Reference No: MCFME0003Pages: 21Published on: 12, June, 2024
Abstract: This case answers the key question of why mortgage financing is low in India. It begins with a brief history of the development of housing finance in India and then explores the supply-side and demand-side factors influencing mortgage penetration. A regression analysis has been conducted using the mortgage-to-GDP ratio as ... More
Reference No: CMA0775Pages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1998
Abstract: This case identifies some issues related to the functions of finance in rural development. The case seeks to answer three questions: Why the functions of finance arise? How rural households in India have met their credit needs since 1951? What objections financial institutions have in meeting the financial needs of rural ... More
Reference No: CMA0823Pages: 19Published on: 15, April, 2021
Abstract: The agricultural financial market in India was still underdeveloped, in part because the formal financial sector viewed the rural population in general and agriculture, in particular, to be high-risk. Warehouse receipt financing (WHR Financing) is a financial instrument that provides farmers and traders with access to working capital by allowing ... More
Reference No: F&A0578Pages: 9Published on: 29, August, 2025
Abstract: The case explores the intricacies of debt refinancing decisions in the context of large real estate assets. Neelima Patel, representing Roha Foods—a business-to-business food product supplier—faced a crucial financial decision. Having financed the company's expansion with a floating-rate mortgage loan from Cuttak Bank, she was now presented ... More
Reference No: CMA0768Pages: 11Published on: 1, January, 1998
Abstract: This case deals with the methodology for estimating agricultural input distribution credit requirement. It also aims at examining the consistency of the existing credit portfolio for input distribution business and seeks to evolve alternative criterian for existing banking practices particularly in backward areas where PACS are defunct. It further seeks ... More
Reference No: CMA0777Pages: 10Published on: 1, January, 1998
Abstract: This case examines some of the export finance related issues such as credit limit, interest rate, monitoring sanctions of export credit, etc. based on the existing norms and analyzing data of a public limited company engaged in grains and pulses processing. ... More
Reference No: CMA0730Pages: 9Published on: 1, January, 1996
Abstract: The case such with the finance losses suffered by the company and fours on the alternative strategies to hand over the company to the state government or declare lockout and lay off the workers. ... More
Reference No: F&A0453Pages: 13Published on: 26, April, 2000
Abstract: The case deals with strategic corporate finance issues in the backdrop of the economic downturn of 1997 in Thailand. The case presents a situation in which the foreign exchange losses arising from a steep depreciation of currency threatens to wipe out the networth of the company. The company faces bankruptcy, if ... More
Reference No: CMA0704Pages: 8Published on: 1, January, 1991
Abstract: This case discusses the working of an integrated dairy cooperative in general and its working capital structure, management of working capital, and its implications for external finance in particular. The discussion is organized as follows: (a) the cooperative union's organizational structure; (b) working capital management performance. Criteria to evaluate the ... More
Reference No: CMA0233Pages: 11Published on: 16, June, 1972
Abstract: The case is about the financing of eucalyptus plantation which has a good scope in Mysore state. An outline of the project was prepared by Agricultural Finance Corporation circulated among the member banks. The Manager, Agricultural Finance Department of a National Bank prepared a note for the Board of Directors ... More
Reference No: CMA0449Pages: 9Published on: 12, September, 1977
Abstract: The case deals with the interphasing between the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation (ARDC) and a commercial bank when the latter submits a scheme for refinance to the former. The case poses some questions which reflect the importance of the scrutiny of the scheme made by ARDC and the merits ... More
Reference No: F&A0436Pages: 14Published on: 15, October, 1996
Abstract: This case provides an opportunity to discuss two of the most important issues in consumer financing -- pricing and recovery. Students need to figure out whether hire-purchase schemes should be priced on the basis of NPV or IRR. The Company has been having recovery problems and has initiated steps to ... More
Reference No: F&A0452Pages: 10 Published on: 26, April, 2000
Abstract: Set in the backdrop of the 1997 economic crisis, the case deals with the problem faced by a leading finance company of Thailand, Phatra Thanakit. The company finds its very existence threatened under the onslaught of the crisis, and faces a number of agonizing choices. Should it become an integrated bank? ... More
Reference No: CMA0518TECPages: 12Published on: 1, January, 1980
Abstract: This note provides information for analysing the following three questions: 1. Why does the function of finance arise? 2. How have the rural households in India met their financial or rather credit needs in the last three decades? 3. What roles and objectives have the financial institutions in India visualized for meeting the ... More
Reference No: F&A0518Pages: 8Published on: 1, December, 2015
Abstract: The case presents a context of irrational pricing in a stock and demonstrates the possible role of investor heuristics operating in the financial markets. The case is ideal in a course on behavioral finance to teach topics like the limits to arbitrage or the influence of various heuristics in financial ... More
