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Google's Way - Don't Be Evil
Pratima Bansal; Marlene J. Le BerCase IVEY-9B07M067-EStrategyWall Street's darling, Google Inc., offered more than a pretty financial picture. Poverty, communicable diseases and climate change - some of the world's largest problems - were also key interests of Google's cofounders. By applying innovation and significant resources, Google's cofounders hoped that their efforts in these areas would one day eclipse Google itself in worldwide impact. On February 22, 2006, Google Inc. announced the appointment of...Starting at €8.20
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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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Alibaba Group: Technology, Strategy, and Sustainability
Ning Su; Pratima Bansal; Pamela LaughlandCase IVEY-9B16E036-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAlibaba Group (Alibaba) had grown from its founding in 1999, in an effort to help Chinese manufacturers and exporters reach global markets, to become a global leader in e-commerce, big data, and cloud technology. The company’s 2014 initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange had been the largest to date. The company’s founder and chairman, Jack Ma, had used the funds to globally expand Alibaba’s operations and its hold on diverse marke...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba Group: Technology, Strategy, and Sustainability (Spanish Version)
Ning Su; Pratima Bansal; Pamela LaughlandCase IVEY-9B16ES036Entrepreneurship, StrategyAlibaba Group (Alibaba) had grown from its founding in 1999, in an effort to help Chinese manufacturers and exporters reach global markets, to become a global leader in e-commerce, big data, and cloud technology. The company’s 2014 initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange had been the largest to date. The company’s founder and chairman, Jack Ma, had used the funds to globally expand Alibaba’s operations and its hold on diverse marke...Starting at €8.20
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The Red Hen Controversy
Jana Seijts; Benjamin BigioCase IVEY-9B19M091-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn June 22, 2018, Stephanie Wilkinson, co-founder of the Red Hen, a small farm-to-table restaurant in rural Virginia, was caught off guard when a frantic call from her chef told her that the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, had just sat down to eat at Wilkinson's restaurant. Staff at the Red Hen were tense because they fundamentally disagreed with Sanders's support of the Trump administration on issues such as immigration and ...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Cancer Society: Fundraising Controversy
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M098-EStrategyOn July 6, 2011, the communication director for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) in Toronto, Ontario, was faced with a challenging situation. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) had just released an online article that focused on the 2011 CCS budget and how the CCS allocated millions of dollars each year. The article provided details on how the proportion of donation money that the CCS spent on cancer research each year had decreased fro...Starting at €8.20
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Lac-Megantic Train Derailment: Putting Out the Fires (A)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B13M135-EStrategyIn the early morning of Saturday, July 6, 2013, the chairman of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Limited faced a catastrophic situation when a company train carrying crude oil derailed in the small town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, causing a series of explosions that decimated the downtown core. Emergency crews fought to put out fires and search for survivors; residents were relocated to a local school to escape the noxious fumes, but t...Starting at €8.20
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Netflix: The Public Relations Box Office Flop
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M049-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyOn the morning of September 19, 2011, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the online movie provider Netflix Incorporated became witness to growing public discontent and media criticism directed at the company. The previous evening, the CEO had announced on the company blog that Netflix would be splitting into two separate entities. With the proposed change, the Netflix DVD-by-mail service would be spun out and renamed Qwikster. The move would le...Starting at €8.20
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Domino’s Pizza
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11C016-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe vice president of communications of Domino’s Pizza International faced a significant threat to his company’s reputation due to negative social media exposure. A video had been posted on YouTube two days earlier by a Domino’s employee that showed two Domino’s employees at a North Carolina franchise tampering with customers’ pizza and sandwich orders. The employee stuck cheese up his nose, sneezed on the food prior to boxing it up, and could be...Starting at €8.20
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Tracy Chan: “We Need to Talk”
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11C017-ELeadership and People ManagementTracy Chan, managing director of the Student Learning and Writing Services (SLWS) at St. Charles University in Calgary, Alberta, was faced with a difficult situation. Her newest employee, Michael Hinske, had just e-mailed her a list of faculty members he had contacted to educate on the SLWS writing program offered to graduate students. Chan quickly noticed that the faculty names were of individuals who had already been contacted. There was no ind...Starting at €8.20