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Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Maha Research Labs: Sales Force Effectiveness
Sandeep Puri; Rakesh Singh; Bindu Gupta; Shraddha PuriCase IVEY-W27721-EKnowledge and Communication, MarketingIn January 2022, Maha Research Labs Private Limited (MRL) needed to boost its sales force effectiveness (SFE). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MRL experienced losses in sales revenue and saw dwindling profits through 2020 and 2021. The pandemic had changed the sales ecosystem of the pharmaceutical industry, with many physicians and retailers now preferring online sales presentations. MRL’s managing director was concerned about the increased marketi...Starting at €8.20
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Poseidon Concepts Corporation: Boom To Bust - Teaching Note
Walid Busaba; Nourhene Ben Youssef; Saqib A. KhanTeaching Note IVEY-8B18B001-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product 9B18B001.Starting at €0.00
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Laurs & Bridz: Human Resource Policies for Sales Personnel - Teaching Note
Sandeep Puri; Bindu GuptaTeaching Note IVEY-8B18A006-EMarketingTeaching note for product 9B18A006.Starting at €0.00
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Has LIBOR Lost Its Stature in Derivatives Markets - Teaching Note
Walid Busaba; Ken MarkTeaching Note IVEY-8B16N058-EFinance, StrategyTeaching note for product 9B16N058.Starting at €0.00
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SaskPower U.S. Debt: Hedging Currency Exposure
Walid Busaba; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B18N011-EFinance, StrategyOn December 19, 2002, the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SaskPower) was contemplating the approval of the company’s 2003 foreign exchange strategy to manage long-term currency risk exposure in the utility’s U.S. dollar debt. SasStarting at €8.20
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London Mining Plc: The Offer from Blackrock World Mining Trust - Teaching Note
Walid Busaba; Ken MarkTeaching Note IVEY-8B19N014-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B19N014.Starting at €0.00
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Alumni Action Foundation: Currency Hedging Strategy
Walid Busaba; Zeigham Khokher; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10N030-EFinanceThe executive director of an independent charitable foundation is thinking about whether to hedge his foundation's U.S. dollar exposure given the large swings in the Canadian dollar-U.S. dollar exchange rate. For the past four years, the weakening U.S. dollar has contributed to underperformance in the foundation's portfolio relative to its peers.Starting at €8.20
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Has LIBOR Lost Its Stature in Derivatives Markets
Walid Busaba; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16N058-EFinance, StrategyIn April 2016, a large U.S. proprietary trading group in New York, with a significant fixed-income portfolio, was debating what discount rate to use to value the group’s interest-rate swap portfolio. The counterparties to these swaps were major banks, and the deals were collateralized. Criticisms about the use of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) as a benchmark for valuing these swaps were circulating, and there were reports that LIBOR wa...Starting at €8.20
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Transfer Pricing at Cameco Corporation
Walid Busaba; Nourhene Ben Youssef; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B14B011-EAccounting and Control, StrategyTransfer pricing used by multinational corporations to lower its tax burden, thereby increasing its consolidated income, can have far-reaching implications for the stakeholders, as a fund manager for Saskhedge fund found out the hard way. A stock investment the manager had made in Cameco Corporation has dropped its value by 20 per cent. In addition, Canada Revenue Agency has initiated a law suit against the firm for alleged tax avoidance in relat...Starting at €8.20
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Poseidon Concepts Corporation: Boom To Bust
Walid Busaba; Nourhene Ben Youssef; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B18B001-EAccounting and ControlOn February 25, 2013, the chief investment officer at University of Regina Investing (URI) was reviewing the draft copy of the annual report for 2012 that was to be submitted to the client, the University of Regina. One investment that stood out was Poseidon Concepts Corporation, which the fund had bought at $14.02 per share in April 2012, had reached a high of CA$16.02 in September 2012, and had eventually lost all stock value. The chief investm...Starting at €8.20