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Maple Leaf Foods (E): Society/Animal Rights
Pratima Bansal; Wren Montgomery; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B20M179-EStrategySupplement to 9B20M174.Starting at €5.74
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La conducta del consumidor, ejercicio (E)
Deighton, John; Fournier, SusanCase HBS-503S23MarketingLos estudiantes son instruidos para entrevistar a un comprador reciente de un producto de alta implicación o servicio en profundidad acerca de su / sus experiencias de propiedad y uso. El ejercicio proporciona a los estudiantes la comprensión de primera mano de conceptos importantes en el consumo de dominio (por ejemplo, la satisfacción del cliente, significado del producto, lealtad a la marca).Starting at €5.74
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Donglegate: Candour Through Social Media
Charlice Hurst; Karen MacMillan; Thomas WatsonCase IVEY-9B14C017-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2013, controversy arose over the actions of Adria Richards, a developer-evangelist, in response to remarks she overheard being made by two male attendees at a technology conference. After she reported what she believed to be sexist remarks by posting a photo of the men and a comment on Twitter, the two men were asked to leave the conference session and one was soon fired. A firestorm ensued during which Richards' actions were subjected to scru...Starting at €8.20
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AltaGas Ltd.: Forrest Kerr Hydroelectric Project
Gerard Seijts; Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B16C014-ELeadership and People ManagementAltaGas Ltd. (AltaGas), an energy company based in Calgary, Alberta, successfully collaborated with the Canadian federal government, British Columbia’s provincial government, and a First Nations group to reach an agreement for constructing a large, green energy, hydroelectric project in a remote location in northern British Columbia. Although most observers considered the agreement to be a resounding success, the founder and chief executive offic...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Up (A): Grace
Karen MacMillanCase IVEY-9B15C024-ELeadership and People ManagementTwo employees at 8SK Consulting, a major firm with 800 staff in five divisions, need to find a way to manage their leader effectively. A junior hire who is ready to take on more responsibility in order to advance her career is frustrated – although her leader has previously played an important role as her mentor and guide in the company, he now seems to be in the way of her promotion to more important positions. A senior quality specialist wants ...Starting at €8.20
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Demand Media
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-511043-EMarketingGoogle search had helped Demand Media grow to be a $1.9 billion online publisher. Then, social media and smartphone apps began to change the way people navigated the Internet. How should Demand Media respond? The business ran on a radically new model in which a stable of 10,000 freelance contributors supplied content, the Internet's search engines brought it 75 million readers each month, and advertising generated revenue. It took the guesswork o...Starting at €8.20
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Safety at League Plastics
Karen MacMillanExercise IVEY-W34416-ELeadership and People ManagementNatalie Wilson, a human resources administrator at League Plastics, a manufacturer of parts for the recreational vehicle industry, was worried that she would be blamed by her supervisor for an increasing number of workers’ compensation claims. After gathering data on the ever-worsening safety record in the facility and taking notes about where injuries were occurring, Wilson knew she would need to act before the company’s workers’ compensation po...Starting at €8.20
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Deconstructing Donglegate: Lessons From an HR Fiasco
Charlice Hurst; Karen MacMillan; Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B14TB06-ELeadership and People ManagementPyCon, a developer conference for a computing language community, implemented a code of conduct in response to allegations of sexism and misogyny in the tech community. Later, when a female attendee at a PyCon conference overheard inappropriate sexual jokes, she posted a picture on Twitter of the audience members responsible. One of them was fired from his job and the individual responsible for the tweet — a developer evangelist for an email comp...Starting at €8.20
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Porsche: The Cayenne Launch
Deighton, John; Avery, Jill; Fear, JeffreyCase HBS-511068-EMarketingCan an online discussion forum supply insight into the evolution of brand meaning? In 2003 Porsche launched a sport utility vehicle, dividing Porsche purists from newcomers to the brand. Vocal members of online and offline Porsche communities ridiculed the Cayenne SUV and disapproved of the new breed of driver. Some opposed offering Porsche Club membership to them, and some even refused to extend the fraternal Porsche "wave" or headlight flashing...Starting at €8.20
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An Emerging Leader: Nora Has a New Job
Karen MacMillan; Fernando OliveroCase IVEY-W34326-ELeadership and People ManagementNora is an intelligent, hard-working employee in her first managerial role. As she attempts to move from a role as a contributor to that of a leader, she struggles to effectively manage her workload, her boss, and her team. While she is prepared to do what it takes to be successful, the characteristics that got her to her current level are not those that are needed in her new position. In other words, while she is technically adept, motivated, an...Starting at €8.20