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Top 20 Ivey cases for 2012-2013 |
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The Ivey case collection represents a wide range of business issues with cases written by leading Ivey faculty and authors from around the world. Ivey Publishing would like to thank all of our authors for their contribution to the Ivey case collection and congratulate our 2012-2013 best selling authors.
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Starbucks by Mary M. Crossan, Ariff Kachra
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ECCO A/S - Global Value Chain Management by Bo Bernhard Nielsen, Torben Pedersen, Jacob Pyndt
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GENICON: A Surgical Strike into Emerging Markets by Allen H. Kupetz, Adam P. Tindall, Gary Haberland
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FIJI Water and Corporate Social Responsibility - Green Makeover or Greenwashing? by James McMaster, Jan Nowak
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Eli Lilly in India: Rethinking the Joint Venture Strategy by Charles Dhanaraj, Paul W. Beamish, Nikhil Celly
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Ellen Moore (A): Living and Working in Korea by Henry W. Lane, Chantell Nicholls, Gail Ellement
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Pillsbury Cookie Challenge by Allison Johnson, Natalie Mauro
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Mattel and the Toy Recalls (A) by Hari Bapuji, Paul W. Beamish
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Trouble Brews at Starbucks by Lauranne Buchanan, Carolyn J. Simmons
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IMAX: Larger Than Life by Anil Nair
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Supply Chain Management at Wal-Mart by P. Fraser Johnson
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Scotts Miracle-Gro: The Spreader Sourcing Decision by John Gray, Michael Leiblein, Shyam Karunakaran
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LEGO Group: Building Strategy by Darren Meister, Paul Bigus
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Nora-Sakari: A Proposed JV in Malaysia (Revised) by Paul W. Beamish, R. Azimah Ainuddin
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Resuming Internationalization at Starbucks by Mario Koster, Rob Alkema, Christopher Williams
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Ruth's Chris: The High Stakes of International Expansion by Ilan Alon, Allen H. Kupetz
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The Espresso Lane to Global Markets by Ilan Alon, Meredith Lohwasser
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Lego Group: An Outsourcing Journey by Marcus Moller Larsen, Torben Pedersen, Dmitrij Slepniov
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Tata Motors' Acquisition of Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Company by Meera Harish, Sanjay Singh, Kulwant Singh
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7-Eleven in Taiwan: Adaptation of Convenience Stores to New Market Environments by Shih-Fen Chen, Aihwa Chang
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Featured case in Operations Management, Management Science & Information Systems |
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Sinofert Holdings Limited: Urea Distribution Planning
by Peter C. Bell, Mehmet A. Begen, Duan Changshan, Fiona Yiu, Jeremy Cheng
Sinofert Holdings Limited, the largest comprehensive fertilizer enterprise in China, is trying to improve the profitability of its urea business. The company has invested a great deal of time and money but still reported losses in 2007 and 2009 and only a small profit in 2008. Sinofert both manufactures urea and purchases it from external suppliers, as well as distributing it to the provinces. Manufacturing costs, transportation costs, market prices, demand forecasts and manufacturing constraints are all known. An optimal distribution plan using linear programming can be compared to the plan derived by Sinofert management. Substantial profitability increases are shown to be possible, although the optimization reveals some issues with contract constraints. If the company is to make its urea business profitable, it needs a fresh look and a change in the way of doing business. The
company’s chief analytics officer has been asked to look at the urea business and to provide recommendations to increase profitability.
Learning Objective:
This case presents a real-world implementation of the transportation problem. Sinofert distributes fertilizer (urea) from several sources in China to several provincial markets. Manufacturing costs, transportation costs, market prices, demand forecasts and manufacturing constraints are all known. An optimal distribution plan can be found using linear programming and compared with the plan derived by Sinofert management. Substantial profitability increases are shown although the optimization reveals some issues with the constraints as presented.
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Starbucks - #1 selling Ivey case |
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With over 80,000 copies used at 287 institutions in 51 countries, Starbucks is the best selling Ivey case for the 14th consecutive year!
The case picks up the story of a well known company that has a wealth of opportunities. It challenges students to understand why Starbucks has been successful and what they can and should leverage in choosing which opportunities to pursue. The fact that Starbucks lost focus and struggled as a result reveals how quickly a company can lose its way. The subsequent cases in the series, Starbucks: Crisis of Confidence and
Starbucks: Regaining Focus, enable the students to analyze what went wrong and assess how to redress the situation. Overall, the case provides a great deal of scope to develop analysis and insight around core strategic, leadership and organizational issues.
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About the author |
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Professor Mary M. Crossan
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Mary is a Professor of Strategic Management at the Ivey Business School and teaches in the undergraduate, MBA, PhD and Executive Programs. Her research on organizational learning, strategy, leadership and improvisation has been widely published in such journals as the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, the Journal of Management Studies, Leadership Quarterly and Organization Dynamics.She has extended her research to management practice through a collection of over 50 Ivey cases and Ivey Business Journal reprints.
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