owner. At the same time, the business faced personnel management issues. The dilemma began in 2015 when the owner learned that one of his top performers had potentially leaked confid...Starting at €8.20
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Shirdi Infratech: Should a Star Manager Be Fired - Teaching Note
Anjali Tiwari; Madhushree AgarwalTeaching Note IVEY-8B17C034-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B17C034.Starting at €0.00
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Bikanervala Foods Private Limited: Professionalization of a Family Business - Teaching Note
Pranav Mittal; Madhushree AgarwalTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M136-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M136.Starting at €0.00
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Sustainability in the Arab World: The Aramex Way
Dima Jamali; Cedric DawkinsCase IVEY-9B11M060-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn 1982, Fadi Ghandour founded Aramex, a leading provider of logistics and transportation solutions with headquarters in Amman, Jordan. From its early inception, Ghandour strategically included principles and practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in the company’s culture in order to align business interests and competence with stakeholders’ needs. The community and environment were regarded as key stakeholders driv...Starting at €8.20
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WinnersTrend Pvt. Ltd. - The Dilemma Of Growth
Saleha Ahmad; Madhushree AgarwalCase IVEY-9B18M017-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn early 2016, WinnersTrend Pvt. Ltd. (WinnersTrend), which provided customized executive education and consulting services to senior business leaders in India, needed to decide whether or not to expand its operations to address a different market segment. It had been delivering value to its target market through its team of highly qualified and experienced facilitators, using a rigorous program design methodology; however, increasing competition...Starting at €8.20
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Partnership for Lebanon and Cisco Systems: Promoting Development in a Post-war Context
Dima JamaliCase IVEY-9B11M050-EStrategyThe project manager of the Partnership for Lebanon (PFL) and Cisco Systems’s regional director of corporate affairs for the Middle East and Africa met in September 2009, three years after the PFL was first initiated. The meeting primarily revolved around the challenge of sustainability and what useful suggestions they could put forward to their partners to ensure that the projects initiated through the PFL were not dependent on the continuous inv...Starting at €8.20
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Wooden Bakery: Should It Enter the U.S. Market - Teaching Note
Hagop Panossian; Dima JamaliTeaching Note IVEY-8B16M128-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B16M128.Starting at €0.00