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Vic Progressive - Launch of SkyTrack
Kersi Antia; Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B15A041-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingThe president of Vic Progressive Diamond Drilling, a Canadian enterprise based in Sussex, New Brunswick that provides products and services to mining companies, is reviewing the progress in the market launch of SkyTrack, a new product designed for use in difficult terrain exploration by large mining corporations. Feedback during field trials has been favourable; the innovation is, in fact, customer-led. There is also evidence that this multipurpo...Starting at €8.20
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Geosoft Inc.: Leading Across Cultures
Mary Weil; Darren Meister; Chitra P. ReddinCase IVEY-9B17M064-EStrategyOn January 18, 2016, the chief executive officer and chief technology officer of Geosoft Inc. (Geosoft) met in Toronto, Canada, with the company’s executive team and regional directors for a critical three-day strategic planning session. Geosoft was a privately held, employee-owned, mid-sized global company that worked to help earth scientists and explorers make discoveries through innovative data solutions and services. The focus of the meeting—...Starting at €8.20
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SafeMotos: Scaling up Innovations in African Ride Hailing
Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B20M182-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2018, the two co-founders of SafeMotos, a motorcycle taxi service in Rwanda, in Central Africa, were examining their expansion plan. Their start-up had not yet become profitable, but they were already making plans to expand into the neighbouringStarting at €8.20
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SafeMotos: Scaling up Innovations in African Ride Hailing - Teaching Note
Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M182-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M182.Starting at €0.00
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Dow Chemical Co.: Big Data in Manufacturing
Mustapha Cheikh-Ammar; Nicole R.D. Haggerty; Darren Meister; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B17E014-EInformation Technologies, StrategyIn 2012, a pilot study undertaken by the data services team of the Dow Chemical Company in the polymer division of the multinational company’s Midland, Michigan, plant had revealed an uncanny trend on the company’s shop floor. Plant engineers were working for the data; the data was not working for them. The data services director saw an opportunity to reverse the trend through the deployment of big data capabilities and, more specifically, enterp...Starting at €8.20
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Innovate LLP: Legal Dilemmas in the Start-up World
Matthew Wong; Adrienne Ng; Darren MeisterCase IVEY-9B15M107-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA burgeoning mobile application entrepreneur has developed an interesting potential product with her friends. However, when she encounters an investment opportunity, she decides to seek legal advice for the first time in her business life. As a result of her initial meeting with a lawyer, she realizes how unprepared she is and some of the tough questions that she will need to answer.Starting at €8.20