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Authors: Mehta, S C;

Reference No: MAR0088 Pages: 3 Published on: 1, January, 1970

Abstract: A small machine shop is facing the problem of developing a source of supply for castings needed for cylinder liners for an automobile company. Important factors to be considered are price, quality and regularity of supply. There are three possible sources, but their past records on the three factors are ... More

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Authors: Mohan, Manendra;

Reference No: MAR0230TEC Pages: 15 Published on: 1, January, 1979

Abstract: How advertising affects the economic development of a country in various ways is explained here. Advertising may shift the demand curve for a class of products. It also brings about product differentiation between various brands of a product and helps in improving the quality of a product by inducing the ... More

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Authors: Pandey, I M;

Reference No: F&A0444(B) Pages: 4 Published on: 22, September, 1998

Abstract: The case highlights the concept of economic value addition (EVA), as used in Hindustan Lever Limited. It provides an opportunity to discuss the utility and limitations of EVA, particularly from the point of view of shareholder value creation (SVC). ... More

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Authors: V Raghunathan; Varma, Jayanth R;

Reference No: F&A0451 Pages: 6 Published on: 26, April, 2000

Abstract: The case, set in the context of the Far-Eastern economic crisis, represents a complex total return swap. The deal is complex since it involves multiple currency, offshore investment vehicles, and back-to-back contracts. The case particularly highlights the inherent risks in such complex arrangements, which even the experts fail to see. ... More

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Authors: V Raghunathan; Varma, Jayanth R;

Reference No: F&A0452 Pages: 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

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Authors: Desai, Bhupat M; Namboodiri, N V;

Reference No: CMA0784TEC Pages: 17 Published on: 1, January, 2000

Abstract: This note first briefly discusses the new economic policies as they pertain to the agricultural sector. It then formally tests the impact of relative farm prices which these policies aim to improve and the non-price factors on both aggregate agricultural output and marketed surplus considering the Nerlovian type of Partial ... More

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Authors: Desai, Bhupat M; Namboodiri, N V;

Reference No: CMA0782TEC Pages: 2 Published on: 1, January, 2000

Abstract: This technical note is prepared with a view to share some of the new contributions agricultural growth makes in the process of economic development that more recent literature has identified and discussed. ... More

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Authors: Singh, Gurdev; Asokan, S R;

Reference No: CMA0801EX Pages: 6 Published on: 1, January, 2000

Abstract: The case highlights the growth in rubber production in India and contribution of area and yield in this growth. It states that due to fall in rubber prices in recent years its viability at farm level has become doubtful. Giving the details of annual cost structure and average yields it ... More

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Authors: Joshi, Himanshu; Soloman, Bernard; Raghuram, G; Mukherjee, Saral;

Reference No: CMA0802(B) Pages: 20 Published on: 1, January, 2004

Abstract: Adani Wilmar is leanding player in edible oil refining, packaging and marketing. After having setup a distribution network in the North, the company plans to expand to the south. This it believes will be possible by providing soya bean oil which is more economical than other oils. The key task ... More

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Authors: Shah, B G;

Reference No: F&A0115(A) Pages: 21 Published on: 1, January, 1969

Abstract: The case provides an excellent opportunity to analyse and evaluate banker-borrower relations. It also gives an opportunity to discuss the concept of security from the bank's point of view. The importance of breakeven and contribution analysis, and economic and financial viability of the project as crucial inputs in appraising ... More

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Authors: Shah, B G; Varshneya, K L;

Reference No: F&A0170 Pages: 18 Published on: 1, January, 1970

Abstract: JML was an integrated heavy machinery manufacturing plant which was set up in collaboration with world-renowned firms for the manufacture of machinery and equipment required for steel, mining, sugar, cement, paper and pulp. The project incurred a heavy overrun of costs due to excessive investment in infrastructural facilities like ... More

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Authors: Varshneya, K L;

Reference No: F&A0188 Pages: 20 Published on: 1, January, 1972

Abstract: The officer in charge of the credit authorization section is evaluating a request for granting credit for meeting working capital requirements. The case presents data for assessing the need for working capital requirements, availability of funds from various sources, past performance, and history of credit granted by the bank from ... More

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Authors: Bhattacharyya, S K;

Reference No: F&A0209 Pages: 14 Published on: 1, January, 1973

Abstract: Deals with the treatment of deferral of the selling and distribution expenses during 1971-72. It focuses on the accounting treatment of training, sales promotion and selling, and distribution expenses incurred for the development of demand for fertilizers to be produced by new manufacturing units outside the "economic zones" of the ... More

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Authors: Shah, B G; Roy, S;

Reference No: F&A0232 Pages: 18 Published on: 1, January, 1973

Abstract: Mr. Krishnan, a technician entrepreneur, started Sharma Founders and Engineers to manufacture iron cylpebs on a job order basis. When the manufacture of cylpebs proved uneconomical, he took to production of ferrous ground castings by cupola and pitfurnace processes. The case describes how the unit is faced with a ... More

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