Supplement for product W46279.

Supplement for product W46279.

Teaching note for products W46279, W46281, and W46282.

This exercise presents a simulation of the tragedy of the commons, framed within the context of sustainable forest management. Students, organized into teams of two or three, assume the role of logging crews responsible for harvesting from a shared forest over a series of 12 rounds. Although the forest regenerates between rounds, the natural growth rate is insufficient to sustain unchecked harvesting. As a result, students must navigate the tension .....more

Spreadsheet to accompany products W46279 and W46281.

Presentation to accompany product W46282.

Nancy Peterson, the founder and chief executive officer of HomeStars Inc. (HomeStars) had built her company from a start-up to Canada’s largest online home improvement network. The case takes place 10 years after its founding. Peterson needed to make a strategic decision in the next month. Should she and her team seek to raise $5 million to invest in growing the company organically through marketing or sell the business and, if they decided to sell .....more

Teaching note for product W43121.

Clayton Caswell faced a growing challenge in his role at iQmetrix Software Development Corp (iQmetrix). The culture at the organization was a point of pride—a unique, personal environment built through in-person interactions, both formal and informal, that made employees feel deeply connected and invested. But by April 2024, in the aftermath of the pandemic, everything had changed. The entire workforce had shifted to remote work and half the employees .....more

Teaching note for product W43749