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Toyota Kirloskar Motors: Evaluating a CSR Project
Utkarsh Majmudar; Namrata RanaCase IVEY-9B19M043-EStrategyToyota Kirloskar Motor Company Private Limited (TKM) was a leading car manufacturer in India, one engaged in a significant level of corporate social responsibility activities. TKM focused on health and hygiene issues in rural and semi-urban districts in India, as sanitation was a significant concern there. TKM's efforts to facilitate the improvement of health and hygiene among its program beneficiaries had met with considerable success. The compa...Starting at €8.20
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To Float or Not to Float? (A) (Spanish version)
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, IngridCase HBS-707S08EconomicsOn July 21, 2005 China revalued its decade-long quasi-fixed exchange rate of approximately 8.28 yuan per U.S. dollar by 2.1% to 8.11% and, at the same time, introduced a more market-based exchange rate system. Many analysts and economists were disappointed with what they considered too small a change and called for more flexibility in the U.S. dollar/yuan exchange rate. Modification to China's exchange rate regime had been eagerly anticipated and...Starting at €8.20
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China: Flotar o no flotar (C) Esquel Group y el Renminbi chino
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, IngridCase HBS-707S10EconomicsEn julio de 2005, China revaluó su moneda en un 2,1% y ajustar su régimen de tipo de cambio hacia un sistema más basado en el mercado. Esquel Group, una gestión familiar, textiles privadas firma especializada en camisas de algodón de alta calidad con su mayoría de base de producción se encuentra en China, estaba entre aquellas empresas que se enfrentan con el reto de hacer frente a la revaluación del yuan y la posibilidad de apreciación futura . ...Starting at €5.74
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Ambuja Cement: Measuring the Value of Water
Utkarsh Majmudar; Namrata RanaCase IVEY-9B17M129-EStrategyIn 2016, Ambuja Cements Limited (Ambuja Cement) was one of the largest cement companies in India. Company operations required the use of water for cooling, dust suppression, and domestic needs, but the use of water stressed the water resources at some of the company’s locations. Ambuja Cement thus identified the availability of water as a risk area for the organization and made water conservation a key element of their sustainability agenda. By v...Starting at €8.20
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Olympus and the Whistleblower President
Seijiro Takeshita; Christopher WilliamsCase IVEY-9B12M012-EStrategyThe newly appointed president and chief operating officer of Olympus Corporation of Japan was called to an emergency board meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss governance issues regarding corporate mergers and acquisitions. However, it would be no ordinary meeting. Since assuming the role of president in April 2011, the president had discovered evidence of corporate fraud on a large scale. He had commissioned an external auditor rep...Starting at €8.20
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Tesco PLC: Strategy for India
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14M096-EStrategyAs multinational enterprises expand operations in emerging economies, identifying and responding to unique marketing challenges may require strategy that focuses on local adaptation and global integration on a country by country basis. In March 2014, Tesco PLC (Tesco), the largest retailer in the United Kingdom and the third largest supermarket group in the world, has signed an agreement with Trent Hypermarkets, the retail division of the Tata Gr...Starting at €8.20
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Business Process Outsourcing at Apollo Health Street
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B11M041-EStrategyThe managing director of Apollo Health Street (AHS), a health care business process outsourcing (BPO) company headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States, was pondering two dilemmas: achieving short-term growth for his company, and finding new ways to compete in a changing industry. AHS was itself a subsidiary of Apollo Health Enterprises Ltd., an integrated health care company located in Hyderabad, India. AHS had been growing at an 80 per cent ...Starting at €8.20
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China: Flotar o no Flotar (B) Calendario de cambios relevantes del Renminbi chino
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, Ingrid; Kim, Renee; Russell, WilliamCase HBS-707S11EconomicsEl 21 de julio, 2005, China revaluó su tipo de cambio cuasi-fijo década de duración de aproximadamente 8,28 yuanes por dólar EE.UU. un 2,1% a 8,11% y, al mismo tiempo, introdujo un sistema de tipo de cambio más basado en el mercado. Muchos analistas y economistas se mostraron decepcionados con lo que consideraban un cambio muy pequeño y pidieron una mayor flexibilidad en el tipo de cambio dólar-yuan EE.UU.. Proporciona una línea de tiempo de más ...Starting at €5.74
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Birla Cellulose: Spearheading Sustainable Fashion
Utkarsh Majmudar; Namrata RanaCase IVEY-9B20M218-EStrategyBirla Cellulose, a part of India’s large conglomerate Aditya Birla Group, manufactured viscose fibre, which came from wood and was naturally sustainable. In 2017, the Changing Markets Foundation (CMF) brought out a report titled Dirty Fashion, which descrStarting at €8.20
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Finolex: Developing an Integrated Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
Utkarsh Majmudar; Namrata RanaCase IVEY-9B17M098-EStrategyFinolex Industries Limited was India’s largest rigid PVC pipes and fittings manufacturer and the second largest PVC resin manufacturer. It was a family-led enterprise with a long history of philanthropy. The Mukul Madhav Foundation was the charitable arm of the company, and it’s functioning needed to be streamlined while considering the resources, timelines, and strategies required to meet its obligations. A strategic framework had to be applied ...Starting at €8.20