Ivey Business School (Canada)
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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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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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Vakrangee: Anatomy of Stock Valuation
Pooja Gupta; Zahid JamalCase IVEY-9B20N022-EFinance, StrategyA star fund manager at Principal First had been managing the company’s information technology fund for the previous six years. Under his management, the fund had consistently outperformed the market, delivering a five-year compounded annual growth rate of 28 per cent. The exceptional performance of the fund was due to an overexposed position in Vakrangee Limited, a mid-tier information technology company. The fund manager bought the stock in earl...Starting at €8.20
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McDonald’s in India: Not a Happy Meal - Teaching Note
Paul W. Beamish; Pooja Gupta; Madhvi SethiTeaching Note IVEY-8B19M129-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B19M129.Starting at €0.00
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Amarnath Gupta and Sons: The Family Business
Rajesh Panda; Pooja Gupta; Madhvi SethiCase IVEY-9B16M183-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAmarnath Gupta and Sons was a distributor of lubricants and owner of a petrol pump based in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. The business was originally set up as a family-owned single petrol pump in 1953. The family member currently in charge of daily operations had expanded the business significantly, especially since the entry of new multinational players in the Indian lubricant market. In 2013, this owner-partner was looking at ways to involve his ch...Starting at €8.20
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McDonald’s in India: Not a Happy Meal (Spanish version)
Paul W. Beamish; Pooja Gupta; Madhvi SethiCase IVEY-W28194StrategyIn 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 Indian partner Vikram Bakshi of Connaught Plaza Restaurants Limited (CPRL). McDonald’s entered India in 1996 through a JV that was originally seen as the perfect combination to share investments, ...Starting at €8.20