Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited — Governance Failure
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B08M068-EStrategyThe Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited (CSIBL) was the largest investment bank quoted on all the stock exchanges in Pakistan, so when it declared a huge loss of Rs2.1 billion (US$35.5 million) for the year December 31, 2005, the market was taken by surprise. There had been some rumours that all was not well and that the investment banking regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), had sent a team to investigate the a...Starting at €8.20
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Pak Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO) - Management of Circular Debt
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B11M047-EFinance, StrategyThis case describes how significant debt was built up in Pakistan among the private- and public-sector energy and power-generation companies, which were some of the country’s largest organizations. An unexpected slowdown in recovery of payments created debt that affected corporate business operations and the Pakistani economy as a whole. The case discusses the energy and power sectors, along with the reasons for the circular debt. The Pakistani g...Starting at €8.20
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Pak Elektron Limited: Converting Systems to ERP
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B12E002-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyPak Elektron Limited was a prominent manufacturer of consumer home appliances, large distribution and power transformers, and switch gears for power companies in Pakistan. From 2007, the company had started the process of changing the information systems of the company. These systems had become outdated as Microsoft withdrew its support of Visual FoxPro, the platform on which all systems had been developed. The company decided that a Tier 1 ERP (...Starting at €8.20
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innogy Consulting GmbH: Competing Away From Home - Teaching Note
Jonathan Chen; Son Tran Tuan; Christopher WilliamsTeaching Note IVEY-8B18M159-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B18M159.Starting at €0.00
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Modern Agricultural Farm: Budgeting for Control
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B13B025-EAccounting and Control, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn May 2011, the managing partner of the Modern Agricultural Farm in rural Pakistan was reviewing the set of performance reports for the previous month sent by the farm accountant. These reports had been designed by a management analysis and research consultant to convert the farm system to that used by the head office of the Alamgir Group of businesses, of which the farm was a part. There were two concerns: how to handle the fluctuations in the ...Starting at €8.20
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A.T. Kearney Inc.: The Push to become a Management Consulting Titan
Florian Wiesner; Jonathan Chen; Christopher WilliamsCase IVEY-9B20M180-EStrategyIn the first quarter of 2019, A.T. Kearney Inc.’s managing partner had to find a strategy that would help the company move into the top tier of the world’s management consultancy firms. The new leader was only the ninth managing partner in the firm’s histStarting at €8.20
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Arconic Inc. versus Elliott Management Corp.: A Battle for Control
Jonathan Chen; Carolyn Burns; Christopher WilliamsCase IVEY-9B20M014-EStrategyArconic Inc. was a lightweight-material engineering firm that supplied the aerospace, automotive, and commercial transportation industries. Elliott Management Corporation was an activist investment firm that held a minority investment in Arconic Inc.. The two companies were locked in a public disagreement on how to generate acceptable financial returns for investors. At a shareholders' meeting on May 25, 2017, all shareholders would be able to vo...Starting at €8.20
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A.T. Kearney Inc.: The Push to become a Management Consulting Titan - Teaching Note
Christopher Williams; Jonathan Chen; Florian WiesnerTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M180-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M180.Starting at €0.00
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Callmate Telips (B): Orix Investment Bank Pakistan Limited - Callmate Risk Uncovered
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B09N008-EFinance, StrategyOrix Investment Bank Pakistan Limited (OIBPL) was a non-bank financial institution (NBFI) providing corporate finance, brokerage and other services to large enterprises and was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange. The annual financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2008 revealed that, as a result of default by one customer, the bank had incurred an enormous loss of over half a billion rupees, which had seriously eroded the bank's capital...Starting at €5.74
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Engro Chemicals Pakistan Limited - Business Disaster Overcome
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B09E024-EInformation Technologies, StrategyEngro Chemicals Pakistan Limited (Engro) was a very large manufacturer and marketer of fertilizer in Pakistan. It had a number of subsidiaries and joint ventures in a variety of businesses. The company was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) and was among the top companies as ranked by the KSE. In August 2007, the company's head office was completely destroyed by a fire. The office was located in Karachi and the fire destroyed all the equi...Starting at €8.20