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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 These systems had become outdated as Microsoft withdrew its support of Visual FoxPro, the platform on which all systems had been developed.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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Toppits Foods Ltd.
Elizabeth M.A. Grasby; Robert de Vooght; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08A005-EMarketing, StrategyThis case explores the expansion of an imported product - garlic and herb cubes. This case can be used to explore the merits of alternative channels of distribution or it may be used more broadly to explore the development of a more effective marketing program. Students are asked to 1) assess how the competition affects Toppits' marketing plan; 2) select a customer group to target and determine how this group affects the marketing plan; 3) determ...Starting at €8.20
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Maple Retreat Golf and Country Club
Lyn Purdy; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08C023-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementThis case is set at a golf course in Aurora, Ontario. The club superintendent and the assistant superintendent will be interviewing three candidates for a green keeping position at Maple Retreat Golf and Country Club. The club superintendent must decide what questions to ask of the three applicants, keeping in mind what questions he could not ask of the candidates. This case is intended to be used for the managing people module of an organization...Starting at €8.20
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Maple Retreat Golf and Country Club (Spanish version)
Lyn Purdy; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08CS023Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementEste caso se ha fijado en un campo de golf en Aurora, Ontario. El superintendente del club y el asistente del superintendente entrevistarán tres candidatos para un puesto de mantenimiento del campo verde en Maple Retreat Golf and Country Club. El club superintendente debe decidir qué preguntas hacer de los tres candidatos, teniendo en cuenta las preguntas que no podía pedir a los candidatos. Este caso está pensado para ser utilizado por el módulo...Starting at €8.20
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Credit Valley Golf and Country Club
Mary Gillett; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08B013-EAccounting and ControlCredit Valley Golf and Country Club (Credit Valley), a private golf course, would be having their annual general meeting very soon. The general manager of Credit Valley and the superintendent felt that the most pressing issue was a change to the method of irrigation being used by the golf course. This change was made necessary by newly passed government regulations. The general manager and superintendent had to prepare a proposal for the annual g...Starting at €8.20
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North Billington Golf and Country Club
Mary Gillett; Stephen Rene FreyCase IVEY-9B08B014-EAccounting and ControlThe chief financial officer (CFO) of North Billington Golf and Country Club was reviewing the financial statements prepared by the auditors. At the upcoming annual general meeting, Parkinson was expected to address the membership on the future financial hStarting at €8.20
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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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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