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EU Holidays
Yew Hoong Wong; Singfat ChuCase IVEY-9B13E003-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe profit margin for the travel agency industry in Singapore, which mostly offered travel packages to Asia and Europe, was very thin. An up-and-coming travel agency faced the dilemma of offering maximum customer satisfaction while keeping its operating cost (e.g., fees for its tour guides) low. Rather than simply assigning travel guides to tours by trial and error, a director of the travel agency decided to use an optimization template. This cas...Starting at €8.20
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The Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-192-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThe Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) is a non-profit private think tank established in November of 1990, following Lithuania's independence from the Soviet empire, with the purpose of promoting a free market in Lithuania. Since then and up to this day, the LFMI's "conducts research on key economic and policy issues, develops conceptual reform packages, drafts and evaluates legislative proposals, and aids Lithuanian government institutions ...Starting at €8.20
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Denka Chemicals
Elly Miaw Ling Chia; Singfat ChuCase IVEY-9B14E007-ECorporate Governance, StrategyA manufacturer of over 75 grades of styrenic resins — used to make DVD cases, refrigerator trays, packaging materials and auto parts — faces a “transition loss” each time it switches production from one grade to another. A transition loss for each grade arises from the initial 16 metric tons produced, which are sub-standard and unsuitable for usage by customers. To the company, this implies a loss of resources (raw material and production cost) a...Starting at €8.20
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Risks and Rewards in Professional Tennis
Fredrik OdegaardCase IVEY-9B16E037-ECorporate Governance, StrategyAWARD WINNING CASE: INFORMS 2016 Case and Teaching Materials Competition. Founded in 1972, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) was the governing body of three professional men’s tennis circuits: the ATP World Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour, and the ATP Champions Tour. In addition to the ATP World Tour tournaments, there were four highly coveted and extremely competitive Grand Slam tournaments, one of which was Wimbledon. In 2014, two pro...Starting at €8.20
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Ecotricity: An Optimal Investment Decision for Electric Highway Expansion
Magesh Nagarajan; Kanaka Balasubramanian; Jagannadha TamvadaCase IVEY-9B18E006-ECorporate Governance, StrategyEcotricity Group Ltd., founded in 1995, had grown to be a major renewable energy utility service provider in the United Kingdom. In 2016, the company wanted to expand its "electric highway"—a network of charging stations for electric vehicles along major U.K. motorways. The expansion plans involved two chargers: Type A chargers, installed in public locations along the motorway, and Type B chargers, installed in suitable home garages owned by Ecot...Starting at €8.20
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Healthway Medical
Noel Yeo; Singfat ChuCase IVEY-9B13E007-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyA small publicly listed company is entertaining the idea of adding nursing home management to its medical value chain, which is currently focused on consultation. Management must rely on simulation in order to determine the feasibility of operating a nursing home according to admissions protocol and subsidies granted by a governmental agency.Starting at €8.20
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Precena Strategic Partners: Staff Relocation Cost Minimization
Singfat Chu; Takahisa TakadaCase IVEY-9B14E029-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyA Japanese management consultant company seeks to relocate some of its instructors for a period of between one and three months to Singapore in order to conduct its flagship course catering to Japanese expatriate managers. It must determine which instructors to select in order to minimize relocation costs while taking into account their productivity and availability and the number of courses booked over three future months. Cost minimization is c...Starting at €8.20
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Virgin's Pursuit: Sir Richard Branson's Dilemmas in Creating a Presence in Retail Financial Services
Bátiz-Lazo, Bernardo; Kase, KimioCase SM-1559-ECorporate GovernanceIn the forty years to 2010, Virgin Group's Sir Richard Branson (b. 1950) turned from a 'high school dropout' to a billionaire and global legend. The creation of over 300 business interests in parts as far afield as the UK, South Africa, Australia and the USA resulted from a unique management style. Branson and the Virgin brand often associate with music (such as records and music stores) and travel (airlines, trains and booked holidays) but betwe...Starting at €8.20