Reference No: BP0427Pages: 10Published on: 18, December, 2018
Abstract: Business contracts are done on General Conditions of Contracts (GCC). The GCCs have detailed terms to displace general principles of contract law and bring certainty in commercial dealings. Bunge SA v Nidera BV, is a judgment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, on damages terms in GCCs. A ... More
Reference No: STR0481Pages: 37Published on: 26, November, 2024
Abstract: In January 2017, N. Chandrasekaran was appointed the Chairman of Tata Sons (hereafter Tata), and soon after taking charge he decided to resolve the long-pending dispute with Docomo. Tata had agreed to pay more than US$1 billion to Docomo to honour an international arbitral award. After going through the long legal ... More
Reference No: CMA0822Pages: 15Published on: 31, May, 2021
Abstract: Kapila Krishi Udyog Limited, a Kanpur-based cattle feed manufacturer, was the market leader in the organised cattle feed market in North India. The organised cattle feed market was estimated at around 17–18% of India’s cattle feed market. The product was commodity type and had demand mainly in rural and semiurban ... More
Reference No: MAR0532Pages: 16Published on: 13, April, 2023
Abstract: Kamal Patel and Tushar Thumar, co-founders of Khedut Feeds & Foods Private Limited (KFFPL), were contemplating whether to accept the proposal from Royal Exporters Private Limited (REPL) to become one of its contract manufacturers. REPL was a leading peanut exporter in India that shipped premium peanuts to the European Union (EU) ... More
Reference No: BP0292Pages: 13Published on: 24, April, 2003
Abstract: The area director of ASEAN, DHL Worldwide Express, who also looked after DHL International Private Limited (Singapore) (DHLS), was reflecting on the business pitch in the context of the uncertainty posed by the developing IT sector. While it brought with it new and efficient ways with which to manage logistics, ... More
Reference No: P&IR0206Pages: 41Published on: 10, September, 2008
Abstract: Apollo Tyres Limited was started in 1974 by an entrepreneur, Ranauq Singh, plagued with poor quality and labour problems at its mother plant in Kerala, the business did not take off well. His son, Onkar Kanwar introduced radical changes in 1980s to the company around. By 2006, Apollo Tyres had transformed into ... More
Reference No: STR0468Pages: 23Published on: 11, November, 2022
Abstract: What started as a FMCG distributor in 1967 in Kenya as Export Finance Company, is now a dynamic global conglomerate across 48 countries and 5 continents — Export Trading Group. ETG was taken over by the then CFO Mahesh Patel after exit of the founding stakeholders. It was then when the company shifted its ... More
Reference No: BP0379Pages: 12Published on: 20, January, 2015
Abstract: The case deals with the issues of technology transfer and protection of intellectual property in an international contract, with the International commercial arbitration as the dispute resolution method. The case highlights the distrust between parties when they do not want to continue doing business together and the use of legal ... More
Reference No: STR0474Pages: 19Published on: 13, June, 2023
Abstract: This case explores the transition of 3i Infotech Limited becoming a digital ecosystem orchestrator in the international market from a software services provider based out of India.
As a new CEO took over the company in 2021, the company has been forced to offload its products division while the services/ transactions ... More
Reference No: CMA0656(A)TEC Pages: 14Published on: 1, January, 1985
Abstract: The note provides a brief discussion of the concept of agri-business as it evolved at Harvard Business School. The social implications of the concept for the poor are illustrated with the example of vertically integrated dairy cooperatives. The issues are raised with specific reference to value addition and its distribution ... More
Reference No: BP0446Pages: 11Published on: 14, December, 2020
Abstract: This case introduces the genre of “wicked problems” in strategy. InspirOn Engineering is a third-generation textile machinery family business. The patriarch, in his 72nd year, has announced his retirement without a succession plan. Chinese acquisitions in Germany have transformed the competitive landscape into two business divisions. The leadership has to ... More
Reference No: CIPR0011Pages: 39Published on: 11, August, 2011
Abstract: In February 2011, Mr Ajay Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director of Arshiya International Limited, had to decide a way forward for his rail container business following Ministry of Railways new circular on haulage. This circular, which levied commodity specific haulage in domestic segment, along with other conditions on siding usage had ... More
Reference No: BP0444Pages: 15Published on: 30, September, 2020
Abstract: The case describes the entrepreneurial trajectory of Madan Mohanka and his family business, Tega India Limited. The company was at an inflection point, when product demand in India for industrial rubber products for material handling in mining and mineral processing stagnated and competition intensified. The Swedish collaborators of Tega were ... More