Vardhman Envirotech: expanding by making world water positive

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Amarpreet Singh Ghura ◽  
Abhishek Abhishek
Keyword(s):  
International Market ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Case Discussion ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Way ◽  
Recharge Well

Complexity academic level The case provides an opportunity for participants to step into the shoes of Doshi and plan a way to expand Vardhman Envirotech (VE) business by either entering the government segment or by undertaking international market expansion. In doing so, participants should understand the existing strategy by taking into consideration the aspects regarding the manner in which VE’s Injection Recharge Well differs from the existing recharge well solutions. VE lack of experience in government segment, as well as international markets provides an interesting context for the case discussion wherein participants have to examine the positives and challenges of both expansion opportunities and decide the way forward. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS3: Entrepreneurship.

The South African public service wage bill deadlock in 2021: living on the edge

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Marianne Matthee ◽  
Albert Wöcke
Keyword(s):  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
South African ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Finance Minister ◽  
The Government

Subject area Macro-Economics. Study level/applicability Undergraduate and MBA. Case overview The COVID 19 pandemic-related restrictions devastated South Africa’s economy in 2020 and although the restrictions were generally less damaging than in 2020, the government had to budget for vaccinations and rebuild the economy. Public service unions had just announced that they were demanding an increase of 4% above inflation for their members and that they were preparing for a strike. They were bitter about the fact that the South African Government had withdrawn from the last year of a three-year wage agreement in February 2020 and their members had not received an increase for the two years. These demands and Finance Minister Mboweni’s response to them had to consider the structural and cyclical impact on the fiscus and economy. Expected learning outcomes The learning outcomes are as follows: understand the general objectives of fiscal policy and stakeholders’ interests; understand the tradeoffs in fiscal policy and the implications of taking a position; and make recommendations based on reasoned judgements about those recommendations. Complexity academic level Undergraduate and MBA level courses on Macro Economics. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 10: Public Sector Management.

Guatemala’s economy on the way to recovery

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Violent Crime ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Containment Measures ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Way

Significance National GDP nevertheless contracted by just 1.5% in 2020 -- less than almost any other country in Latin America. Resilient remittances and exports, coupled with unprecedented policy support, have mitigated the effects of the pandemic and subsequent containment measures, leaving the country better placed for recovery than its neighbours. Impacts Enduring poverty, inequality and violent crime, and the impacts of accelerating climate change, will drive further migration from Guatemala. The government will pursue banking law reforms, to reduce risks to financial activities in the post-pandemic business environment. Infighting and corruption scandals will hinder the opposition's ability to benefit from the decline of the president's popularity.

North Macedonian crisis spurs move to renewable energy

2022 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
International Market ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Situation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Domestic Electricity ◽  
Health And Well Being

Significance Electricity companies wanted a near-38% rise amid soaring international market prices, but the ERC wanted to avoid a price shock. In November, the government declared an ‘energy crisis’ at the ERC’s request, thanks to reduced domestic electricity supply and the global market situation, and extended it in December for six months. Impacts Investment in infrastructure and technologies should contribute to economic growth and create jobs. Care will have to be taken that closing established mines and power plants do not depress economies locally and raise unemployment. Rising domestic utility prices will inflict political damage on a fragile government. Phasing out coal will improve air quality and population health and well-being, with knock-ons for healthcare priorities and spending.

Livestock online marketplace “Pashushala.com”: standardizing unstandardized operating procedures

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Aasha Jayant Sharma ◽  
Shashank Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Standard Operating Procedure ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Supply Chain Risk Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Online Marketplace ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Business Model Canvas

Learning outcomes It enables students to understand and design a business model canvas, design standard operating procedure (SOP) for very unorganized business operations and also devise base pricing for vendor negotiation. Case overview/synopsis Mr Gaurav Chaudhary, chief executive officer and Founder of Pashushala.com, established a first-ever Livestock online marketplace in India, leveraging the penetration of internet users in 2019. Pashsuhala.com evolved as an all-inclusive ecosystem that offered an innovative business model by bundling financial aid, logistics, veterinary and insurance solutions to its buyers and sellers. While every other aspect seemed to have had fallen in place, Gaurav was not convinced with the everyday handling of the cattle especially during transportation. Transporting cattle was the most challenging task tempered with issues such as changing weather conditions, stock density, lack of training on handling cattle while loading and unloading, long journey hours, feeding and watering procedures and many more for which Gaurav had to depend on the logistics partners. Gaurav was in a dilemma whether to have his own fleet armed with trained personnel for transporting the cattle or to streamline the existing operating procedures into SOP to be followed by logistics partners. If he continued with logistics partners he also had to work on standard costs i.e. fixed and variable costs incurred during the transportation of livestock. The case deals with business concepts such as supply chain risk management in the livestock sector, SOPs for a very unstructured and unpredictable ecosystem, pricing strategies and business model canvas. Complexity academic level Masters in business administration (MBA) and Executive MBA level. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 9: Operations and Logistics.

