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Manufacturing Investment
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TD05-EStrategyWhen it comes to attracting investments, Canada is a laggard despite being a trading nation with all the talent and tools required. The main reason is that few in Canada have tried to answer the why-invest-in-Canada question. With or without Canadians leading large corporations, investment decisions made in Detroit are not influenced by any special love for Canada; they’re based on business. In 2016, the argument for playing the incentive game is...Starting at €8.20
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How to Govern, Manage, and Work Amid COVID-19
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B20TB04-EStrategyWhat should businesses be doing during the coronavirus pandemic? That’s a tough question, and few of us imagined the challenges we face while being isolated from friends, family, and colleagues. Any crisis will serve up some market opportunities to help consumers adjust, and business leaders should seize them. While doing this, it is important to note that the role of corporations was already under pressure to change prior to the pandemic. Ensuri...Starting at €8.20
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Beware the A-hole Tax
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TB03-EStrategyNot long ago, it was generally accepted that nice guys and gals finish last in the cutthroat world of big business. Over the past decade, the social enterprise movement has changed the way many people view the end game of capitalism. Nevertheless, the idea that jerks make better CEOs survived the 2008 financial crisis. Since then, Ivey Business School research on leader character has demonstrated that long-term sustainable success is best gained ...Starting at €8.20
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Don't (Just) Chart Your Financial Future
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TA04-EFinanceAnyone looking at stock charts these days has good reason to feel like cutting their losses. Despite the partial recovery after the Global Financial Crisis, sovereign and consumer debt levels have only increased while commodity prices have plummeted along with China’s economic growth levels, so thinking about rebalancing investment portfolios is clearly a good idea. When thinking about rebalancing investments, it is unwise to let stock charts alo...Starting at €8.20
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Why Other Nations Should Follow Canada’s Lead on Spending
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B15TB05-EFinanceWhen it comes to new government budgets, politicians are usually criticized regardless of whether they undertake new spending or embrace austerity. Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s spending restraint should be appreciated, however, at a time when world debt has jumped $57 trillion since the so-called Age of Austerity started in 2007, with governments accounting for $25 trillion of the extra liabilities. Oliver has been criticized for his pl...Starting at €8.20
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The Ivey Interview: Steinthór Pálsson
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B14TC07-EStrategyFew business leaders will ever confront the challenge that Landsbankinn CEO Steinthór Pálsson faced in mid-2010, when he attempted to rebuild Iceland’s oldest full-service financial institution. After the nation’s banking industry collapsed two years prior, the government seized control of a greed-dominated sector. Excessive leverage and aggressive expansion, combined with inadequate risk management and, in some cases, criminal executive behavi...Starting at €8.20
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CASE LEARNING: Selling Adultery
Gerard Seijts; Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TE03-EStrategyA year after a massive data breach at its Ashley Madison adultery service, Avid Life Media relaunched in 2016 under a new name. The move was designed to help the business recover from the hacker attack that had exposed its security and governance issues and dashed the desire of investors to take the company public. It was also a strategic step to regain the trust of customers who had been outed as would-be cheaters. Now known as Ruby, the company...Starting at €8.20
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Standing on Principle: The Resignation of Jane Philpott
Gerard Seijts; Thomas WatsonCase IVEY-9B19C019-ELeadership and People ManagementJane Philpott, a federal member of Parliament and minister in the Canadian government’s cabinet, had told voters during her election campaign in 2015, “For me, a seat in the House of Commons is not a target; it’s a tool. It’s the tool that you and I will use to make this community better—to make this country better.” Four years later, Philpott was forced to examine her position and her potential to use that tool when a scandal brought to question...Starting at €8.20
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A Situation Of Conflicting Interests: Proximity To Rail
Gerard Seijts; Thomas WatsonCase IVEY-9B18C005-ELeadership and People ManagementCalgary’s city manager sought to build stronger relationships with the community to attract development and retain investment in the city. He knew that implementing the Proximity Initiative guidelines, a collaborative effort between the Railway Association of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, while intended to limit potential safety risks in the case of a derailment or volume release, would simultaneously limit urban developme...Starting at €8.20
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Mobilizing Character
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-W28146-ELeadership and People ManagementUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is a skilled actor, but that’s not what makes him an invaluable leadership role model for his people and the rest of our troubled world.Starting at €8.20