April 2012

		Coming Summer 2012 ... Coursepack Builder
		Hundreds of Translated Cases Available
		New Cases in Accounting & Finance
		Award Winning Authors
		ISB-Ivey Global Case Writing Competition Invitation

This content management tool is designed to give our customers the flexibility to assemble custom course packs that can be downloaded instantly from the Ivey Publishing website. More information to follow soon!

With over 200 Ivey cases translated into Chinese this year alone, you will find hundreds already available in the Ivey case collection with more translations to follow in the months ahead.

With a commitment to providing high quality cases for use in China, our growing collection provides students with comprehensive cases that reflect the changing business landscape in China. For a list of cases translated into Simplified Chinese, please click here.  Click here to view the list of cases translated into Traditional Chinese.

The newest cases from the Ivey case collection are available for review. View New Cases for more details on cases registered in your discipline.

JA Intercare Inc.

A Taiwanese entrepreneur plans to set up an insurance scheme for low income earners. A financial model for the operation has been created and students must assess the viability of the business and the risks that it entails. Students will learn about the insurance business, how to set up a marketing strategy for the business, how to create and use a financial model, and how to assess the viability and risks of a startup business.

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Pak Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO) - Management of Circular Debt

The case describes how a very large intra-corporate debt was built up in Pakistan among the private and public sector energy and power generation companies that were some of the country’s largest organizations. The case is appropriate for use in such classes as: management contro to evaluate working capital debt problems; risk management to illustrate foreign exchange risks, the use of currency swaps to reduce risk, cash flow fluctuation and regulatory risks. Students are exposed to ratio analysis of the data in the exhibits; corporate governance to examine the role of the directors and managers in dealing with the government; business government relations to illustrate how to enable a company to convince government officials that changes made in pricing and other regulations have been detrimental to the business.

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Authors of Learning with Cases, Teaching with Cases and Writing Cases won the Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method award presented by the European Case Clearing House during the 2012 annual case award ceremony. These books are also available in Chinese.

Carol Stephenson, Dean of the Richard Ivey School said, “The award of Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method gives worthy recognition to three remarkable individuals who have dedicated so much of their lives to teaching people worldwide how to get the most out of cases. Jim, Mike and Louise have conducted more than 400 case writing and case teaching workshops for thousands of participants in more than 50 countries over the past 40 years. Their work is at the heart of the great case tradition we have developed at Ivey and the school is delighted at this recognition.” Congratulations on their achievement!

In addition, the case entitled Louis Vuitton in Japan, authored by Justin Paul, won an award in the Entrepreneurship case category.

In partnership with the Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Case Development at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Ivey would like to invite you to participate in the ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition 2012.

The objective of this competition is to help build a repository of high-quality, internationally benchmarked cases about Indian businesses. The cases should be original business case studies suitable for use in MBA classrooms across the world and should aim to showcase the unique challenges and issues faced by organizations and business leaders in India. Submissions must also include teaching notes in English.

Winning cases will be published in the Ivey-ISB co-branded case collection available through Ivey Publishing. First place winners will also receive a cash prize of US $4000. Second prize winners take home US $3000 and there are special category prizes of US $2000 per category. A panel of internationally acclaimed subject experts judge each case in a double-blind review process and will provide written feedback on each case.

Download the intent to participate form and email it to Ivey India. Deadline for submissions has been extended to April 30 for international participants.