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Swadhaar: Self-Support through Financial Services
Rajesh Panda; Madhvi Sethi; Pooja GuptaCase IVEY-9B20N002-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceSwadhaar FinServe Private Limited (Swadhaar), a non-banking financial company–microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI), was set up in Mumbai, India in 2008 with the objective of providing the urban poor with increased access to financial services. Swadhaar was a leading provider of financial services to clients in several major states of India. Between 2009 and 2013, there were major changes in the regulatory environment; some of these restricted the ...Starting at €8.20
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The Game of Financial Ratios
Pooja Gupta; Madhvi Sethi; Darroch A. RobertsonExercise IVEY-9B17B001-EAccounting and Control, StrategyThis exercise revolves around the rivalry between two financial analysts. Upset by their constant game of one-upmanship, an advisor to the governor of the Reserve Bank of India came up with a challenge for them to prove who was better. He provided them with financial data for the financial year ending March 2014 from 10 anonymous companies and asked them to match the financial data with specific industries given in a list. The challenge was timed...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Lever reinventa la rueda (C)
Ellison B.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1426StrategyEl caso C finaliza la serie proporcionando información sobre cómo Unilever se introdujo en los mercados BOP en Indonesia y Brasil, y amplía el tema más allá para responder a la pregunta: ¿Cómo puede beneficiarse Unilever de las lecciones aprendidas en HLL?¿Ha encontrado Hindustan Lever una nueva estrategia para ganar amplios mercados globales en su esfuerzo por satisfacer las necesidades cotidianas de la gente corriente en todo el mundo? ¿O simpl...Starting at €5.74
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A Foot In the Door: Hindustan Lever Breaks Into the Mass Market
Ellison B.; Moller D.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1390-EStrategyHindustan Lever (HLL), a subsidiary of Unilever and undisputed leader in the Fast Moving Consumer Products segment in India, is caught out by the success of a local firm, Nirma, in selling to the bottom of the social pyramid. Having ignored Nirma's activities for several years in the belief that Nirma was targeting a segment that HLL was not interested in, HLL decides to enter the market at the bottom of the social pyramid by developing a totally...Starting at €8.20
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McDonald’s in India: Not a Happy Meal
Paul W. Beamish; Pooja Gupta; Madhvi SethiCase IVEY-9B19M129-EStrategyIn September 2017, news spread of McDonald’s India terminating its franchise arrangement with its joint venture (JV) in India. The termination notice was the newest step in the saga of the conflict between the two JV partners—US-based McDonald’s and the IStarting at €8.20
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Hindustan Lever reinventa la rueda (A)
Ellison B.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1424StrategyEsta serie de casos trata de la experiencia pionera de Unilever en la llamada "base de la pirámide" (BDP). La BDP consiste en cerca de 4.000 millones de personas que viven en la pobreza y están excuidas de la economía de mercado. La BDP es un nuevo concepto de dirección que persigue el cumplimiento de un doble objetivo: promover el desarrollo social y permitir a las empresas recobrar los índices de ganancia de doble dígito. Durante casi cien años...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Lever reinventa la rueda (B)
Ellison B.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1425StrategyEl caso (B) describe cómo HLL creó un modelo nuevo de negocio para competir en el mercado BOP y los increíbles resultados que obtuvo. Concluye planteando las siguientes cuestiones: ¿Son sostenibles estos índices de crecimiento? Y si lo son, ¿pueden multiplicarse con la política multilocal y multinacional de Unilever?Starting at €5.74
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Universal Basic Income: Is There a Case for India
Madhvi Sethi; Saina Baby; Vandita DarCase IVEY-9B20M130-EStrategyIndia’s Economic Survey 2016–17 proposed a gradual implementation of the concept of universal basic income (UBI) as the fastest way of providing a long-term solution to poverty. Large-scale inequality and poverty, along with huge misallocation and wastages in the existing welfare schemes, made India a perfect ground for experimenting with UBI. Though the rapid expansion of Jan Dhan–Aadhaar–Mobile infrastructure was expected to smoothen the execut...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Lever Re-invents the Wheel (A)
Ellison B.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1424-EStrategyThis case series deals with the pioneering experience of Unilever at the "base of the pyramid" (BOP). The BOP consists of those 4 billion people excluded from the market economy and living in poverty. The BOP is a new management concept that conveys the promise to fulfill a twofold objective: promote social development and allow companies to regain double digit growth rates. For almost 100 years, Hindustan Lever (HLL), a subsidiary of Unilever, h...Starting at €8.20
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Hindustan Lever Re-invents the Wheel (B)
Ellison B.; Rodríguez Badal, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1425-EStrategyCase B describes how HLL created a brand new business model to compete in the BOP market and the outstanding results it obtained. It concludes by posing the following questions: Are these growth rates sustainable? And if they are, can they be replicated with Unilever's Multi-local, Multi-national approach?Starting at €5.74