A YEAR-

LONG MBA. IVEY MBA Begins each March in London, ON, .

#1 for career progress ‡ #1 MBA program in Canada*

T O P10 for education experience for three years running.† A LIFE-LONG ADVANTAGE. Features A TRANSFORMATIONAL 4 6 8

IMAGINE WHAT ONE WORLD-CLASS REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE. YEAR COULD DO CAREER OUTCOMES LEARNING Your year at Ivey will be Our Career Advisors Hands-on, experiential immersive, enriching, help you chart a path learning sets us apart and supportive. from the moment you and is brought to life by Discover what it can start at Ivey through award-winning faculty do for you. to graduation. using our renowned Case-Based approach. 12 14 16

LEADERSHIP YOUR STUDENT ESSENTIALS FIRST CASE LIFE Discover the five Experience a real case The Ivey student elements that are and discover why Case- experience is one at the core of Based learning is the built on close-knit everything we do. foundation of the community and MBA Program. diverse perspectives.

“If I were to summarize Ivey in one word, it would be transformational. You’ll notice how you change 18 20 22 24 as the days and months go by, to the point that IVEY NETWORK BY THE NUMBERS YEAR AT A GLANCE GETTING STARTED you are thinking in ways that astound you, and Join an outstanding Our reputation, by Everything you need to Start your journey alumni network of the numbers. know about your year towards an Ivey MBA. make an impact on those around you.” more than 30,000 that at Ivey. believes in paying it forward and giving back. Carlos – Carlos González Meyer, MBA ’18 ‡ Marketing Manager, Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2020 Nutrition Snacks - General Mills Canada * Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking 2014-2019 † 2 / Ivey MBA The Economist Full-time MBA Ranking 2017-2019 IMAGINE WHAT ONE YEAR CAN DO

Give yourself a year. Get back more than you imagined.

“The strength of Ivey’s network, the undeniable culture of ‘paying it forward,’ and the people I met have genuinely inspired me to be a better person. The personal growth I experienced and the relationships I fostered have become the As Canada’s leading , you are investing in yourself when you most valuable part of my Ivey journey.” choose the one-year Ivey MBA Program.

Our one-year program will minimize your time away from the workforce. You’ll immerse yourself, without distractions, in our world-class curriculum. And you’ll form strong bonds with exceptionally talented and diverse classmates from around

4 / Ivey MBA Kwang – Kwang Pithayachariyakul, MBA ’17 the world. Throughout your journey here, you can count on a supportive team to Investment Banking Associate, help you advance to your next career goal. The result: you’ll achieve more than you TD Securities ever thought possible, all in one year. WORLD-CLASS CAREER OUTCOMES

Career support at Ivey. Career outcomes for life.

You have a vision of your future – and we have the resources and expertise to help you get there.

From the moment you start at Ivey, our world-class Career Management team will be by your side to help you build a personal plan and ensure you achieve your high career aspirations.

Your career goals are central to your success; that’s why Career Management is integrated throughout the MBA Program. Classroom activities are combined with innovative experiences like Ivey’s renowned annual networking event, “Get Connected.”

Our career placement rates are consistently over 90 per cent. Year over year, our students, alumni, and recruiters give us top scores when evaluating our Career “Career Management support at Ivey was invaluable. Management services. Regular meetings with my career advisor on how From admissions to graduation and throughout your to approach networking was truly life-changing in career, we’re here to help you every step of the way. helping me with jobs after my MBA.”

T O 6 / Ivey MBA P 20 Keisha in the world for student assessment of career services† – Keisha Bailey, MBA ’15 Vice President, Senior Portfolio Management, TD Canada Trust † The Economist Full time MBA Ranking 2019 REAL-WORLD LEARNING Learn by doing - a leadership advantage.

“When I meet Ivey students or alumni, I know that they’ve been tested and thrived; I know that they’ve received first-class professional and career

8 / Ivey MBA management training. And, that they know what it means to lead, to problem- solve, and to pursue excellence.”

Hands-on, experiential learning gives Ivey students an advantage. Through a diversified roster of projects, activities, and more than 300 business cases, the Ivey MBA experience is all about real-world learning Gillian for real-world problems. From the moment you graduate with your Ivey MBA, you are prepared to take on real business challenges, and the – Gillian Fletcher, MBA ’15 difference will be noticeable throughout your career. Product Manager, Energy, Johnson & Johnson Medical Companies REAL-WORLD LEARNING

Real-world learning is the norm, not the exception.

