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Metropolitan College
P. Fraser Johnson; Robert KlassenCaso IVEY-9B09D012-EServicios y operacionesA manager of Student Services at a small college was very concerned about the delays and costs of processing student registrations during the annual orientation week. She glanced at recently collected data on processing times for the six major steps that the registration process required. She wondered how the process might be improved while balancing budgetary pressures to reduce costs.Desde 8,20 €
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CRP Products
David Wood; Robert KlassenCaso IVEY-9B11D015-EContabilidad y control, Finanzas, Iniciativa emprendedora, Servicios y operacionesBruce Ballantyne had recently joined C.R.P. Products (CRP), a furniture manufacturer in Stratford, Ontario, to help review the company’s operations and assess what changes were necessary to keep up with demand. Although it was early 2011 and the peak season was still four months away, Ballantyne knew that he would have to determine what equipment was needed over the next three weeks to ensure it was delivered and installed before the peak season....Desde 8,20 €
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Peak Investment Capital
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCaso HBS-219061-EIniciativa emprendedoraKobbina Awuah (MBA 2014) became intrigued with the possibility of adapting Entrepreneurship through Acquisition in Ghana, where he grew up and where his family still lived. While he knew he could work for a multi-national enterprise located in Ghana, he was confident that buying a small business to run provided an opportunity to have more of an impact. He formed Peak Investment Capital (PIC) at the beginning of 2014 with the goal of finding a bus...Desde 8,20 €
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Britannia Industries Ltd.
Robert Klassen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCaso IVEY-9B13M010-EDirección estratégicaThe CEO of Britannia Industries Ltd, a manufacturer of bakery products, was at a crossroads. Two years earlier, the firm had started providing specially fortified biscuits to small groups of school-going children in selected locations in India. The product offered a step toward addressing the widespread national problem of malnutrition and, unlike corporate philanthropy, this initiative was an extension of what the company was fundamentally good ...Desde 8,20 €
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Building Sustainable Distribution at Walmart Canada
Robert Klassen; P. Fraser Johnson; Asad ShafiqCaso IVEY-9B13D010-EDirección estratégica, Servicios y operacionesThe director of logistics at Walmart Canada, was developing plans for a new distribution centre in Alberta. Senior management had presented her with a challenge: why not build the most sustainable distribution centre in the world? Yet, much remained unclear about how to translate this challenge into specific actions, while keeping in mind corporate goals for sustainability. Her team now was exploring three options that promised to be significantl...Desde 8,20 €
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Tesla Inc.: Accelerating Sustainable Profits - Teaching Note
Robert Klassen; David Wood; Dan ShinNota del Instructor IVEY-8B20D017-EServicios y operacionesTeaching note for product 9B20D017.Desde 0,00 €
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Buying Your Way into Entrepreneurship
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceArtículo HBS-R1701M-EIniciativa emprendedoraAn increasingly popular route to success as a small business owner is "acquisition entrepreneurship"--buying and running an existing operation. If you're considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. (1) Think it through. Do you have the right qualities for the job (managerial skills, confidence, persuasiveness, persistence, a thirst for learning, and tolerance for stress)? Are you willing to trade the...Desde 8,20 €
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Monsanto Company - Doing Business in India
Robert Klassen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCaso IVEY-9B12M091-EDirección estratégicaThe executive vice president of sustainability and corporate affairs at Monsanto was facing a difficult situation that could dramatically reshape the firm's business. A decade earlier, the firm had introduced into India, through a joint venture, the first in-the-seed cotton trait biotechnology. This trait protected cotton crops against potentially devastating pests, thereby reducing the need for pesticides and improving yields. Subsequently, thre...Desde 8,20 €
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Paediatric Orthopaedic Clinic at the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario
Robert Klassen; Kellie Leitch; Manpreet HoraCaso IVEY-9B08D001-EServicios y operacionesThe chief of paediatric orthopaedic surgery was very concerned by the long times that the young patients (and their parents) were experiencing in the orthopaedic clinic. Long wait times tended to aggravate the already pent-up distress and concern that the patients were facing. The chief glanced at recently collected data on service times and wondered how the process could be improved, while continuing balancing budgetary pressures to reduce costs...Desde 8,20 €
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Nestlé SA: Nescafé Plan in China
Robert Klassen; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCaso IVEY-9B15D013-EDirección estratégica, Servicios y operacionesAWARD WINNING CASE - This case was one of the winners of the 2016 John Molson MBA Case Writing Competition. In 2013, Nestlé SA, in an effort to integrate sustainability into its business model, has recently established the NESCAFÉ Plan. This multi-faceted plan is based on creating shared value. It emphasizes sustainability as a source of competitive advantage and wealth creation, rather than viewing sustainability as a cost to be incurred to mini...Desde 8,20 €