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In November 2023, Max Sterling, president of the Blackpool Supporters’ Association (BSA) for the Blackpool Alliance Football Club (BAFC) was navigating growing tensions with stakeholders regarding a popular but infamous annual event held in the English seaside tourist town. The Coastal Clash Derby was a cornerstone event for the BSA and Blackpool fans, as well as a revenue driver, but BAFC owner Nikhil Patel had growing concerns about the excessive .....more

In October 2024, the chief operating officer (COO) of Nordique Hospitality (Nordique), a hotel chain in Quebec, Canada, was facing an issue with one of his hotel general managers (GMs). The GM had recently requested a transfer to another Nordique hotel, citing mental fatigue as a reason. However, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Nordique was not in favour of the transfer, and the COO himself had not handled the request well. The GM had since become .....more

In March 2024, Will Ullrick, the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Optelic, a computer vision artificial intelligence start-up based in London, United Kingdom, had to decide the best strategy for continued operations of the business. With its seven current employees, the firm had a three-month cash runway remaining. If Optelic were to scale back to just the two co-founders, this would provide extra time to seek new financing. What option .....more

Teaching note for product W45867.

Teaching note for product W44210.

Teaching note for product W44011.

A son asked his mother for a $75,000 loan, split into a personal loan to buy Country Pizza, and a professional loan to upgrade appliances, storage cabinets, and lighting fixtures. His mother had to decide if her son was capable of running a business, as he had no past business experience besides managing Country Pizza for the past three years. <br><br>Students will take on the role of the mother and decide how to navigate granting or not .....more

In January 2024, an account manager at Devos National Bank was reviewing a request for a $35,000 long-term loan and a $20,000 working capital loan for Malibu Restaurant, a diner located in Centralia, Ontario. The funds were needed to build an outdoor patio for the diner, which would improve its capacity and further bolster the community atmosphere that the owner had curated. While the owner was extremely driven, the account manager was hesitant to .....more