Reference No: OB0032Pages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1978
Abstract: The case is a synopsis of a meeting between the chief executive and six departmental heads of a company employing over five hundred workers. The meeting has been held in order to decide whether a loan of Rsá1,000 should be given for flood relief. Crisis in cash collections, low profitability ... More
Reference No: F&A0326Pages: 4 Published on: 1, January, 1978
Abstract: Mr. Ajoy Gupta has invented electrically operated automatic swings. As part of establishing the manufacturing project, he is required to present before the financing bank a set of projected cash receipts and payments, income statement, and balance sheet, in addition to certain policy inputs. Identification of various policy inputs and ... More
Reference No: CMA0460Pages: 8Published on: 14, February, 1978
Abstract: Discusses problems in managing the government/enterprise interface in the marketing of pesticides. Changes in government policies regarding credit, distribution channels, subsidy and other factors, and their impact on the pesticides market in general and that of the company in particular have been highlighted. ... More
Reference No: CMA0450Pages: 14Published on: 4, May, 1978
Abstract: The chief of the agricultural finance division of a southern bank was examining the guidelines for implementing the programme of financing primary agricultural credit cooperative societies. His main concern was to operationalize this programme keeping in mind the financial and organizational efficiency of the primaries and the present system of ... More
Reference No: CMA0463Pages: 4Published on: 11, December, 1978
Abstract: Terraced cultivation has been conceived of as an alternative to shifting cultivation in the hills. The case deals with one such experience in Meghalaya. Facts collected by an independent research agency have been summarized to provide a basis for discussion-whether the effort is in the economic interests of the jhumias ... More
Reference No: CMA0468Pages: 7Published on: 26, December, 1978
Abstract: The importance of encouraging subsidiary activities to generate additional income/employment for marginal farmers has been discussed. Financial costs of and returns from one such activity - swine rearing on a small scale - with and without subsidies from a developmental agency have been worked out. A sensitivity analysis on ... More
Reference No: BP0166Pages: 10Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Discusses the gap between the prescribed structures and the actual processes taking place in a government undertaking, and the styles adopted by the principal actors to respond to this anomaly. Also raises questions about the consequences of such a gap for the individuals concerned and the system of government corporation. ... More
Reference No: MAR0240Pages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Mr. Sundeep, the Regional Sales Manager for the Lighting Division, had lost a contract order that he had been getting for the last two years. He analyzed the situation and wondered what had gone wrong. He was getting worried as his Western Region sales were dropping. He wanted to plan ... More
Reference No: CMA0486Pages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Illustrates the management problems of handloom weavers' cooperatives vis-a-vis the responsibilities of the public handloom projects. This case particularly reflects the organizational and human resource problems of the handloom sector. ... More
