Ivey Case Solutions

NCSOFT CORPORATION Background: NCsoft began its operations as a systems Integrator in 1997. Later on, the company took a department from I-net in 1998 and started developing Lineage that is known to be Korea’s first full online role-playing game. Gradually, the main focus of the company changed from systems integration business to online gaming business. […]

GM in China Q.1. Joint Ventures have advantages and disadvantages. Extract GM’s joint venture advantages and disadvantages from the case study and contrast them critically. Solution No.1 Advantages of Joint Ventures in China China is the growing economy and offers ample opportunities for the business due to low labor cost and other policies. China consists […]

1.      Importance of Governance in Health Care Organizations The health care organizations in Canada as mentioned in the case are mostly publicly funded, accumulating almost 30% of their expenses recovery from the citizens, employers, insurance companies and the third parties. According to the 2005 health care expenditure figure for Canada, almost 10% of the total […]

Richmond Engineering in China Problem Statement Finn is in a dilemma that how she can tackle the deviations in drafted contract from original agreement, which was reached after prolonged negotiations; meanwhile, she has to make sure that her decision works towards the best interest of Richmond Engineering and impact the efforts of entering into China. […]

First Virtual Holdings, Inc (FVHI) is an online payment company, based in San Diego, California. The company has developed a technology by which consumers can securely purchase goods and services over the internet. Each participating customer is provided with a “VirtualPIN” number, which is used instead of a credit card to pay for purchases from […]