Cervecería Noi: Una Estrategia De Salida Al Mercado

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Flavia D Albergaria Freitas ◽  
Paulo Arthur Mauro ◽  
Kateline Ketne Daltoé ◽  
João Ricardo da Costa Lopes ◽  
Victor M.C Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Academic Level

Learning outcomes Se espera que al final de la discusión sobre el caso los estudiantes alcancen los siguientes objetivos de aprendizaje: (a) diseñar el camino de salida al mercado identificando el rol de los intermediarios; (b) identificar las alternativas de distribución y los miembros clave del canal; (c) percibir las ventajas y desventajas de la intermediación y su despliegue en la gestión de canal. Case overview/synopsis El caso reporta el dilema que experimentó en 2013 Osmar Buzin, uno de los socios de la Cervecería Noi, cuyas cervezas de especialidad habían alcanzado prestigio entre sus clientes, principalmente en la ciudad de Niterói, Río de Janeiro, donde nació la compañía. Este éxito suscitó interés en otros mercados que querían vender sus productos. La oportunidad de expansión generó la necesidad de decidir cómo llegar a estos nuevos mercados: entregar directamente en los puntos de ventas, como se hacía previamente, o emplear distribuidores. Osmar sabía que podía contar con Gilmar Gutbrodt, su socio y maestro cervecero, y con Bianca Buzin, Gerente General de la cervecería, para evaluar juntos la mejor estrategia para llegar a nuevos mercados. Complexity academic level El caso se desarrolló para estimular la discusión sobre las decisiones y estrategias de canal, y se recomienda para estudiantes de MBA en cursos como Canales de Mercadeo o Mercadeo Comercial en Administración de Empresas. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 8: Marketing

Accident at Vidyalaya School – an ethical dilemma

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jayadeva Prasad Moleyar
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Ethical Dilemma ◽  
School Management ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
The Government ◽  
Physically Challenged ◽  
Medical Bills

Learning outcomes This paper aims to sensitize learners to some of the ethical and public relation issues involved in decision-making with specific reference to the educational field. Case overview/synopsis This case brings out a dilemma faced by the school management of Vidyalaya School, Karnataka, India in responding to a notice issued by the State Government to pay a huge compensation and to re-absorb a teacher who was rendered physically challenged owing to an accident within the school premises. The case is set in the milieu of a self-financed, private education industry during the period 2013-2018. This is a case in “Strategy formulation” and “Ethical dilemma” involved in the field of education in India. A teacher was permanently injured and confined to a wheelchair in an attempt to rescue a child attempting to jump off the school building and end her life for having obtained low marks in a test paper. While the school management was initially sympathetic and paid her medical bills and full salary purely on humanitarian grounds, they discontinued this support-line after about two years. The teacher filed a complaint with the Disability Commission, a grievance redressal body of the Government of Karnataka, India. She demanded re-absorption into the job, payment of salary arrears and reimbursement of all the subsequent medical bills incurred abroad totaling Rs 15.5 million, which is unaffordable for a school of that size. The management is faced with a situation where they cannot accept such a huge financial liability as well as accept a wheelchair-bound teacher who would not be able to discharge her duties. The school was briefed by legal experts that there exists no law that specifies either compensation or re-absorption into the job in a situation like this. At the same time, to fight the case purely on legal grounds and deny her a decent livelihood would impact the image of the school as being inhuman to a lady who had actually tried to help the school in the name of humanity. The management is caught in a dilemma on the course of action they must take – to fight the case legally or to accept the demand on humanitarian grounds. Complexity academic level This paper is suitable for Undergraduate or Graduate students of Business Management. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 11: Strategy

Internationalisation and branding strategy

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Hinson ◽  
Ellis Osabutey ◽  
John Paul Kosiba ◽  
Frederick O. Asiedu
Keyword(s):  
Brand Equity ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Professional Football ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
Football Clubs ◽  
English Premier League

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse how professional football clubs have attained success with internationalisation and branding strategies in foreign markets. Design/methodology/approach Based on an inductive approach, 27 semi-structured interviews were conducted to analyse the perceptions of Ghanaian fans of four English Premier League teams. Findings The findings of this study highlight that the strength of professional football brand equity is jointly determined by the level of brand awareness, brand loyalty and perceived quality. However, increasing competition in international markets require professional football clubs to clearly define their marketing strategies to improve how fans perceive them. Originality/value This paper is one of the few studies to use country-of-origin paradigm and signalling theory to explain football brand equity building, thereby extending the earlier work of Chanavat and Bodet (2009). Its empirical focus on Africa is also unique and provides evidence to suggest that global marketers have the opportunity to capitalise on market expansion opportunities in developing economies.