Case-Based learning sets Ivey, and its students, apart. Real-world examples form the foundation of the Ivey education experience. Cases are dissected, discussed, and debated in a stimulating environment.

Guided by world-class professors, and enriched by your fellow students, your classroom conversations will be dynamic and immersive. Case-Based learning is at the heart of how Ivey’s students learn. The approach will

10 / Ivey MBA allow you to practise the leadership skills that mirror real-life situations. The result is a transformation in thinking, and lifelong leadership essentials.

Teaching faculty matters. “Case discussions offer perfect ‘aha!’ moments Their real-world business experience and expertise is to weave insights from the case at hand, to my demonstrated not only in the classroom, but by the research in digital transformation, and to the business cases they write, and the research they do with organizations. Ivey faculty will get to know you as students’ work experiences.” an individual, and they are highly committed to your success. They love teaching, and it shows. Nicole – Nicole Haggerty Associate Professor, Ivey Business School at Western University LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS

Embrace complexity Communicate persuasively A business case is real, complex, and Effective communication isn’t about challenging. It doesn’t come in the winning. It’s about sharing your ideas Ivey’s five textbook titled Marketing or Finance. persuasively in the classroom, in teams, A case study puts you in the position and ultimately in the boardroom. At Ivey, Leadership of decision maker, and demands you you are coached in your communication understand how to manage the details effectiveness, your skills honed to the to get to the right solution. place where you can communicate Essentials. effectively in any circumstance.

The Ivey MBA opens your mind to how the business world really works and prepares you to take challenges head-on. Manage priorities Take action Develop Leadership Essentials Great leaders must Knowledge is a With a focus on experiential learning, be able to focus their commodity. Today, you will accelerate your leadership organizations on what leadership is about capabilities. We call these five capabilities matters now in the midst Leadership applying your the Ivey Leadership Essentials. They are of competing choices. Essentials learning effectively. at the core of everything we do. Ivey’s experiential At Ivey, you’ll gain the learning, challenging confidence to turn 12 / Ivey MBA The five interlinked Leadership program, and demanding knowledge Essentials give you not just the business schedule teach you into action. fundamentals that you would expect to navigate these from an MBA program, but also the competing priorities for leadership capabilities required to turn the best outcomes. concepts into decisions, knowledge into action, and ideas into change. Leverage team talent The strength of a leader is in knowing your weaknesses. Through hundreds of cases, you’ll learn how to approach difficult problems with confidence, work effectively with people of diverse perspectives and skills, and solve problems by effectively engaging your team. 14 / Ivey MBA YOUR FIRST CASE Your case. first study withthis Airbnb case. can experience areal Ivey case facilitating thediscussion. You the professor acts asaconductor begins intheclassroom where of questions. The real learning case andanswering aseries prepare for class by reading the curriculum planning. Students an integrated approach to by usingcross-teaching and issues impact anorganization your perspective ontheway Ivey faculty use cases to expand media, and stakeholder engagement. innovative approaches to marketing, social leader, fending off competition with a highlycompetitive market to visionary Airbnb took theleap from smallupstart in its inception to its rise inthemid-2010s, as This case study profiles the startup from a new business modelinshort-term rentals. Gebbia began inearnest in2007 to develop airbeds, founders BrianChesky and Joe from theirsmallapartment offeringthree hosts. And itallbegan withonelisting: offering “authentic experiences” from local unique andaffordable accommodation is ahousehold name, synonymous with than 65,000 cities and121countries, Airbnb With more than4.5 millionlistings inmore have violated a New York law that prohibited any private rentals under 30 days where the host was not not was host present. the where days 30 under rentals private any prohibited that law York New a violated have listings hand over anonymous listing information of hosts who rented

had hit a major road bump. At the request of the CHALLENGES AIRBNB: BUSINESS MODEL vial htl om ad ofrne tedne The attendance. conference and rooms hotel available at For the first year of year first the For PUSH CONFERENCE Airbnb beginning, serendipitous this From 2007 In Copyright © 2016, Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation confidentiality. protect informat identifying other and names certain disguised have may author The situation. managerial a of handling ineffective or Sayan Chatterjee The founders The rentals properties in perpetuity but perpetuity in properties and Airbnb was formed was Airbnb and Ge and Chesky people, of variety wide a from airbeds apartment 35- a Utah, from five of couch their in conference design expect normally upcoming an was There offer for an overnight stay on an airbed in their apartment, along with breakfast in the morning. available. had they airbeds u neighbo three the out rent p to struggling Chesky decided to move to San Francisco graduation, after Angeles Los in working initially After Design. of School Island Rhode the at students as in a court of law ep akt h st ad anr neet n utn the Austin, Because they had no budget to advertise, they in interest garner and site the market help conference conference $10

