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The Challenges of International Entrepreneurship at Expatica.com
Christopher Williams; Judith vanHerwaardenCase IVEY-9B11M085-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn April 2011, the management team at Expatica Communications B.V. was reviewing the progress of the company and the opportunities for future growth. The management team had to take stock: the external environment was rapidly changing, and threats from competitors were on the rise. Expatica had been founded 11 years earlier to provide English-language information and news to the expatriate community in Europe, delivering its services primarily ov...Starting at €8.20
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Time Out: A New Global Strategy to Bring Back Profit
Christopher Williams; Umair ShafiqueCase IVEY-9B17M063-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn June 2016, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the United Kingdom-based Time Out Group PLC (Time Out), had just taken the company through an initial public offering, raising much-needed capital for investment and growth. Time Out, which provided consumers with information, tickets, and access to theatre, concerts, and events, as well as food, drink, and cultural experiences in its Time Out Market, had reported significant losses in 2014 and 2...Starting at €8.20
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Marimekko
Alison Konrad; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B06C014-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyKirsti Paakkanen has achieved a celebrity status in Finland for her enigmatic leadership of the Finnish design company Marimekko. Purchasing the company in a state of near bankruptcy in 1991, Paakkanen took several actions to restore profitability and realize growth. As of 2006, the company has sales of $64 million (of which 80 per cent are from Finland) and net profits of $8.4 million. Over the last few years, Paakkanen and her team have focused...Starting at €8.20
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Shelby Division 2012
Christopher Williams; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M126-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe vice-president and general manager for Michigan Plastic Inc.’s Shelby Division (Shelby) is faced with various options. Shelby specializes in thermoforming plastic gasoline tanks for global automotive companies such as General Motors, Ford and Toyota. The vice-president is looking at ways to restart growth at Shelby, a division that has been the subject of a turnaround effort from 2007 to 2010. In fact, the vice-president has committed to his ...Starting at €8.20
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Private Media Group (B)
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary M. Crossan; Ken Mark; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B15M026-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySupplement to 9B15M025.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Solar
Paul W. Beamish; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B10M019-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late September 2009, the CEO of the Nasdaq-traded solar cell and module manufacturer, Canadian Solar, was at an inflection point in the formation of its international strategy. The company had experienced dynamic growth during the past five years buoyed largely by aggressive incentive schemes to install solar photovoltaic (PV) technology in Germany and Spain. The credit crunch, coupled with changes in government incentive programs, caused a ma...Starting at €8.20
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Olympus and the Whistleblower President
Seijiro Takeshita; Christopher WilliamsCase IVEY-9B12M012-EStrategyThe newly appointed president and chief operating officer of Olympus Corporation of Japan was called to an emergency board meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss governance issues regarding corporate mergers and acquisitions. However, it would be no ordinary meeting. Since assuming the role of president in April 2011, the president had discovered evidence of corporate fraud on a large scale. He had commissioned an external auditor rep...Starting at €8.20
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Champagne Cattier: The Diversification Challenge - Teaching Note
Nathalie Spielmann; Christopher WilliamsTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M146-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M146.Starting at €0.00
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Elite Rent-a-Car
Gregory S. Zaric; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B07E011-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe president and founder of a premier luxury car rental agency located throughout Europe must decide on the composition of the fleet of cars for the upcoming summer season. She has to balance a desire for high utilization versus the possibility of having to turn away clients if they request a car that is not in stock. The case can be used to introduce or reinforce a number of concepts including break-even analysis, basic descriptive statistics a...Starting at €8.20
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Alara Agri: Fresh Cherry Production
Chris J. Piper; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B09D004-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyAlara Agri, based in Bursa, Turkey, is one of the world's foremost cherry and fig producers. The president and chief executive officer (CEO) was concerned about a recurring capacity problem at the end of the process where cherries were packed. On some of the plant's conveyor belts, piles of cherries of one size waited to be packed while other belts had too few cherries to keep workers busy, and thus delayed order fulfillment. Diverting excess che...Starting at €8.20