What Ivey Publishing does

Ivey Publishing is the business case study publishing arm of the Ivey Business School Foundation at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. It produces and distributes academically rigorous business case studies developed through Ivey Business School's faculty research network and peer-review processes, targeting business school educators, students, and executive education programs globally.

The core product portfolio centers on Ivey Case Studies, organized into categorized Collections, and is supplemented by co-branded partner collections distributed through Harvard Business Publishing and Darden Business Publishing. Supporting offerings include teaching, learning, and writing resources; Case Alerts email notifications; Case Workshops for professional development; Copyright Permission licensing services; and the Ivey Business Journal. The platform is content-driven rather than technology-driven, distributed through the iveypublishing.ca direct e-commerce storefront and through channel partners.

The revenue model combines one-time individual case licensing (pay-as-you-go transactions) with annual institutional subscriptions for bulk educational licensing. The go-to-market is sales-led, executed through the company website and channel partnerships with established business education publishers. The publisher functions as a non-profit academic content operation rather than a venture-backed commercial enterprise, with no disclosed funding rounds or external investors.

Name

Ivey Publishing

Legal name

Ivey Business School Foundation

Website

https://iveycases.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ivey Publishing is the academic case study publishing arm of Ivey Business School at Western University in Canada. It produces and distributes business case studies to business schools, instructors, and students globally via its own e-commerce platform and through Harvard and Darden Business Publishing partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313), Book Publishers (513130), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Economics, Accounting & Management (EDAGABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business, Economics & Management Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAF), E-book Retail & Reading Platforms (Stores, Apps, Devices) (MPAJAMAA), Educational & Academic Publishing Distribution (Textbooks) (CRAOALAC)

Keywords

• Business case studies
• Educational publishing
• Case-based learning
• Business education content
• Teaching resources

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Case Study Licensing: Ivey Publishing generates revenue through licensing case studies to educational institutions, business schools, and instructors for use in teaching. Cases are available for purchase individually or through collections, with pricing based on licensing terms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Ivey Publishing develops, publishes, and distributes business case studies for use in business school curricula and executive education programs. The company sells individual cases and curated collections directly through its e-commerce platform and licenses bulk access to educational institutions. It also co-distributes case collections from Harvard Business Publishing and Darden Business Publishing under co-branded arrangements.

Product overview

Ivey Publishing is a business education content publisher specializing in business case studies. The core offering consists of Ivey Case Studies developed at Ivey Business School, supplemented by partner collections from Harvard Business Publishing and Darden Business Publishing distributed through co-branding arrangements. The platform organizes content through Case Study Collections and Partner Collections for curriculum integration. Supporting services include teaching, learning, and writing resources; Case Alerts for new release notifications; Case Workshops for professional development; and copyright/permission services for material reuse. Ivey Publishing functions as a content distribution platform rather than a technology product, primarily serving business school educators and students globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ivey Case Studies: The company's proprietary collection of business case studies.
• Ivey Business Journal

Products and services

• Ivey Case Studies Proprietary collection of business case studies developed at Ivey Business School, providing practical learning materials for business education with a global perspective. Sold individually or in collections to instructors and educational institutions.
• Case Study Collections
• Harvard Business Publishing Cases
• Darden Business Publishing Cases
• Case Workshops
• Ivey Business Journal

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Harvard Business PublishingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHarvard Business Publishing serves as a distribution partner for Ivey Publishing's case study collections, making Ivey cases available through Harvard Business Publishing's established global distribution network serving business schools and executive education programs.
• Darden Business PublishingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDarden Business Publishing serves as a distribution partner for Ivey Publishing's case study collections, leveraging Darden's reputation and distribution channels in the business education publishing space.
• Western UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIvey Publishing is operated by the Ivey Business School Foundation, which is part of Western University (formerly University of Western Ontario) in London, Ontario. This affiliation provides academic rigor, case development methodology, and access to faculty research for case creation.
• Ivey Business SchoolflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerIvey Business School is the academic home of Ivey Publishing, providing the intellectual foundation, faculty contributors, case writing methodology, and quality assurance through peer review processes that ensure academic rigor of published cases.

Scale indicators1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stanford Graduate School of Business Cases: Stanford GSB produces proprietary case studies distributed to educators and institutions worldwide. It competes directly with Ivey Publishing for premium case-method adoption among elite business schools and executive programs.
• Darden Business Publishing: Darden Business Publishing, affiliated with the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, produces and distributes business case studies for educators worldwide. Like HBP, it both competes with Ivey in the case-study category and serves as a co-distribution partner, mirroring Ivey's niche school-publisher model.
• SAGE Business Cases: SAGE Business Cases is a broad, multi-discipline business case collection used by business schools and educators globally. It competes with Ivey on catalog breadth and serves the same institutional licensing buyers, though it is more commercial than school-affiliated.
• Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard Business Publishing is the publishing arm of Harvard Business School and the largest distributor of business case studies globally. It is both Ivey Publishing's most direct competitor and a core distribution partner, making it the most comparable peer on content, customer base, and channel.
• Kellogg School of Management Cases: Kellogg (Northwestern University) develops and licenses its own branded business case studies for use in MBA and executive education. It competes with Ivey for the same institutional buyer segment and sells through similar educator channels.
• MIT Sloan Management Review Cases: MIT Sloan Management Review publishes teaching cases and management content tied to MIT Sloan. It serves the same business educator and executive education audience as Ivey Publishing and overlaps in case-method product offerings.

Regional players

• Rotman School of Management Cases: The Rotman School at the University of Toronto produces and distributes business case studies primarily to Canadian and North American educators. It mirrors Ivey's school-affiliated publishing model within a similar Canadian higher-education context.
• INSEAD Case Studies: INSEAD (Europe and Asia-based business school) produces and licenses proprietary case studies with a strong international and emerging-market focus. It is comparable to Ivey in school-affiliated case publishing but competes more in European and Asian institutional markets.

Broad incumbents

• Cengage Learning: Cengage is a major higher-education textbook and learning content publisher with broad business curriculum offerings. While not a case-study specialist, it competes for the same institutional licensing and course-material budget as Ivey Publishing.
• Pearson Education: Pearson is one of the largest global education publishers with business, economics, and management textbook lists. It overlaps with Ivey on the business-education buyer segment even though it is not a case-study specialist, and could expand into cases via AI-generated content.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/iveypublishing
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCd7BGZ_fdQfFlRL_HJ1TsgQ/featured
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ivey-publishing

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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