Reference No: CIIE0025(A)Pages: 14Published on: 3, December, 2021
Abstract: This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of two college friends — Anchal Taatya and Abhiram Nukalapati. While studying at IIM Ahmedabad, they saw an opportunity for aggregating credit card discounts and launched a pilot in February 2019 under the name Circles. Circles helped discount seekers and credit cardholders to connect and make ... More
Reference No: BP0425Pages: 21Published on: 3, January, 2019
Abstract: This case study focuses on an educational institution and how it should strategise its online education programme. The case presents an opportunity to analyse the management education sector in India along with the future trends and aspirations of contemporary learners (students). The study points out the key decision variables and ... More
Reference No: COMM0023TECPages: 15Published on: 17, June, 2019
Abstract: This technical note presents the pedagogic approach to teaching and sharpening critical thinking and written communication used at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) in the Written Analysis and Communication (WAC) course and provides a conceptual model for the course. Examining both the importance of these objectives and the ... More
Reference No: CIIE0025(B)Pages: 8Published on: 3, December, 2021
Abstract: This case describes the entrepreneurial journey of two college friends — Anchal Taatya and Abhiram Nukalapati. While studying at IIM Ahmedabad, they saw an opportunity for aggregating credit card discounts and launched a pilot in February 2019 under the name Circles. Circles helped discount seekers and credit card holders to connect and ... More
Reference No: OB0213Pages: 16Published on: 5, March, 2013
Abstract: This case is in four parts, highlighting the crossroads at which the protagonist Savita finds herself in and the difficulties she faces in balancing her career aspirations with family responsibilities. A Fellow of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Savita’s dilemmas concern working in a prestigious management institute in ... More
Reference No: QM0117(A)Pages: 17Published on: 1, January, 1977
Abstract: The case begins with a letter from the mill's factory manager to Professor Shah of IIMA, inviting him to work on a costing system for the mill. Professors Shah and Mote meet the executives of the mill to discuss the details about the project. The discussions reveal that the Chief ... More
Reference No: QM0275TECPages: 54Published on: 30, March, 2015
Abstract: This technical note can be used by an instructor over 15 one-and-half hour sessions to provide a crisp introduction to essential ideas in probability for management students. This material has been used to teach an introductory probability course at IIM Ahmedabad for first year management (PGP) students. The aim of this ... More
Reference No: F&A0575Pages: 23Published on: 23, February, 2024
Abstract: In October 2020, Chara Technologies Pvt Ltd approached IIMA Ventures, a leading start-up incubator in India, for seed funding of INR 50–60 million. Bhaktha Keshavachar and Ravi Prasad had founded Chara Technologies with the aim of producing a new electric motor that would be free of permanent magnets and would be built ... More
Reference No: OB0188Pages: 3 Published on: 1, January, 1992
Abstract: Mr. Vivek Kumar, a young and well-paid marine engineer, was an applicant to the Doctoral Programme of IIMA. Based on his performance in aptitude tests and personal interview, he was offered admission to the programme starting 1992. He does not accept the Institute's offer of admission and writes a letter to ... More
Reference No: QM0177TECPages: 22Published on: 1, January, 1983
Abstract: Deals with the development of a simulation model to study the various schedule algorithms for the IIMA HP timesharing system having sixteen users. Studies various algorithms that have been decided on the basis of short and long jobs as well as variation in the time slice. Flow time and queue ... More
Reference No: RJMC0020Pages: 15Published on: 21, May, 2012
Abstract: Dr. Ala Narayana, Director, National Institute of Indian Medical Heritage, Hyderabad (NIIMH), in late 2011, is considering a review of the progress of the institute since its foundation in 1956, in order to develop a strategy and an action plan for the future. The need for this planning was felt since NIIMH ... More
Reference No: PROD0099Pages: 4Published on: 1, January, 1974
Abstract: The objective of the case is to study the suitability of different forecasting methods for regular and maintenance inventories. A computer programme that uses exponential smoothing to forecast (developed by IIMA Computer Centre) is used. Finally, the focus shifts to devising a forecasting system. ... More
