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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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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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Rosenbluth International Mexico (Spanish version)
John Kamauff; Sara Allan; David AgerCase IVEY-9A95DS05Service and Operations Management, StrategyEl gerente general de las operaciones mejicanas de Rosenbluth International (RI) habia recibido la tarea de transformar Bancomer Travel Services, una pequena agencia de viajes mejicana, en una oficina regional de Rosenbluth International. El concepto de servicio de RI ha contribuido con el exito de RI en la industria de viajes en los Estados Unidos y Canada, pero el exito en estos paises no implica que debe ser aceptado sin cuestionamientos en Me...Starting at €8.20
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Rosenbluth International Mexico (Abridged) (Spanish version)
John Kamauff; David AgerCase IVEY-9A95DS06Service and Operations Management, StrategyEl gerente general de las operaciones mejicanas de Rosenbluth International (RI) habia recibido la tarea de transformar Bancomer Travel Services, una pequena agencia de viajes mejicana, en una oficina regional de Rosenbluth International. El concepto de servicio de RI ha contribuido con el exito de RI en la industria de viajes en los Estados Unidos y Canada, pero el exito en estos paises no implica que debe ser aceptado sin cuestionamientos en Me...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
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R3 Corda: A Distributed Ledger Technology for Financial Services
Michael R. KingCase IVEY-9B18M141-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2016, the founder and chief executive officer of R3 was preparing for an offsite meeting, where his management team would debate what business model to pursue to extract the most value from the company’s new distributed ledger product called CStarting at €8.20
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R3 Corda: A Distributed Ledger Technology for Financial Services - Teaching Note
Michael R. KingTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M141-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M141.Starting at €0.00
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The Maple Acquisition of the TMX Group Inc.
Michael R. King; Amir Barnea; Feroz QayyumCase IVEY-9B13N023-EFinanceIn mid-March 2011, the vice-chairman of National Bank Financial had to decide what price to recommend to his Maple consortium partners for the TMX Group Inc. (TMX). The TMX was the owner and operator of Canada’s leading cash and derivatives exchanges. The vice-chairman was leading a consortium of Canadian banks that was planning an unsolicited bid in response to merger talks between the TMX and the London Stock Exchange Group. The case allows for...Starting at €8.20