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Overcoming Political Opposition: Compressed Natural Gas Mandates in Delhi (B)
Jha, S,Case SGSB-P79B-EEconomicsIn 1985, M.C. Mehta, a lawyer and head of his own environmental NGO, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India to enforce the 1981 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act in the environs of India’s National Capital Region (NCR). In 1988, World Bank experts had advised the Indian government that given the extent to which air pollution in the National Capital Region came from an increasingly large fleet of passeng...Starting at €5.74
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Overcoming Political Opposition: Compressed Natural Gas Mandates in Delhi (C)
Jha, S,Case SGSB-P79C-EEconomicsIn 1985, M.C. Mehta, a lawyer and head of his own environmental NGO, filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India to enforce the 1981 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act in the environs of India’s National Capital Region (NCR). In 1988, World Bank experts had advised the Indian government that given the extent to which air pollution in the National Capital Region came from an increasingly large fleet of passeng...Starting at €5.74
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Gokaldas Exports (A): The Challenge of Change
Bloom, N; Van, Reenen, J; Melvin, SCase SGSB-SM213A-EStrategyGokaldas Exports was a family-owned business founded in 1979 that had grown into India’s largest apparel exporter by the mid 2000s. Its founder, Jhamandas H. Hinduja, had bequeathed control of the company to three sons, each of whom brought in his own son. By the end of 2004, Gokaldas had 43 factories with 258 production lines scattered in and around the southern India city of Bangalore. It had more than 35,000 workers, which was nearly double ...Starting at €8.20
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Restructuring a Utility: RWE's Carve-out of innogy
Reichelstein, S; Comello, S; Bebb, DCase SGSB-SM278-EStrategyIn 2016, the German utility RWE undertook a carve-out in which substantial parts of the company’s assets and liabilities were offered to the general public as part of an IPO. The case describes the developments in the German energy landscape that led RWE to this unusual move. The case also examines how investors responded to this carve-out in terms of the valuations attached to RWE and the new subsidiary.Starting at €8.20
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Ocimum Biosolutions: From Bioinformatics to Integrated Custom Research Outsourcing
Gita SurieCase IVEY-9B11M083-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOcimum Biosolutions, a start-up Indian bioinformatics venture in 2000, had established a presence in Europe and the United States by 2010. The contract research outsourcing industry was expected to continue to grow, as large pharmaceutical companies in industrialized countries were outsourcing work at all stages of the drug development lifecycle — from discovery research to clinical trials designed to accelerate drug development as established dr...Starting at €8.20
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The Goli Vada Pav — Fast Food of India (A)
Sonia Mehrotra; S. Ramakrishna VelamuriCase IVEY-9B12M005-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyGoli Vada Pav Pvt. Limited (GVPPL) identified an opportunity to brand one of Mumbai’s favourite fast foods — the vada pav. GVPPL’s founders saw a huge opportunity in the Indian fast food industry, which was highly unorganized and largely serviced by small-time local vendors. There was a need in the market for a hygienic, branded product and Goli Vada Pav was created to fill this void. GVPPL broke the stereotype of unhygienic, manhandled vada pav....Starting at €8.20
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Infusion's Greenfield Subsidiary in Poland
Christopher Williams; Wendelien van Eerde; Danielle TheCase IVEY-9B12M076-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe president of Infusion Development Corporation was reviewing the progress of the new subsidiary the company had set up 15 months earlier in Krakow, Poland. The purpose of the subsidiary was to work with other Infusion offices around the world to provide innovative software development services to global clients. The investment, a big success, had grown in size from eight to forty staff in one year, and there were plans to double that by the en...Starting at €8.20
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LifeSpring Hospitals: Delivering Affordable, High-quality Maternal Health Care in India
S. Ramakrishna Velamuri; Wei Zhang; Priya Anant; Monidipa MukherjeeCase IVEY-9B12M105-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis case highlights the journey of an organization that was set up in Hyderabad, in southern India, to provide affordable maternal care services to women from low-income urban families. LifeSpring Hospitals grew from a single hospital into a chain of nine hospitals, all in Hyderabad, in only five years. The chief executive officer has spent this initial period trying out new methods, continuously fine-tuning the model and learning from this proc...Starting at €8.20
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Jaipur Rugs: Balancing Goals And Organizational Growth
Margie ParikhCase IVEY-9B16M041-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyJaipur Rugs Company Private Limited, a family-owned business, was founded with the twin goals of leading a thriving export business and helping artisan weavers to live with dignity and keep their heritage alive. In 2015, this company was the largest exporter of hand-knotted carpets from India and faced two dilemmas: Should the company focus exclusively on hand-knotted carpets, as preferred by the founder and some family members, or should it focu...Starting at €8.20
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Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals: The Next Steps for Growth
Sandeep Goyal; Amit KapoorCase IVEY-9B16M197-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2016, the chief executive officer of Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals (AGH) was reflecting on the 12-year journey that had led to the establishment of AGH as the strongest pillar of holistic healthcare in Eastern India. AGH brought together the best infrastructure, equipment, people, and systems to serve the people of Eastern India with end-to-end tertiary healthcare. The institution grew with a continuous drive for expanding knowledge, int...Starting at €8.20