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MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (C)
Murray J. Bryant; Ryan KaltCase IVEY-9B08M045-EStrategyMacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (C) is the third part of a three-part case. The director and chair of the governance committee at MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (MDA) reflects upon the past two-and-a-half months. He and other members of the board of directors faced difficult decisions but were pleased to see that their decisions had almost unanimous support from stockholders. As he read the business section of the newspaper, he won...Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Pacific Railway (C): The Final Hours
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCase IVEY-9B17M136-EStrategySupplement for product 9B17M0134.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Pacific Railway (A), (B) and (C) - Teaching Note
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M134-EStrategyTeaching note for products 9B17M134, 9B17M135, and 9B17M136.Starting at €0.00
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MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (B)
Murray J. Bryant; Ryan KaltCase IVEY-9B08M044-EStrategyThe director and chair of the governance committee at MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (MDA) had been informed that U.S.-based Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) had proposed a takeover of MDA's main business line - its security and intelligence business. The director was faced with several financial and ethical dilemmas which he needed to resolve before meeting with the board. The supplement MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (C) looks at ...Starting at €5.74
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MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Ryan KaltCase IVEY-9B08M043-EStrategyThe director and chair of the governance committee at MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (MDA) considered how to advise the company's chief executive officer (CEO). As a company in the space industry, MDA relied on its exports to the United States. Joint ventures were helpful in securing contracts from the U.S. government but they were not always advantageous in other ways because these ventures required partnerships with competitors. At this...Starting at €8.20
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Gentera S.A.B. de C.V.: The Evolution of an Organization and Its Board of Directors - Teaching Note
Juan Romero McCarthy; Murray J. BryantTeaching Note IVEY-8B17M173-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B17M173.Starting at €0.00
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Gentera S.A.B. de C.V.: The Evolution of an Organization and Its Board of Directors
Juan Romero McCarthy; Murray J. BryantCase IVEY-9B17M173-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFinancial holding company Gentera S.A.B. de C.V., located in Mexico City and operating in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, offered microlending, financial payment, insurance, and money transfer services to individuals at the bottom of the financial pyramid. The company was founded and operated on strong social values—reduce financial exclusion, focus on human and social values (including self-actualization), and enhance economic value—which pervaded ...Starting at €8.20
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Voestalpine AG (B)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Sabine Reisinger; Harald Stummer; Robert Bauer; Michael Eyett; Brett MatthewsCase IVEY-9B07M033-EStrategyThis supplement to Voestalpine AG (A), product 9b07M032, examines the decision to expand vertically instead of horizontally, but looking at a stamping plant and plastics firm (to get closer to its automotive customers) and a design firm. More importantly, the case examines the tools and methodologies employed by the company to assess fit in terms of costs and competencies and customers and competition.Starting at €5.74
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Voestalpine AG (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Iris Fischlmayr; Caecilia Innreiter; Brett Matthews; Michael EyettCase IVEY-9B07M032-EStrategyVoestalpine AG, a public company located in Linz, Austria, was examining opportunities for growth. The company considers that to meet the needs of its customers, notably automobile, rail and construction, it has to grow. Further, the steel industry in Europe is in a process of consolidation. The company has a very strong balance sheet but due to its ownership structure (35 per cent is owned by the Austrian government), its market value is conside...Starting at €8.20
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Schuhren Consumer Packaging: Managing Risk
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M056-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Schuhren Consumer Packaging (Schuhren), a manufacturer of plastic food packaging based in Windsor, Ontario, is getting ready to meet a group of buyers from one of the top six fruit packaging firms in the world. An hour before their arrival, the CEO uncovers a whole series of issues concerning quality assurance, waste production and machine operations that could have an impact on the company’s opera...Starting at €8.20