July 2012

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One of our 18 distribution partners, Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), has decided to limit the number and types of cases they distribute from the Ivey case collection. They will no longer carry any non-US, single country cases such as a Canadian company doing business in Canada or a French business operating solely in France. Ivey Publishing continues to register a record number of high quality cases (a new case per day) from around the world and will also continue to distribute the entire Harvard collection in North America. 

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

Alberta Hip and Knee Replacement Pilot Project: Changing the Provincial Model of Hip and Knee Care

This case examines the methods to incorporate the best evidence into clinical practice. Particularly, this case examines this issue of knowledge translation from the perspective of implementing an evidence based hip and knee care pathway in Alberta. A secondary problem will be bringing together multiple stakeholders with different incentives to implement a large-scale healthcare change.

The objectives of this case are to:

• Understand the strategic process involved in translating evidence based research into clinical practice.
• Explore knowledge translation models that can be used to implement change in complex health systems.
• Understand important dimensions for evaluating positive changes in healthcare models.
• Provide an example of an innovative healthcare delivery system that focuses on patient centered care.
• Understand effective ways of reallocating resources in the management of a complicated health process to increase effective surgeon utilization, improve patient outcomes and manage wait lists.

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HTT Supercar

The case focuses on HTT, a small Canadian automotive manufacturer working in the highly specialized niche of supercars. HTT was only three months away from finishing the design stage of its vehicle, the Pléthore, and had to make decisions regarding the production stage. Among them, the company needed to decide how it would support its value chain processes with IT. However, a detailed set of requirements for an information technology (IT) system could not be elicited until the company had successfully produced and distributed at least a few vehicles. In the meantime, the CEO, who was also a shareholder, wanted to develop a shortlist of potential IT products that would give him a better grasp of the available options.

The case is designed to support teaching on the subject of IT selection and evaluation, especially in the context of small businesses. It is also intended to illuminate the usual trade-offs characteristic of adopting packaged enterprise software.

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Half a Century of Supply Chain Management at Wal-Mart

A stock analyst is preparing a recommendation on what his firm, a large U.S. investment house, should do with its stake in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, was trying to recover from a series of missteps that had seen competitors such as Dollar Stores and Amazon.com close the performance gap. Competitors had copied many aspects of Wal-Mart’s distribution system, from cross-docking product to eliminate storage time in warehouses, positioning stores around distribution centres, and widespread adoption of electronic data interchange (EDI), to manage ordering and shipping from suppliers.

There are several topics that can be discussed with this case:

• Supply chain management
• Sustainability of competitive advantages
• Competition in global retail.

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Academy of Management – Boston, MA - August 3-7

American Marketing Association – Chicago, IL – August 17-19