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Growth and Transition at Onex Corporation
W. Glenn Rowe; Rod E. White; Maria SemenovaCase IVEY-9B16M123-EStrategyOver its 30-year history, Onex Corporation, a Canadian investment firm, had derived much of its success from the private equity sector. It did so by acquiring attractive portfolio companies, adding value to them by improving their financial and operational performance, and then selling them several years later at an attractive return. However, given the market conditions in 2015, Onex Corporation faced difficulty in successfully acquiring target ...Starting at €8.20
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Fortis Inc. and the $11.8 Billion ITC Decision - Teaching Note
Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M020-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M020.Starting at €0.00
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Shaw Communications: Becoming a Connectivity Pure Play
Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Jeremiah De SousaCase IVEY-9B17M072-EStrategyIn late 2015, the chief executive officer of Shaw Communications was considering whether to reduce or divest the company’s media assets. Shaw Communications had been founded as a cable television provider and, over the years, had grown its consumer connectivity businesses to include Internet services, satellite television, landline telephony, and, most recently, cellular network services. Similar to most other major Canadian telecommunications co...Starting at €8.20
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Fortis Inc. and the $11.8 Billion ITC Decision
Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardCase IVEY-9B18M020-EStrategyIn late 2015, the executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Fortis, Inc., a homegrown energy delivery company based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, was preparing to meet with the company’s leadership committee. On the agenda was whether Fortis should make an offer to acquire ITC Holdings Corporation, the largest independent transmission utility in the United States. Fortis had a proven track record of acquiring regulated u...Starting at €8.20
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General Electric: An Outlier in Developing CEO Talent
W. Glenn Rowe; Derek Lehmberg; Rod E. White; John R. PhillipsArticle IVEY-9B09TA02-EStrategyA recent Ivey study confirms the commonly held view that General Electric is an excellent breeding ground for future business leaders. This article summarizes the study and its three conclusions: Firms led by CEOs who were trained at GE will outperform firms led by CEOs who were not; GE's reputation for developing CEO talent is, in fact, well deserved and not mere hype; and GE appears to develop more CEO talent than other noted CEO talent-generat...Starting at €8.20
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Alsea: A New CEO Comes on Board - Teaching Note
Jose Antonio Davila; Ernesto Bolio; Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M112-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M112.Starting at €0.00
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Alsea: A New CEO Comes on Board
Jose Antonio Davila; Ernesto Bolio; Rod E. White; W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon PritchardCase IVEY-9B17M112-EStrategyAlsea was a Mexican-based, family-founded conglomerate operating in six countries in Latin America and Spain. It was a master franchiser for such well-known brands as Starbucks, Domino’s, and Burger King. In late 2016, after years of dramatic growth, Alsea appointed its first chief executive officer (CEO) who was not a family member or had not been involved with the company’s founding or early development. However, family members continued to occ...Starting at €8.20
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Jump Gymnastics Inc.: Jumping Into The Future
W. Glenn Rowe; Selena Shannon Pritchard; Megan WamboltCase IVEY-9B19M078-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn February 2018, the owner of Jump Gymnastics Inc. was preparing for her company’s upcoming strategic planning cycle. The privately owned children's recreational sport business located in Vancouver, British Columbia, delivered gymnastics programs designed to prepare children for lifelong sport participation and healthy living. In 10 years, the owner had successfully grown the company based on her passion for helping children reach their full phy...Starting at €8.20
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Cinco pasos para motivar a tus empleados
Almandoz, John; Lee, Yih-Teen; Ribera, AlbertoArticle ART-3171Leadership and People Management¿Cuál es el propósito más importante de tu empresa? Si se reduce a ganar dinero, podría ser insuficiente; en general, ni inspira a los trabajadores ni genera un impacto duradero. Además del económico, deberías tener otro objetivo. Este debería estar centrado en los demás y regir e inspirar el comportamiento y la motivación de los actores de la empresa en pos de una finalidad ligada sobre todo a sus beneficiarios, incluidos los clientes y la socie...Starting at €8.20
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Nuevos tiempos: Haier en Japón (A)
Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, Sebastian; Chen, Yen-Tung; Kotake, YukiCase DPO-264Leadership and People ManagementFundada en 1984 por Zhang Ruimin, CEO actual de la compañía, Haier ha crecido rápidamente y ha pasado de ser una pequeña fábrica de frigoríficos en Qingdao, China, a ser un líder mundial en el sector de los electrodomésticos. Como una de las marcas más valoradas de China, Haier diseña, fabrica y comercializa diversas líneas de electrodomésticos, como frigoríficos, aparatos de aire acondicionado y lavadoras, en más de cien países. Desde 2006 Haier...Starting at €8.20