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Cynet Systems: Ready to Leverage Mileage from Human Resource Analytics?
Yogesh Pandey; Atri SenguptaCase IVEY-W31026-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementCynet Systems Private Limited (Cynet) was a subsidiary of Cynet Corporation, a technology services firm providing staffing support for US clients. The Cynet team in India was based in smaller Indian cities such as Karnal and Dehradun. When a lockdown was announced in early March 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country, the recruiters working for Cynet had to shift to remote work. This was a dramatic shift for the young recruiters, most...Starting at €8.20
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Tata Communications' Acquisition of Tyco Global Network (A)
Andrew Karl Delios; Srinivasa AddepalliCase IVEY-9B14M137-EStrategyIn 2004, Tata Communications (TCL) was trying to act on its strategic intent to become a globally connected network provider. It had two alternatives: build or buy. The build option would provide TCL with a chance to develop its own network under its own terms. The possible acquisition of the Tyco Global Network (TGN), however, provided a unique opportunity for TCL to establish this global position quickly. As one of the largest global networks a...Starting at €8.20
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Viom Networks: Transformation and the Next Phase
Atri Sengupta; Yogesh Misra; Maninder SinghCase IVEY-9B16M147-EStrategyBetween 2012 and 2015, Viom Networks Limited (Viom), India’s largest independent telecommunications tower company, transformed its business from a position of near financial ruin to one of sustainable profitability. Viom’s journey demonstrated how suitable initiatives, supported by relevant leadership, can bring about remarkable improvement in a company. When American Tower Corporation (the world’s largest independent tower company) acquired a 51...Starting at €8.20
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Tata Communications' Acquisition of Tyco Global Network (B)
Andrew Karl Delios; Srinivasa AddepalliCase IVEY-9B14M138-EStrategySupplement to 9B14M137. The case presents Tyco Communications’ “take-it-or-leave-it” offer to Tata Communications Ltd.Starting at €5.74
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Prashanti Technologies: A Workplace Romance Ethical Dilemma
Srinivasa AddepalliCase IVEY-9B14C057-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn September 2012, the vice-president of Internal Audit at Prashanti Technologies, a multinational corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India, was reviewing an external audit team’s report before a meeting of the company’s ethics committee. The committee had only one item on the agenda: a sensitive case involving a company vice-president, the head of its financial services division, who had been accused by an anonymous whistleblower of conducting...Starting at €8.20
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MD Solutions: Working from Home
Atri Sengupta; Anuj Gupta; Pankaj SinghCase IVEY-9B16C048-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn March 2016, India-based information technology start-up MD Solutions was facing a human resources challenge. Since 2012, the company had offered a three-day-a-month flexible work arrangement to its employees. Because of a family emergency a star performer, and the key person on a high-value project, needed to be relocated to his hometown, which was over 1,000 miles away. The company faced several challenges: how could it devise a new flexible ...Starting at €8.20