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Swadhaar: Self-Support through Financial Services
Rajesh Panda; Madhvi Sethi; Pooja GuptaCase IVEY-9B20N002-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceSwadhaar FinServe Private Limited (Swadhaar), a non-banking financial company–microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI), was set up in Mumbai, India in 2008 with the objective of providing the urban poor with increased access to financial services. Swadhaar was a leading provider of financial services to clients in several major states of India. Between 2009 and 2013, there were major changes in the regulatory environment; some of these restricted the ...Starting at €8.20
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Universal Basic Income: Is There a Case for India - Teaching Note
Madhvi Sethi; Saina Baby; Vandita DarTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M130-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M130.Starting at €0.00
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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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Bhaghwati Steel Centre: Backward or Forward? - Teaching Note
Nishant Sapra; Anshul JainTeaching Note IVEY-W29384-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceTeaching note for product W29383.Starting at €0.00
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India Holiday Bureau: Planning for the Tourist Season
Krishnamurthy Bindumadhavan; Anshul JainCase IVEY-9B15E013-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner and chief executive officer of the India Holiday Bureau (IHB), was besieged by calls from irate travelers seeking an explanation for the poor customer service they had received. It was the peak of the tourist season in India, with international visitors pouring into the country to explore its temples, palaces, hills, beaches and wildlife reserves. IHB had accepted several online hotel-booking requests, but because the hotel did not have...Starting at €8.20
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Schneider Electric India: Leadership Challenges
Abinash Panda; Anshul Jain; Samir MishraCase IVEY-9B17C011-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn May 2015, the new director at Schneider Electric’s plant in Rudrapur, India, faced a challenging situation. The company had an ongoing struggle with quality issues and consistently missed its production targets. From a human relations perspective, employee engagement and morale were low and the shop-floor workers had very little respect for the plant’s management team. The new director quickly launched a program of human resource initiatives a...Starting at €8.20
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The Economics of Gold: India's Challenge in 2013 - Teaching Note
Rajesh Panda; Madhvi SethiTeaching Note IVEY-8B16N009-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B16N009.Starting at €0.00
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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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Swadhaar: Self-Support through Financial Services - Teaching Note
Rajesh Panda; Madhvi Sethi; Pooja GuptaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20N002-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B20N002.Starting at €0.00
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Universal Basic Income: Is There a Case for India
Madhvi Sethi; Saina Baby; Vandita DarCase IVEY-9B20M130-EStrategyIndia’s Economic Survey 2016–17 proposed a gradual implementation of the concept of universal basic income (UBI) as the fastest way of providing a long-term solution to poverty. Large-scale inequality and poverty, along with huge misallocation and wastages in the existing welfare schemes, made India a perfect ground for experimenting with UBI. Though the rapid expansion of Jan Dhan–Aadhaar–Mobile infrastructure was expected to smoothen the execut...Starting at €8.20