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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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Nest Wealth Asset Management Inc. - Teaching Note
Chuck Grace; Andrew SartaNota del Instructor IVEY-8B17M114-EDirección estratégicaTeaching Note for product 9B17M114.Desde 0,00 €
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Duckworth Asset Management Inc.
Chuck GraceCaso IVEY-9B09N021-EFinanzasIn October 2008, the manager of client services at Duckworth Asset Management Inc. (Duckworth), an investment firm headquartered in St. John's, Newfoundland, was preparing for a briefing with Duckworth's vice-president of investments. The vice-president had been fielding several phone calls in the past few weeks, all from clients concerned about the significant drop in global financial markets. Since its June 2008 peak, Canada's S&P/TSX had dropp...Desde 8,20 €
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Freedom's Hedge
Chuck GraceCaso IVEY-9B09N019-EFinanzasIn September 2007, the marketing manager for London Life Insurance Company's (London Life) Freedom Funds was preoccupied by thoughts of his upcoming meeting with London Life's vice-president of Marketing, Individual Retirement and Investment Services. The vice-president was concerned with the past summer's appreciation of the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar. Since March of 2007, the Canadian dollar had appreciated over 10 per cent against ...Desde 8,20 €
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Powershares Exchange-Traded Funds
Chuck Grace; Samir Haji RemtullaCaso IVEY-9B10N020-EFinanzasIn early January, 2009 the president of Invesco Trimark Ltd. (Invesco Trimark) was optimistic about the year ahead, particularly when compared to the perfect storm of 2008. That year saw global investment markets in turmoil, and Invesco Trimark's mutual fund assets had plummeted to almost half its value. The president and his team had spent nearly a year working and re-working a new product launch and by 2009 thought they had developed a unique a...Desde 8,20 €
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Connor, Clark & Lunn
Chuck GraceCaso IVEY-9B12N027-EFinanzasAt the end of 2001, the senior partners of an investment management firm were concerned. The bear market was going on two years, and, worse, the firm’s performance over that time had been less than that of the index. Clients, more than disappointed, were starting to vote with their feet. The firm, a top-10 player in Canada’s institutional investment business, had claimed client assets under management of more than $15 billion in 1998, but was now...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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James and Laura
Chuck GraceCaso IVEY-9B12N019-EFinanzasJames and Laura Wiggins had some decisions to make. Last year, James’s father had died of a stroke. Death was not instantaneous, however, and the man had lingered in hospital for several weeks in a coma. During this time, no one had been able to access James’s father’s bank accounts (which were registered in the father’s name only). This inability to access the accounts had caused James’s mother considerable economic hardship, which impressed upo...Desde 8,20 €
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IA Clarington: Target Click Funds
Chuck Grace; James A. Erskine; Michiel R. LeendersCaso IVEY-9B09N022-EFinanzasIn October 2008, the senior vice-president for product and business development at IA Clarington (IAC), a life and health insurance company, was preparing for a meeting with the president of IAC. The topic of discussion would be IAC's Target Click Fund, a mutual fund with an options-based guarantee structure targeted towards investors who were looking for growth along with capital preservation. The vice-president had been asked to render his opin...Desde 8,20 €