, billion ng the conference. conference. the ng duri

, 4 had suddenly become vulnerable. They vulnerable. become suddenly had w

Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia founded Airbnb. Chesky and Gebbia and Chesky Airbnb. founded Gebbia Joe and Chesky Brian rhood This caused some consternation among consternation some caused This ere they 3 anonymous, the the anonymous,

had wrote this case sol in in ay their rent. While brainstorming ideas to earn earn to ideas brainstorming While rent. their ay ,

and all of the nearby hotels were sold out. They set u set They out. sold were hotels nearby the of all and targeted was the 2008 South by Southwest Southwest by South 2008 the was targeted and to find a few younger 20 younger few a find to the the most recent round of financing in 2014. However, as of early 2014

to evaluate if these short these if evaluate to in the court of public opinion public of court the in its 1

. E year existence, Airbnb Airbnb existence, ngineer NathanB ngineer

instead ely to provide material for class discussion. The - old woman from Boston, and a man from India. India. from man a and Boston, from woman old However a ttorney

focused on focused , the three people who stayed with them were a 45 a were them with stayed who people three the , g Read thefullcase eneral was determined to subpoena some of the hosts that that hosts the of some subpoena to determined was eneral ,

- where Gebbia was living. The two shared an apartment but were

somethings who might be interested in in interested be might who somethings grew - needed DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT lecharczy term rentals in large cities large in rentals term relied relied on getting coverage from various blogs. also had also

State State of into a business that span that business a into conferences and conferences hosts based in in based hosts ,

or change it. change or to focus entirely on the gaps between the number of of number the between gaps the on entirely focus to k

wasadded

y New York founders founders to decide whether to defend their business model business their defend to whether decide to

executed an online public relations relations public online an executed c out out apartments in New York City. While the onference and onference more 5 New York New

,

bbia bbia

did not seek out hosts that listed their their listed that hosts out seek not did as as

author do later a money, the money, AND FUTURE ttorney ttorney the p a quick website to advertise their their advertise to website quick a p , which , decided to expand their their expand to decided

on, third co ned es ,

and some pulled their listings. listings. their pulled some and g other events. other

not intend to illustrate either effective f had met several years earlier earlier years several met had 16 countries and countries 16 eneral, eneral, Airbnb was forced to estival in Austin, Texas. Austin, in estival

drove y Given -

founder came up with the idea to to idea the with up came sleeping on someone on sleeping the majority of their of majority the , the interest in their in interest the

its business model .

Version: 2 - The first m first The

year They 9B16M186 was One would - small idea idea small . campaign old father father old 2016 initially

valued valued might - 1 ion to ion ajor ajor 1

To To - 2 ’

4 s

STUDENT LIFE

A SHARED Becoming an EXPERIENCE. Ivey MBA student means immersing yourself in a unique 16 / Ivey MBA environment that A LIFE-LONG is friendly, spirited, CONNECTION. supportive,

“Ivey’s class sizes are considerably smaller than other and unforgettable. MBA programs, which meant I knew every single one of my classmates on a first-name basis. Also, since Ivey Our small class size, non-commuter campus, and close-knit isn’t a commuter school, you get the time to develop community provides the basis for an exceptional MBA experience. great friendships with your classmates.” And because Ivey attracts some of the most talented young professionals from all over the globe, with diverse cultural and business backgrounds, the Ivey MBA classroom consistently raises the bar for its learning environment.

The shared experience you’ll have with your Ivey classmates Christina creates the foundation for a lifetime of personal and professional – Christina Rupsingh, MBA ’16 Marketing Manager, connections you’ll cherish. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts . IVEY NETWORK

The Ivey Network. A lifelong connection.

The word Ivey alumni hear most is “yes.” Yes to discussing an opportunity. Yes to giving advice. Yes to networking with other grads. Ivey alumni have a habit of saying and hearing “yes” because there is a strong culture of giving back and paying it forward throughout 18 / Ivey MBA the Ivey community. Our grads value the Ivey difference. Regardless of graduation year, the shared Ivey experience is a connection that sticks with you throughout your career. With an Ivey MBA, you will have a network that will last a lifetime.