De Sobornos a corrupción internacional: el caso Odebrecht

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Sergio Morales ◽  
Oswaldo Morales
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
International Business ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Academic Level

Learning outcomes La contribución del presente caso yace en la mirada crítica que debe ejercer todo actor de negocios –sea gerente general, mando intermedio, supervisor o ejecutivo– al momento de construir una sólida cultura organizacional en entornos políticos corruptos. Case overview/synopsis El presente caso de estudio tiene por objetivo explorar el dilema en el que se halló Marcelo Odebrecht, otrora CEO de Odebrecht: determinar si debe continuar con el modelo de negocio instaurado por los fundadores de Odebrecht o emprender un nuevo camino para la organización. Tras explorar los actos corruptos de Odebrecht y los alcances de la Operación Lava Jato, el lector podrá reflexionar sobre la importancia de la cultura organizacional (según los tres niveles propuestos por Schein) frente a la emergencia de la corrupción. Generando discusiones sobre cultura organizacional, ética empresarial, cultura política y corrupción, se problematiza la cultura organizacional de Odebrecht en relación a su comportamiento real. Complexity academic level Estudiantes de administración, negocios y negocios internacionales de pregrado y posgrado, así como miembros de la alta dirección en compañías del sector infraestructura. Asimismo, dada la pluralidad de posibles lecturas, se recomienda que el caso sea empleado también en cursos o especializaciones de psicología organizacional, sociología organizacional o antropología organizacional. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 5: International Business

Intraemprendimiento social en natura

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Elisa de Resende Alt ◽  
Heiko Spitzeck
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Academic Level

Learning outcomes Estos son los cuatro objetivos de aprendizaje del caso: ilustrar las mejores prácticas para las actividades de intraemprendimiento que buscan crear valor compartido (en este caso, valor para Natura y para la comunidad); definir el rol y las características de los intraempresarios sociales (personas dentro de grandes empresas que impulsan la innovación sostenible); discutir los obstáculos que presenta el entorno corporativo para el proceso de la innovación social; e ilustrar la manera en la que se puede implementar una estrategia de valor compartido dentro de una compañía. Case overview/synopsis El caso de Priscila Matta se enfoca en el rol del intraemprendimiento social y de la inclusión social en Natura, la mayor compañía de cosméticos de Brasil y líder en responsabilidad corporativa. Centrándose en las complejidades que surgen al lidiar con una comunidad local que suministra los ingredientes clave para la línea de productos Ekos, la marca más prominente e innovadora de la compañía, el caso ilustra las dificultades a la hora de establecer formas incluyentes de negocio con una comunidad tradicional en el nororiente de Brasil. Ekos se basa en la enorme biodiversidad brasilera y en el conocimiento tradicional. Las leyes de Brasil exigen que Natura comparta los beneficios obtenidos gracias al acceso al patrimonio genético y al conocimiento tradicional con las comunidades que suministran estos recursos. De manera implícita, el caso se enfoca en el rol de la intraemprendedora social Priscila Matta, y en cómo sorteó la política corporativa para estructurar las relaciones comunitarias de la compañía. El caso demuestra las dificultades que enfrentan los intraempresarios sociales que buscan crear innovaciones sostenibles para ejecutar estrategias de valor compartido. Complexity academic level Maestría en ciencias, Maestría en administración de empresas, y programas de educación ejecutiva. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.

CIAC: adopting postconflict strategies

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Juan Dario Hernández ◽  
Juan Camilo Calderón ◽  
Iván Felipe Rodríguez ◽  
Jaime Andrés Bayona
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Strategy ◽  
Strategic Change ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Master Of Business Administration ◽  
Military Aircraft ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
The Government

Learning outcomes Identify the influence of contextual variables (i.e. politics) in the strategy of a military organisation. Analyse and evaluate strategic change options of a military organisation. Decide on a strategic change from the resources and capabilities model. Case overview/synopsis Colombia Aeronautics Industry Corporation (CIAC) is a Colombian mixed economy company that commercialises, maintains and repairs civil and military aircraft and aeronautical components. The case presents the decision that the manager must make regarding a change in corporate strategy because of the entry into force of the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). This agreement assumes that the main line of business of the CIAC would be weakened (i.e. repair of military aircraft used in the internal armed conflict with FARC), because in a new peace scenario, the aircraft would not need as much maintenance as in the most critical stages of the conflict. Complexity academic level Master of Business Administration level (suggested courses: strategy, strategic management and organisational change). Undergraduate level (suggested courses: strategy and organisational change). Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 11: Strategy.

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