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Duckworth Asset Management Inc.
Chuck GraceCase IVEY-9B09N021-EFinanceIn October 2008, the manager of client services at Duckworth Asset Management Inc. (Duckworth), an investment firm headquartered in St. John's, Newfoundland, was preparing for a briefing with Duckworth's vice-president of investments. The vice-president had been fielding several phone calls in the past few weeks, all from clients concerned about the significant drop in global financial markets. Since its June 2008 peak, Canada's S&P/TSX had dropp...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
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Leadership Development With Impact
Ibarra, Herminia; Lee, Yih-Teen; Liao, Yuan; Auricchio, Giuseppe; Káganer, EvgenyDossier DOS-26-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementFeeling adrift? The illuminating ideas in this dossier will help you set a course to take your leadership higher.Starting at €15.00
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Nest Wealth Asset Management Inc. - Teaching Note
Chuck Grace; Andrew SartaTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M114-EStrategyTeaching Note for product 9B17M114.Starting at €0.00
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Freedom's Hedge
Chuck GraceCase IVEY-9B09N019-EFinanceIn September 2007, the marketing manager for London Life Insurance Company's (London Life) Freedom Funds was preoccupied by thoughts of his upcoming meeting with London Life's vice-president of Marketing, Individual Retirement and Investment Services. The vice-president was concerned with the past summer's appreciation of the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar. Since March of 2007, the Canadian dollar had appreciated over 10 per cent against ...Starting at €8.20
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Powershares Exchange-Traded Funds
Chuck Grace; Samir Haji RemtullaCase IVEY-9B10N020-EFinanceIn early January, 2009 the president of Invesco Trimark Ltd. (Invesco Trimark) was optimistic about the year ahead, particularly when compared to the perfect storm of 2008. That year saw global investment markets in turmoil, and Invesco Trimark's mutual fund assets had plummeted to almost half its value. The president and his team had spent nearly a year working and re-working a new product launch and by 2009 thought they had developed a unique a...Starting at €8.20
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Connor, Clark & Lunn
Chuck GraceCase IVEY-9B12N027-EFinanceAt the end of 2001, the senior partners of an investment management firm were concerned. The bear market was going on two years, and, worse, the firm’s performance over that time had been less than that of the index. Clients, more than disappointed, were starting to vote with their feet. The firm, a top-10 player in Canada’s institutional investment business, had claimed client assets under management of more than $15 billion in 1998, but was now...Starting at €8.20
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IA Clarington: Target Click Funds
Chuck Grace; James A. Erskine; Michiel R. LeendersCase IVEY-9B09N022-EFinanceIn October 2008, the senior vice-president for product and business development at IA Clarington (IAC), a life and health insurance company, was preparing for a meeting with the president of IAC. The topic of discussion would be IAC's Target Click Fund, a mutual fund with an options-based guarantee structure targeted towards investors who were looking for growth along with capital preservation. The vice-president had been asked to render his opin...Starting at €8.20
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James and Laura
Chuck GraceCase IVEY-9B12N019-EFinanceJames and Laura Wiggins had some decisions to make. Last year, James’s father had died of a stroke. Death was not instantaneous, however, and the man had lingered in hospital for several weeks in a coma. During this time, no one had been able to access James’s father’s bank accounts (which were registered in the father’s name only). This inability to access the accounts had caused James’s mother considerable economic hardship, which impressed upo...Starting at €8.20