Reference No: CMA0423(A)Pages: 12Published on: 22, May, 1978
Abstract: The case describes an experiment by a Farmers' Service Cooperative Society in financing agriculture. It includes data on the increase in the net income of farmers due to greater investment and modern agricultural practices, and highlights the importance of risk coverage under such an experiment. The concept of risk, the ... More
Reference No: CMA0466Pages: 10Published on: 21, September, 1978
Abstract: Discusses various considerations in exercising convertibility options by the all-India term-lending institutions - IDBI, IFCI, LIC, and UTI and to highlight the uncertain variables in taking decisions on convertibility options and ways of handling them. ... More
Reference No: CMA0462(A)Pages: 21Published on: 21, September, 1978
Abstract: The case is designed to bring out all aspects of financial and economic appraisal for financing an agro-industrial unit (cottonseed processing plant). Sensitivity analysis and preparation of feasibility report can also be taught. ... 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: CMA0469Pages: 15Published on: 11, December, 1978
Abstract: The case deals with the problems of marketing tobacco in a taluka, and raises the question of management problems relating to marketing efficiencies of tobacco leaves from growers to manufacturers. ... 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: F&A0333Pages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: Details the pricing problem faced by the Computer Centre at IIM Ahmedabad after installation of the PDP 11/70 computer. Pricing policies for different resources and different uses are explored. ... More
Reference No: ECO0263Pages: 10 Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: It is a case on demand forecasting through the regression and trend methods. The annual data for nineteen years for cotton textile demand in India and its determinants are used to analyze and project future demand for cotton textiles. It provides a review of the demand theory, and insights for ... More
Reference No: CMA0483Pages: 3Published on: 1, January, 1979
Abstract: The case raises several questions about how to prioritize the relative importance of credit and non-credit factors in promoting fertilizer use. It also discusses the relative importance of two types of short-term agricultural credit - direct and indirect. These questions are posed with a view to understanding the contribution of ... More