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Beck Taxi
Srinivas Krishnamoorthy; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09M058-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, MarketingBeck Taxi is Toronto's leading cab brokerage. In May 2009, the company's chief executive officer (CEO) is wondering whether the company could change the radio fee for the limited duration of summer, usually a lean season for the cab trade. The fee, paid by drivers for the dispatch service connecting them to customers in waiting, has not been increased in over a decade. That is enough reason to go for a straight upward revision on a permanent basi...Starting at €8.20
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Sears Canada (A)
Stephan Vachon; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13D014-EService and Operations ManagementSears Canada’s associate vice-president of sustainability faces dilemmas in executing a strategy to reduce the retailer’s carbon footprint. He needs to integrate the concept of sustainability into the company’s larger corporate objectives, drive the concept in individual business units and identify the metrics for tracking the progress of reducing Sears Canada’s carbon footprint.The (B) case, 9B13D015, is positioned two years later, when the asso...Starting at €8.20
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Sears Canada (B)
Stephan Vachon; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B13D015-EService and Operations ManagementThis is a supplement to 9B13D014.Starting at €5.74
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Freshii Inc.: Scaling Up Culture
Dominic Lim; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B18M175-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of Freshii Inc., a leading Canadian-based, international franchised restaurant chain, had developed a distinctive corporate culture at the restaurant’s head office. In July 2017, Freshii was expanding its healthy food, faStarting at €8.20
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Siemens Canada: Digital Transformation
Ning Su; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20M067-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn mid-2018, the president and chief executive officer of Siemens Canada was examining his options in executing Vision 2020+, a growth plan developed by the company's headquarters in Germany. One of the cornerstones of the plan was digitalization, both internally, among the company's sprawling manufacturing operations, and externally, among the company's industrial customers. How could Siemens Canada, as a North American subsidiary of a large mul...Starting at €8.20
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LCBO: Organizational Transformation
Jean-Louis Schaan; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B18M166-EStrategyIn 2016, the newly appointed president and chief executive officer of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), an alcoholic beverages retailer and a Crown corporation of the province of Ontario in Canada, was weighing his options in developing and execStarting at €8.20
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Nuway Software
Derrick Neufeld; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09E005-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesThe founder and president of Nuway Software (Nuway) must determine the pricing strategy for their new internally-developed mobile software product, Nulogic. Nuway develops custom mobile software applications that provide great competitive advantage to each of their customers; no two software modules it develops are similar. Nuway is now ready to market Nulogic as a stand-alone product and has identified three unique customer segments: Corporate i...Starting at €8.20
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RBC Mobile Wallet
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Binny Samuel; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B16E008-EInformation TechnologiesIn October 2012, the executive vice-president (EVP) at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Canada's leading bank, faced managerial dilemmas with regard to the launch of a mobile wallet. RBC had developed a cloud-based application that differed from industry standard SIM card–based payment methods. The EVP was evaluating areas of contrast between the two models as part of arriving at a decision. There was likelihood that the cloud solution was disrupt...Starting at €8.20
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Oncidium Business Consulting (A1)
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09D015-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn late 2006, the four partners of Oncidium Business Consulting disagree on a number of questions, such as the firm's future direction, the responsibilities of each partner and how profits are to be divided. The A1 case, 9B09D015, takes the viewpoint of the founding partner and majority holder of the firm's shares. The A2 case, 9B09D016, looks at the situation from the position of one of the minority partners.Starting at €8.20
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Oncidium Business Consulting (A2)
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B09D016-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementIn late 2006, the four partners of Oncidium Business Consulting disagree on a number of questions, such as the firm's future direction, the responsibilities of each partner and how profits are to be divided. The A1 case, 9B09D015, takes the viewpoint of the founding partner and majority holder of the firm's shares. The A2 case, 9B09D016, looks at the situation from the position of one of the minority partners.Starting at €8.20