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Bharat Petroleum's Upstream Strategy and Exploration Success
Noel Machado; G. Krishnakumar; Sanjeev Pillai; P.V.S.L. NarasimhamCase IVEY-9B13M128-EStrategyBharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian public-sector oil company that features among the Fortune Global 500. The company has historically been in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products. For about 25 years, BPCL operated in a protected environment where it was assured 12 per cent post-tax returns by the Indian government. In 2002, the government stopped guaranteeing returns to its oil companies, and BPCL found ...Starting at €8.20
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Balancing Engagement and Innovation at Bharat Petroleum
Snehal Shah; Noel Machado; Jyoti Gouda; Vasudha AgarwalCase IVEY-9B17C015-ELeadership and People Management, StrategySince 2000, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, a global Fortune 500 petroleum company largely owned by the government of India, had institutionalized an internal competition called IDEAS. Each year, several employees participated by submitting their innovative ideas to the competition. Many of these innovations involved significant savings and/or improvements. However, by 2015, a degree of fatigue had set in. Was IDEAS an innovation engine or ...Starting at €8.20
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JMD Oils: Deciding on a Growth Strategy
Sakhhi Chhabra; Jaydeep MukherjeeCase IVEY-9B15M055-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe director of JMD Oils, an edible oils firm, is considering the strategic options to drive his company to the next level of sales and profitability. The business has been showing a steady performance, but he feels that it could improve substantially. To increase profits, the director could increase sales volumes or increase gross margins. An increase in volume could be achieved by increasing the geographical footprint, which would require setti...Starting at €8.20
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Krishna Textiles: Survival Strategy for a Wholesale Business
Sakhhi ChhabraCase IVEY-9B20A069-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyKamal Kapoor, a cotton shirting fabric wholesaler based in Delhi, India, was unable to decide whether or not to continue his business. Retailers had been procrastinating regarding their outstanding payments and international suppliers offering exclusive gStarting at €8.20