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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 Accounting & Finance |
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ServiceForce: Scaling up Financing
by Hitesh J. Shukla, Ashutosh Dash
The founder of ServiceForce, a company that provides repair and maintenance for motorized two-wheel vehicles in India, has a dilemma about whether he should sell the rights of his franchisee business, join hands with a venture capitalist, borrow money for capacity building or see the business grow through franchising. The start-up was initiated with his own money and family investment. A mere 18 months has shown great success with two service stations, a mobile workshop to service rural and industrial clients and a system of card packages that allow customers to pre-pay for a range of services. The company is a recognized brand for customer satisfaction and quality workmanship, and the employees are happy and contribute to the company well-being by participating in customer promotion schemes. However, competition from both vehicle manufacturers’ service stations and unorganized
garages is growing in tandem with the skyrocketing sales of two-wheel vehicles, especially to the younger demographic. In order to grow, the company is at a crossroads: should it borrow money to ramp up the growth of the business through new capacity building or invest in more franchises? Should the owner accept the offer to buy the franchise rights from him outright or the offer from a venture capitalist, which will result in losing some control?
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To do a detailed valuation including calculations of costs of capital and expected cash flows and to learn about the valuation of privately held firms from the perspective of both the founder and a venture capitalist.
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To identify and understand different valuation assumptions and adjustments.
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To analyze a firm’s overall business model and the desirability of financing this venture.
This case is suitable for an MBA course or an advanced undergraduate course in entrepreneurial finance, managing growth (new venture growth strategy) and valuation of business, especially valuation of a start-up. It can also be used in an executive program for senior and middle managers in general management, strategic management or business valuation courses.
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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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