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Visa Inc.: Threat from Cryptocurrency
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCaso IVEY-9B20M038-EDirección estratégicaThe case discusses how cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin posed a threat to Visa Inc. (Visa). In March 2019, the Kroger Co., a leading retailer in the United States, was planning to accept cryptocurrencies from consumers as a mode of payment. According to Alfred F. Kelly, the chief executive officer of Visa, cryptocurrencies were an inefficient means of retail-related financial transactions, though the company invested in the research and developme...Desde 8,20 €
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Primark Stores Limited: Low-cost Strategy and Sustainability Initiatives
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCaso IVEY-9B20M059-EDirección estratégicaPrimark was a low-cost, fast-fashion clothing retailer headquartered in the United Kingdom. The company’s low-priced clothing enticed consumers, but it also attracted criticism for exploitative labor practices in the low-cost economies where Primark’s manufacturing was outsourced. However, Primark believed that it created jobs in low-cost economies, and its low prices were the result of efficient initiatives such as no online presence and limited...Desde 8,20 €
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India Post
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCaso IVEY-9B13M119-EDirección estratégicaThe advent of the world wide web and the entry of private players in India’s post-liberalization era resulted in India Post losing a substantial volume of its business to e-mails, faxes, short-message services and private-courier-service providers. Additionally, government policies regarding India Post had long remained unchanged. As a consequence, India Post was caught up in a vicious cycle of decreasing mail traffic, low levels of technology in...Desde 8,20 €
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Mate1.com: Digital Dating Dilemma
Derrick Neufeld; Charles Wasserman; Dharsana Vijayaratnam; Thomas Yuk; Sharon Bir; Deb ElkinkCaso IVEY-9B17E015-EIniciativa emprendedora, Tecnologías de la informaciónIn 2017, a successful online dating company, Mate1.com, based in Montreal, was pursuing a two-year goal of increasing revenue by 50 per cent and net operating margin by 15 per cent. However, its ambitions were being hampered by unavoidably high advertising costs, an inadequate reporting system, and a maturing industry life cycle. Should the firm explore new business models and consider acquiring a competitor—or was it time to divest and sell the ...Desde 8,20 €
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Furniture Bank: Entrepreneurial Growth in the Social Sector
Derrick Neufeld; Yasser RahrovaniCaso IVEY-9B16E040-EIniciativa emprendedora, Tecnologías de la informaciónIn 2015, the executive director of Furniture Bank had successfully managed the Toronto social-service agency by turning a $300,000 net loss two years prior into a $100,000 net income. He had employed a variety of strategies and information technologies to integrate and rationalize business processes that resulted in significant productivity and performance improvements. However, Furniture Bank, which collected unneeded furnishings from donors and...Desde 8,20 €
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Mafiaboy
Derrick NeufeldCaso IVEY-9B10E020-ETecnologías de la informaciónThis case opens with a fictitious yet common situation of a corporate executive who is uncertain how to respond to a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. It provides some anecdotes and statistics relating to DDoS attacks, and then briefly tells the story of Michael Calce, nicknamed Mafiaboy, who as a young teen effectively launched attacks that shut down companies such as Amazon, CNN, Dell, eBay and Yahoo! The basic DDoS process is explai...Desde 8,20 €
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Mustang Music (A)
Derrick NeufeldCaso IVEY-9B10E009-EGobierno corporativo, Iniciativa emprendedoraMustang Music (A) and (B) cases introduces students to data modeling, database implementation and database querying.Desde 8,20 €
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Mustang Music (B)
Derrick NeufeldCaso IVEY-9B10E010-EGobierno corporativo, Iniciativa emprendedoraThis supplement to Mustang Music (A), product #9B10E009, introduces students to data modeling, database implementation and database querying.Desde 5,74 €
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Indigo Airlines
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCaso IVEY-9B13M033-EDirección estratégicaThe case focuses on the profitability of the Indian aviation industry and explains how Indigo Airlines, a new entrant in the Indian aviation space, registered profits within three years of its inception while its competitors continued to struggle with losses. The case demonstrates how a firm incorporating innovative business practices can not only survive but also earn abnormal profits. The strategies adopted by Indigo Airlines to reduce its oper...Desde 8,20 €
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CAA Roadside APP
Derrick NeufeldCaso IVEY-9B10E022-ETecnologías de la informaciónThis case describes a real scenario in which an elderly couple's vehicle is stranded in a remote location, causing emergency services to be dispatched at significant effort and cost, whereas an inexpensive tow truck dispatch would have completely resolved the problem. To prevent these kinds of false alarm situations, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has developed a free iPhone application called CAA Roadside, which takes advantage of loc...Desde 8,20 €