#15 “The Ivey Network brings enormous in the world for value to your career. Not only will you networking* be part of the Ivey family, but you’ll also learn how to network, a valuable skill that often gets overlooked.” Erik – Erik Lapointe, MBA ’17 Sr. Director Product Development & Innovation, Tidal Health Solutions

* Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking 2019 * Bloomberg Businessweek MBA Ranking 2014-2019 ‡ The Financial Times Global MBA Ranking 2020 † The Economist Full-time MBA Ranking 2019 20 / Ivey MBA matters. matters. Reputation BYNUMBERS THE MBA programs for 6years running. among Canadian Ivey’s ranking #1 * of Ivey MBA grads madeat least onecareer transition 91% function, orgeography) (Change inindustry,

in Canadafor alumni Services for 9years rating of Career #1 in arow ‡ 91% career placement 3 monthsafter graduation in theworld for student rating for education 3years inarow. O P T experience for

10

“ key factor myMBA.” inchoosing inCanada wasa business school Ivey’s reputation one asthenumber –  Maksym Clarke Inc. Investment Associate, Maksym Levytskyy, MBA ’19 †

of career progress in Canadaranking

#1 ‡ YEAR AT A GLANCE

Career-Focused Real-World Electives Projects Our elective courses are Put your learning to the test designed to support your when you participate in the Ivey 22 / Ivey MBA The Ivey MBA – career goals and satisfy Field Project. You can choose to your professional and develop a new venture or work Year at a glance. personal interests. with an existing organization to develop new business solutions. Learn more

ONEMAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUGYEARSEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB Preparatory Business International Leading Knowledge Program Essentials Experiences Cross-Enterprise To make sure you get the most out Your transformational year Participate in an optional study trip This capstone module pulls together of your MBA class time, we provide begins in the spring. To ensure to Asia and Latin America as part of everything you’ve learned and optional courses before the official you have a solid foundation in the elective cycle. You can also connects it to today’s real-world program work begins. the core subjects, the first four pursue volunteer opportunities leadership challenges. These courses are a great way months of the Ivey MBA Program through The LEADER Project where You’ll examine some of the “big” to refresh your knowledge of consist of courses including you will coach promising questions like “Who leads best and business basics, reacquaint Strategy, Leadership, Finance, entrepreneurs in frontier markets. how do they do it?;” “How are great yourself with a school routine, Accounting, Information Systems, leaders developed?;” and “What are and get to know some Operations, Marketing, Analytics, If you want to experience an some of the major forces and trends of your classmates. Communications, and Economics. international study exchange, you can take advantage of this in the final that will affect business in the 21st century?” View courses semester. This is a great opportunity to immerse yourself fully in another culture and to expand your global network. GETTING STARTED

24/ Ivey MBA Ready to get started?

There are three qualities that we look at first when considering prospective students for an Ivey MBA.

Leadership: From career success and promotion, to volunteer work and community initiatives, or other interests like athletics or the arts— we are looking for candidates who have demonstrated strong leadership orientation, and can bring that into the Ivey classroom.

Strong Academic Record: Our assessment of this is based on your academic history in combination with your GMAT or GRE score.

Progressive Work Experience: At least two years of quality, full-time work experience ensures that you and your classmates will have experiences to contribute to team and class discussions, along with the context and maturity to apply this learning in a professional setting.

“We are committed to help you in any way we can so that you can make a decision that is best for you and your career. Please feel “The Ivey MBA is a fantastic program and free to contact us at any time if you have if it is the program for you, make sure you questions about the Ivey MBA Program or come in motivated and ready. It is a very MBA programs in general.” rewarding experience.” J.D. Kanwar – John-Derek Clarke (J.D.), MBA – Kanwar Randhawa, MBA ’17 Executive Director, Masters Programs Analytical Lead, Recruitment and Admissions, Google Ivey Business School at Western University For more information:

Visit: iveymba.ca Profile assessment:go.ivey.ca/resume Attend an event–online and in person: go.ivey.ca/events

The Ivey MBA is a one-year, full-time MBA program beginning each March in London, , Canada. • Located between and Detroit (approx. 200 km from each) • City population of 400,787 • Western University and student population is 34,637 with more than 4,438 international students from 120 countries

Ivey Business School Western University 1255 Western Road London, Ontario, Canada N6G 0N1

Telephone: +1.519.661.3212 Toll free: 1.866.878.4839 Fax: +1.519.661.3431 [email protected] iveymba.ca