Teaching note for product W45571.

In April 2025, the co-founder and president of board game publisher Stonemaier Games found the industry he had worked in for over a decade upended by tariffs. A new 145 per cent US tariff on goods produced in China would lead to a charge of almost US$1.5 million for US$1 million-worth of goods that was ready to ship to retailers. This would not only wipe out any profit margin on the product but also create a sizable loss. On April 28, 2025, the founder .....more

Teaching note for product W38405.

<b>All royalties from the adoption of this case will be donated to Birchway Niagara. </b><br><br>In March 2023, Women’s Place of South Niagara (Canada), an organization focused on ending abuse and intimate partner violence, rebranded as Birchway Niagara, to better represent what Birchway offered: it was not only a place for women. However, Jennifer Gauthier, its executive director, found herself in the fall of 2023 reflecting .....more

<p align="justify">Natalie Jung, amid the COVID-19 lockdowns, transformed her newfound passion for handcrafted jewelry into Radiant Sun Shop (RSS), a thriving Etsy business with 3,100 transactions as of February 2023. Initially launched during her virtual undergraduate studies, RSS flourished with her dedicated time. As Jung approached the end of her master’s degree and subsequent graduation in April 2023, uncertainty loomed regarding .....more

Teaching note for product W36235.

Teaching note for product 9B20A043.

In late 2018, the founder and owner of Pupadise, Inc., a pet care business in Canada, was nearing her graduation from university and needed to decide what to do with the business she had built in her undergraduate years. Pupadise cared for clients’ pets when the pet owners could not; its services primarily consisted of live-in and drop-in pet care. The owner was considering selling the business, but was concerned that the sale price would be low because .....more

Spreadsheet to accompany product 8B20A043.

Teaching note for product 9B20A010.