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Authors: Kaul, Asha; Vijayalakshmi, Akshaya;

Reference No: MAR0558(A) Pages: 18 Published on: 30, September, 2025

Abstract: In 2021, Prabh Das, managing director and chief executive officer of HPCL–Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), post a discussion with the Board, decided to foray into the market with polyethylene and newer grades of polyethylene. Was the decision of HMEL right, wondered Das. His concern stemmed from the fact that the ... More

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Authors: Goel, Soumya; Singla, Chitra;

Reference No: CIIE0037 Pages: 28 Published on: 23, September, 2025

Abstract: Rajat Goel and Dr Ajay Sharma had set up the Eye-Q chain of eye care hospitals in the year 2007. Despite best efforts, their initial assumptions about scaling a healthcare business proved overly optimistic. The reality of high establishment costs, resistance from doctors and low patient trust in smaller cities forced ... More

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Authors: Singla, Chitra; Yadav, Akshay; Gomkale, Advait; Acharya, Aditya Shekhar;

Reference No: BP0420 Pages: 21 Published on: 8, January, 2018

Abstract: Rajan Overseas was founded by Rajan Makhija in the year 2014. It was into export of handloom products like rugs, throws, etc. Makhija wanted the company to grow from INR 7.6 crores to 100 crores in the next five years. However, the plan hit a roadblock as one of the largest customer of ... More

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Authors: Dixit, M R; Pandey, I M;

Reference No: BP0273 Pages: 10 Published on: 23, July, 2002

Abstract: This case describes the situation faced by Mr. Prakash Rastogi, who was appointed as the managing director of Clariant (India) Limited, the Indian arm of Clariant International Limited, a newly spun off unit of Sandoz International Limited. Sandoz announced the world wide demerger of its chemicals business and spun it ... More

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Authors: Koshy, Abraham; Raghuram, G; Banerjee, Bibek;

Reference No: MAR0325(A) Pages: 21 Published on: 27, September, 1999

Abstract: RPG Enterprises, one of the top five business houses of India, decided in 1996 to enter organized food retailing by opening a chain of supermarket grocery stores under the name "FoodWorld" in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, the three major cities in south India. This case describes the background and rationale of ... More

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Authors: Maheshwari, Sunil Kumar;

Reference No: P&IR0198(A)TEC Pages: 5 Published on: 26, June, 2006

Abstract: Human Resource Planning plays a strategic role in implementing the organizational objectives. This note describes the role of HR planning in an organization and its effect on other organizational processes. It also gives the HR planning choices that could be adopted under different business strategy situations. These strategies can be ... More

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Authors: Prahalad, C K; Thomas, Philip S;

Reference No: BP0044 Pages: 20 Published on: 1, January, 1972

Abstract: Describes the pressures and problems faced by a man with a PhD in Organizational Behaviour from abroad, and consulting experience in India, when he decides to get involved in his family business. Dr C.A. Narayanan takes charge of Kannagi Mills, a unit of the Alagappa Group headed by his ... More

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Authors: Bhatnagar, S C; Ranganathan, C;

Reference No: CISG0044 Pages: 22 Published on: 9, October, 1997

Abstract: This case describes how computerization helped in solving the problems and complexities of the manual systems of the Times of India organization. It discusses a major effort by the centralized IT department to develop and implement an application portfolio to support the new strategic thrust. How this supported the advertisement ... More

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Authors: Banerjee, Arindam; Muzaffar, Jamal; Awasthy, Dheeraj;

Reference No: MAR0355 Pages: 31 Published on: 28, June, 2004

Abstract: The case details out issues on the challenges faced by the organization in a dynamic liberalized economy where auto manufacturers of the world are entering the Indian market. Challenges such as customer focus, process efficiency, and organization structure redesign are described. Four specific (not mutually exclusive) options are set forth ... More

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Authors: Mathur, Ajeet;

Reference No: BP0445 Pages: 13 Published on: 23, June, 2020

Abstract: The case describes the predicament of the CEO of a born-global Indian enterprise in R&D over simultaneously balancing a trine of objectives: maximisation of shareholder value, maintaining a talent-led, process-driven ecosystem for team performance, and customer acquisition and customer satisfaction in contracted research and custom synthesis through knowledge-intensive business ... More

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Authors: Dixit, M R; Vandana Dixit;

Reference No: BP0268(B) Pages: 8 Published on: 19, November, 2001

Abstract: This case describes the experience of Kanpur Confectioneries Private Limited (KCPL), a family managed company, in being a contract manufacturer for A-One Confectioneries Private Limited. The alliance had worked to the advantage of KCPL. It had prospered as a profitable contract manufacturer. It had used the surplus to diversify into ... More

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Authors: Vyas, Preeta H; Swarup, Rohit;

Reference No: MAR0372 Pages: 21 Published on: 1, January, 2006

Abstract: Mr. Rohit Swarup, Director of Xplora Design Skool (XDS) was reviewing the report and recommendations made by a student group on selection of towns where XDS could open centres to exploit the opportunity of significant interest in multimedia in the country in February 2004. He was particularly interested in the process ... More

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Authors: Balachandra, R; Parameswaran, K V;

Reference No: PROD0063 Pages: 11 Published on: 1, January, 1968

Abstract: This is an integrated case about a small business enterprise that manufactures plastic consumer items. It provides sufficient scope for improving the company's production operations as well as for developing the strategy that should be followed by this company. ... More

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Authors: Mukherjee, Saral;

Reference No: PROD0286 Pages: 20 Published on: 14, December, 2005

Abstract: The Belur Plant of indal is facing a significant increase in power tariffs. Power tariffs have significant influence in shaping the competitive advantage of firms in the aluminum industry. The extent to which this increase in power tariff would affect the competitive position of indal needs to be examined. A ... More

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