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Michael McCain’s Maple Leaf Foods Tweet - Teaching Note
Gerard Seijts; Stephen R. Foerster; Kersi Antia; Lee Watkiss; Jana SeijtsTeaching Note IVEY-8B20C050-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20C050.Starting at €0.00
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Time Value of Money: The Buy Versus Rent Decision - Teaching Note
Sean Cleary; Stephen R. FoersterTeaching Note IVEY-8B14N024-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B14N024.Starting at €0.00
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Ram Bhawnani, ¿suerte o talento
Sánchez, M. J.; Alvarez de Mon, SantiagoCase DPO-28Leadership and People ManagementEl caso recoge la trayectoria profesional y vital de Ram Bawhnani, dueño de un bazar en Tenerife, ciudadano hindú, en la actualidad tercer accionista de Bankinter. El caso recorre desde su nacimiento, infancia y primer viaje profesional al Japón, hasta su llegada a Tenerife para gestionar un bazar, negocio donde inicia sus multimillonarias operaciones en Bolsa, fundamentalmente en la banca.Starting at €8.20
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Ram Bhawnani: Luck or Talent
Sánchez, M. J.; Alvarez de Mon, SantiagoCase DPO-28-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case outlines the personal and professional history of Ram Bhawnani, an Indian citizen, owner of a bazaar in Tenerife, and currently the third largest shareholder in Bankinter. The case moves from his birth, childhood and his first working trip to Hong Kong, to his arrival in Tenerife, to manage a bazaar, a business from which he began his multi-million dollar forays into the stock market, mostly in the banking sector.Starting at €8.20
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Rosa García, CEO at Microsoft España
Sánchez, M. J.; Alvarez de Mon, SantiagoCase DPO-48-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case follows the career of Rosa García, currently director of Microsoft in Spain. Among the challenges and reflections discussed in the case are her years of academic training, her first professional experiences, her spell in Redmond, where she worked with Steve Ballmer, her return to Spain to manage Microsoft, and her search for a balance between work and family, and between the world of new technologies and education.Starting at €8.20
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The North West Company: Cross-enterprise Strategy
Stephen R. Foerster; Mary M. Crossan; James E. Hatch; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe North West Company cases allow students to take a cross-enterprise leadership approach in looking at the dilemma facing the president and chief executive officer of The North West Company (North West), a food and general merchandise retailer operating primarily in Northern Canada. In early 2003, North West had negotiated a master franchisor agreement with Giant Tiger Stores Limited (Giant Tiger) with the objective of opening stores west of Wi...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon Go: Venturing into Traditional Retail
Wiboon Kittilaksanawong; Aurelia KarpCase IVEY-9B17M092-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn December 2016, Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon), the largest online retailer, entered the offline retailing industry by launching its first Amazon Go store in Seattle. Previously, the company had entered the food, diaper, and housekeeping product manufacturing industries with its Amazon Elements brand. The company had not been profitable until 2001 and was still facing some financial difficulties, but it was named the fourth most valuable public comp...Starting at €8.20
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Time Value of Money: The Buy Versus Rent Decision
Sean Cleary; Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B14N024-EFinanceA recent MBA graduate had been renting a condominium, and a similar unit next door had just been listed for sale. Now facing the classic buy-versus-rent decision, the young grad decided it was time for her to apply some of the analytical tools she had acquired in business school — including “time value of money” concepts — to her personal life.Starting at €8.20
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Buck Auto Care Products: Selling a Private Company
Stephen R. Foerster; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16N018-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe chief financial officer (CFO) of Buck Auto Care Products (Buck’s), a Toronto-based manufacturer and distributor of premium car care products, had to prepare for a meeting with the company’s vice-president (VP) of sales and the VP of manufacturing. The staff had heard rumours that the company was for sale, but no one had received any confirmation until now. The company was founded in 1975 as a chain of car-wash stands in Toronto and Mississaug...Starting at €8.20
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BCE Inc.: World's Largest LBO Deal in Jeopardy
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B09N029-EFinanceIn November 2008, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE) appeared to be on track to meet a December 2008 deadline to complete a $52-billion privatization deal. A consortium had previously submitted a winning leveraged buyout (LBO) bid that was estimated to add around $32 billion in debt to the company. Mere days before the deal’s termination date, BCE executives were stunned to hear that KPMG auditors advised that the deal was in jeopardy of collapse...Starting at €8.20