HEC Montréal Case Centre
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Carrie Wagner: Climbing the Corporate Ladder
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case traces Carrie Wagner’s career in a single, large international package delivery company over a 30-year period during which she rose through the ranks from a student’s summer job to senior executive positions.
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BRI Bayres Ritz International: Ready to Launch?
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case describes the entrepreneurial process of an Argentinean Canadian who created a new international venture based on the demand of Vancouver firms for international human resource management services and of Argentinean nationals for overseas internships and vocational training.
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Fiat Mio: The Project That Embraced Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Creative Commons in the Automotive Industry
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case study describes how Fiat Brazil developed a collaborative platform that combines crowdsourcing, open innovation and creative commons in order to develop a “futuristic concept car” called Fiat Mio.
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Taking a Step Back Before Moving Forward: Adopting a Collaboration Platform
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case describes the difficult adoption of a collaboration technology within an organization, and the approach used to analyze and diagnose the weaknesses of the adoption process so as to correct the situation.
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Ohlson Pumps Canada
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This two-part case discusses the capacity of the new leader of the Canadian subsidiary of Scandinavian manufacturer Ohlson Pumpen to perform an accurate strategic assessment upon taking up his new position, while at the same time coping with the different facets of taking the helm of the subsidiary of a foreign-run company.
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The Opéra de Montréal: A Remarkable Turnaround
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. With his organization facing a major crisis, Pierre Dufour, general director of the Opéra de Montréal and the main protagonist in the case, wonders what the future holds for the institution.
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IT-Ration’s Quest for Growth: A Market Choice Challenge
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case uses the story of IT-Ration, a small firm based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to enable students to conduct an in-depth analysis of the founding manager, the firm, and the industry so as to make a strategic growth decision.
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Nike versus New Balance: Trade Policy in a World of Global Value Chains
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case provides a vehicle for analysing strategic, contextual, and ethical challenges underlying modern trade negotiations.
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Flowcasting: A Breakthrough in Supply Chain Integration
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case describes the events that led to a breakthrough in the field of supply chain integration: Flowcasting uses forecasts produced at the store level to replenish the entire supply chain.
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Recruiting Faster: Process Innovation & Change Management at SDL
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This two-part case revolves around a mandate given by Ganesh Purandare, head of the financial services business unit at SDL, a growing software development company, to Mohua Sen, head of recruitment for the division, whereby he asks her to reduce recruitment times.
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British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. (BC Ferries): Charting a Safe Course
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case evaluates the approach of BC Ferry Services Inc. (BC Ferries), a public marine transportation organization, to health, safety and environmental protection (HSE).
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Canadian Sponsorship Scandal: The Whistleblower’s Perspective
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. The case is told in the words of the federal government bureaucrat who blew the whistle about the corruption. The way federal civil servants dealt with the whistleblower’s revelations is examined.
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Agrium’s Ill-Fated Bid to Acquire CF Industries Holdings
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. The case is set in early 2010, a few weeks after Agrium, a large fertilizer manufacturer and distributor, put an end to its attempt to acquire CF Industries Holdings, another fertilizer company.
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Musi-Blox: Young Musicians Become Managers
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. Musi-Blox is a project that aims to create musical composition software for non-musicians. The case deals with the struggles of young musicians who have recently become managers in a multimedia company.
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Cascades Tissue Group: Sustainable Growth?
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. In October 2006, Ms. Suzanne Blanchet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascades Tissue Group (CTG), was pondering how much weight should be given to products sold under the CTG brand compared to those sold under distributors’ or retailers’ private labels.
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