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Mate1.com: Digital Dating Dilemma
Derrick Neufeld; Charles Wasserman; Dharsana Vijayaratnam; Thomas Yuk; Sharon Bir; Deb ElkinkCase IVEY-9B17E015-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2017, a successful online dating company, Mate1.com, based in Montreal, was pursuing a two-year goal of increasing revenue by 50 per cent and net operating margin by 15 per cent. However, its ambitions were being hampered by unavoidably high advertising costs, an inadequate reporting system, and a maturing industry life cycle. Should the firm explore new business models and consider acquiring a competitor—or was it time to divest and sell the ...Starting at €8.20
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Furniture Bank: Entrepreneurial Growth in the Social Sector
Derrick Neufeld; Yasser RahrovaniCase IVEY-9B16E040-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesIn 2015, the executive director of Furniture Bank had successfully managed the Toronto social-service agency by turning a $300,000 net loss two years prior into a $100,000 net income. He had employed a variety of strategies and information technologies to integrate and rationalize business processes that resulted in significant productivity and performance improvements. However, Furniture Bank, which collected unneeded furnishings from donors and...Starting at €8.20
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Mustang Music (A)
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E009-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipMustang Music (A) and (B) cases introduces students to data modeling, database implementation and database querying.Starting at €8.20
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Mustang Music (B)
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E010-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThis supplement to Mustang Music (A), product #9B10E009, introduces students to data modeling, database implementation and database querying.Starting at €5.74
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Mate1.com: Digital Dating Dilemma - Teaching Note
Derrick NeufeldTeaching Note IVEY-8B17E015-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for product 9B17E015.Starting at €0.00
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Custom Closet Contractors: Making the Database Cut - Teaching Note
Derrick Neufeld; Michael GencarelliTeaching Note IVEY-8B18E004-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for product 9B18E004.Starting at €0.00
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Mafiaboy
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E020-EInformation TechnologiesThis case opens with a fictitious yet common situation of a corporate executive who is uncertain how to respond to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. It provides some anecdotes and statistics relating to DDoS attacks, and then briefly tells the story of Michael Calce, nicknamed Mafiaboy, who as a young teen effectively launched attacks that shut down companies such as Amazon, CNN, Dell, eBay and Yahoo! The basic DDoS process is explai...Starting at €8.20
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Golfgamez (B): Funding a Digital Startup
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B13E011-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThis is a supplement to 9B13E010.Starting at €5.74
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CAA Roadside APP
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E022-EInformation TechnologiesThis case describes a real scenario in which an elderly couple's vehicle is stranded in a remote location, causing emergency services to be dispatched at significant effort and cost, whereas an inexpensive tow truck dispatch would have completely resolved the problem. To prevent these kinds of false alarm situations, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has developed a free iPhone application called CAA Roadside, which takes advantage of loc...Starting at €8.20
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OpenText Corporation
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E021-EInformation TechnologiesThis case focuses on Open Text, a Canadian software development firm that offers enterprise class, knowledge management tools. Three major customer implementations of Open Text software tools are described: Hyatt Hotels created an effective centralized meeting platform and improved customer service; Siemens AG dramatically improved its routine workflow processes; and EnCana sped up information access using a map-based interface to its document re...Starting at €8.20