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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Raven Indigenous Capital Partners: Designing An Impact Investing Measurement Framework
Michael R. King; Basma Majerbi; Crystal TremblayCase IVEY-W25239-EAccounting and ControlIn February 2020, a social geographer at the University of Victoria was approached by one of the co-founders and managing partners of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners to develop an Indigenous impact measurement framework for the company. Raven Indigenous Capital Partners was founded in 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The founders launched the Raven Indigenous Impact Fund to invest in early-stage growth businesses started by Indigenous entre...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook, Inc.: The Initial Public Offering (A)
Deborah Compeau; Craig Dunbar; Michael R. King; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B12N031-EFinanceIt was May 16, 2012, and the highly anticipated pricing of Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering (IPO) was underway. An analyst at CXTechnology Fund was preparing to speak to the lead underwriter about his final interest in the deal. The analyst had reviewed Facebook’s phenomenal growth, its profitable business model and the competitive landscape for the social networking industry. The IPO appeared to be oversubscribed with heavy interest from ...Starting at €8.20
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Clubb International: Revisiting the Marketing Strategy
Neena Sondhi; Rituparna BasuCase IVEY-9B18A009-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingClubb International Private Limited (Clubb) was a 26-year-old travel goods and accessories firm based in Kolkata, India. The owner believed in a complete ownership model. The firm had come a long way since its beginning and now had close to 200 product offerings. In March 2017, the owner’s son (the second-generation director of Clubb) felt it was time to scale up the business and acquire a leadership position in the market. Clubb had at its core ...Starting at €8.20
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Stock Manipulation by China's Pangang Group
Xin Chen; Michael R. KingCase IVEY-9B16N007-EFinance, StrategyIn April 2011, a university professor of accounting and finance was examining the financial statements of Pangang Group Steel Vanadium & Titanium Company (Pangang), a leading Chinese steel manufacturer listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Pangang had a dramatic turnaround in its reported net income in 2010 with its share price rising over 60 per cent in a six-month period. The professor suspected that the controlling shareholder of Pangang — An...Starting at €8.20
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Clubb International: Revisiting the Marketing Strategy - Teaching Note
Neena Sondhi; Rituparna BasuTeaching Note IVEY-8B18A009-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B18A009.Starting at €0.00
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Nappa Dori: Crafting the Branding Strategy - Teaching Note
Neena Sondhi; Rituparna BasuTeaching Note IVEY-8B19A043-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B19A043.Starting at €0.00
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Sirona Hygiene Private Limited: Branding in an Intimate Hygiene Space - Teaching Note
Rituparna Basu; Neena SondhiTeaching Note IVEY-8B21A002-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B21A002.Starting at €0.00
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Sirona Hygiene Private Limited: Branding in an Intimate Hygiene Space
Rituparna Basu; Neena SondhiCase IVEY-9B21A002-EMarketingSirona Hygiene Private Limited (Sirona Hygiene) started operations in 2015 with its launch of PeeBuddy—a portable urination device for women. For Sirona Hygiene, the first four years had been extremely satisfying, as the company was able to launch five unique products and 15 differentiated products across its three brands—PeeBuddy, Sirona, and BodyGuard. Each brand had its own unique value proposition and operated in a different product space. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Iceland's Landsbanki Islands hf: Where to From Here
Murray J. Bryant; Gerard Seijts; Michael R. KingCase IVEY-9B14C015-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe CEO of a failed bank in Iceland must address what went wrong and how he should go about restoring trust in the bank by customers, debt holders, fellow Icelanders, politicians and regulators. Crippled by the global financial crisis, not only did Iceland’s banks default but the country itself was in danger of dissolution. This case examines the myriad reasons for the bank failure and subsequent nationalization, and provides an understanding of ...Starting at €8.20
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Was Insider Trading Ahead of Takeovers a Problem
Stephen R. Foerster; Michael R. King; Fatma SonmezCase IVEY-9B12N021-EFinanceOn January 6, 2010, Stanko Grmovsek was sentenced to three years and three months in prison for making profits of an estimated US$9 million over 14 years based on insider tips from his best friend from law school, Gil Cornblum. Grmovsek and Cornblum had operated an illegal insider trading scheme from 1994 until 2008. Using his role as a corporate lawyer at various law firms, Cornblum had passed material non-public information related to 46 takeov...Starting at €8.20