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Harlequin Enterprises: The MIRA Decision
Rod E. White; Mary M. Crossan; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B03M007-EStrategyHarlequin Enterprises is a well-known publisher of series romantic fiction and is facing threats to its leading position as the world's largest romance publisher. This threat comes from the growing popularity of single title women's fiction novels. While Harlequin was the dominant and very profitable producer of series of romance novels, research indicated that many customers were reading as many single-title romance and women's fiction books as ...Starting at €6.75
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Paragon Information Systems
W. Glenn Rowe; John R. PhillipsCase IVEY-9B02M038-EStrategyParagon Information Systems is a small business unit owned by NewTel Enterprises Limited that manufacturers hardware for information technology and systems integration. The newly appointed chief executive officer is faced with a crisis. Days after his appointment, two vice-presidents resign and start a new company. The new company recruits the entire sales team, members of the technical unit and support staff from Paragon Information Systems, a l...Starting at €6.75
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Western Area Youth Services
Mary GillettCase IVEY-9B02M004-EStrategyWestern Area Youth Services is a children's mental health centre and non-profit organization. Recently the board of directors spent a great deal of time discussing the implications of a significant potential liability for staff salaries. A merger was identified as a possible solution and the executive director of the centre was instructed by the board to begin the process of seeking a possible merger partner for the agency. She wonders how she mi...Starting at €6.75
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Wall Street Journal: Print vs. Interactive
Amy J. HillmanCase IVEY-9A99M030-EStrategyOne of Dow Jones & Company's most respected brands, The Wall Street Journal, is threatened by Internet news providers, including their own Interactive Edition. The company is unsure whether the Interactive Edition will be a substitute or a complement to the Print Edition. The case focuses on changing industry boundaries, new technology, potential cannibalization, and a threat to the company's traditional business model. Industry analysis of both ...Starting at €6.75
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Westover Inn (A)
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Arash MahdavianiCase IVEY-9A96M003-EStrategyThe operations manager of the Westover Inn has an opportunity to obtain an equity position in the Inn and is trying to decide whether it makes sense for him to take advantage of it. The case examines a purchase decision from a broad range of perspectives - finance, accounting, model building, operations, marketing, strategy, human resources, communications, information technology - and particularly the interaction between the concerns of these fu...Starting at €6.75
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Mountain Equipment Co-op: Retailing With a Difference
David W. ConklinCase IVEY-9A94R001-EStrategyA co-operative involves many unique business features, and these are illustrated by Mountain Equipment Co-op. Of particular interest is the way in which customers are shareholders, and so the firm faces customer empowerment that both strengthens its market presence and also influences its product mix and pricing structure. Management faces a unique set of success criteria. Apart from its co-op nature, Mountain Equipment demonstrates the creative ...Starting at €6.75
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Lakeland Mining Corp.
David S.R. Leighton; Jonathon KovacheffCase IVEY-9A94M009-EStrategyThere is a very personal and dramatic confrontation between the chairman and the CEO of the board of directors. This circumstance will offer the students the opportunity to analyze corporate governance and the authority and accountability issues that arise when role descriptions are unclear. The case also examines the escalation of conflict and resolution alternatives.Starting at €6.75
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Royal Trustco
David W. Conklin; Alan W. AndronCase IVEY-9A94H004-EStrategyRoyal Trustco presents a chronology of some of the key decision points in the history of the firm (the parent firm of Royal Trust) from 1980 to 1992. To clarify the concept of corporate governance, a number of interesting discussion questions are presented: How did Royal Trustco get to the point where the directors had to sell the company to save it? Why did this happen? Was it appropriate for Royal Trustco directors to keep paying dividends give...Starting at €6.75
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Adept Chemical Inc.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Lindsay BrockCase IVEY-9B08N019-EFinanceThe chief executive officer of a chemical company supplying cleaning and hygiene products is preparing a bid worth $3 million in new business. Students are asked to analyze the industry, construct and interpret a statement of cash flows, calculate and interpret financial ratios, perform a differential analysis, project a cash budget, calculate sales breakeven and project a statement of earnings and a balance sheet.Starting at €6.75
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Chang Dental Clinic
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Andrew SmithCase IVEY-9B08N012-EFinanceStudents must assess the opportunity of purchasing a business as well as evaluate the likelihood that the potential investor, as a sole proprietor, will receive the required financing. This analysis should include the 4 Cs: character, business conditions, capacity to repay and collateral analysis. This analysis will also entail the qualitative examination of the business to be purchased, the new potential owner's personal characteristics, the den...Starting at €6.75