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Kraft Merges with Heinz: A Case Study*
AUTHOR(S) : Rajneesh Ranjan Jha - Research Scholar, IBS Hyderabad, Chetna Priyadarshini - Research Scholar, IBS HyderabadPUBLISHED DATE: 16/02/2017PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: FIN-1-0034, FIN-1-0034ACASE LENGTH: 14 PagesDESCRIPTION:This case deals with the basic understanding of mergers by focusing on synergies involved in the merger of Kraft and Heinz. This merger created a new company Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) on July 2nd 2015 with a ticker symbol of KHC on NASDAQ from July 6th 2015. KHC became the third largest Food and Beverage Company in North America and the fifth largest Food and Beverage Company in the world. The merger was announced on March 25th 2015 which involved the merger of a publicly traded company Kraft Foods ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
DDKM Casio Inc.: The Risk-Reward Trade Off From Operating Leverage*
AUTHOR(S) : Dr.Deepika Dhingra - Associate Professor, Kirtika Malhotra - Assistant Professor - IILM Institute of Higher EducationPUBLISHED DATE: 15/02/2017PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: FIN-2-0032, FIN-2-0032ACASE LENGTH: 6 PagesDESCRIPTION:This arm chair case demonstrates the Risk-Reward trade-off implicit in an Operating Leverage decision by integrating sales-level probabilities into deliberation. This caselet aims to enable the students to compute and analyze standard degree of Operating Leverage computations and to perform basic analysis using statistical techniques. This caselet lets the participants understand how the variability in a manufacturing procedure leads to an impact on risk-reward. The skills achieved through this will ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Understanding Capital Budgeting Decisions
AUTHOR(S) : Prof. Anil Kshatriya, Institute of Management Technology NagpurPUBLISHED DATE: 13/12/2016PUBLISHER: Institute of Management Technology, NagpurCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE SLIDECASE ID: FIN-6-0029, FIN-6-0029ACASE LENGTH: 11 SlidesDESCRIPTION:This case slide will enable the instructor to discuss the basics of capital budgeting decisions. Business organizations have to allocate funds judiciously towards long-term capital investments, to ensure good returns and shareholder value maximization. Small businesses and newly established ventures (startups) have very limited funds in the initial phase where the focus is on creating and nurturing customer base and brand identity. The financial priority of such entities is to rationalize the capital ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Value Accretion/Dilution in Business Combinations: An Integrated Perspective
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Vinodh Madhavan, Institute of Management Technology, GhaziabadPUBLISHED DATE: 14/06/2016PUBLISHER: Institute of Management Technology, GhaziabadCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: FIN-2-0028, FIN-2-0028ACASE LENGTH: 8 PagesDESCRIPTION:This armchair caselet is an attempt to offer an integrated perspective of Business Combination that is anchored on Accounting of Business Combination. While topics such as Construction of Financial Statement Forecasts, M&A financing structure, M&A Purchase Consideration, Offer Premium, On-boarding of Net Identifiable Assets of target company on to the balance sheet of the acquiring company, Operational Synergies, and Value Accretion/Dilution are typically discussed, an integrated and logically ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Synergic Advantages of Mergers & Acquisitions - A Case Study on Private Sector Banks in India*
AUTHOR(S) : Poonam Singh, Ph.D Research Scholar, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi and Prof. Kanhaiya Singh, Professor- Finance, Fore School of Management, New DelhiPUBLISHED DATE: 14/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: FIN-1-0013, FIN-1-0013ACASE LENGTH: 9 PagesDESCRIPTION:Synergies are the soul of mergers and acquisitions in any of the industry/sector. Therefore, the two entities planning for mergers and acquisitions lay significant importance to this aspect. The effective results are realized and desired goals are achieved once expected synergies are consummated on time. Since, the contribution of private sector banks in the growth process has emerged extensively in Indian banking scenario, their strengths in terms of operational advantages play an important ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd.*
AUTHOR(S) : Prof. Brahmadev Panda, Asst. Professor, and Manas Kumar Pal, Associate Professor - Institute of Management and Information Science, Bhubaneswar, OdishaPUBLISHED DATE: 14/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: FIN-1-0015, FIN-1-0015ACASE LENGTH: 13 PagesDESCRIPTION:This case study focuses on how merger and acquisition navigated Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd. (RSIL), RSIL in eliminating competition, tapping the opportunity in the edible oil industry and emerging as the market leader. It focuses on the business performance analysis of RSIL’s amalgamation and its related issues. RSIL started in 1986 and primarily dealt with processing of oil-seeds, refining of crude oil and food products from soya. Its brand portfolio includes Nutrela, Ruchi Gold, Ruchi ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Reviewing of Accounting Information System on Account Payable Process in a Pharmaceutical Company?*
AUTHOR(S) : Mr. Dhruv Shankar Dutta (Research Scholar), Dr. S. Riasudeen Research Supervisor (Assistant Professor ), and Mr Parth - Dept. of Management Studies, Pondicherry University.PUBLISHED DATE: 14/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: FIN-1-0010, FIN-1-0010ACASE LENGTH: 12 PagesDESCRIPTION:The case study discusses on modification of existing accounting information system being practiced by a leading pharmaceutical company. The transaction in the existing system was strictly through a Centralized Online Transaction Processor (C.O.L.T.P). Even though the company had well-defined and established accounting information system, the payments to vendors were delayed causing the problem of vendor relationship. The company had a focus on imperative measures for maximizing earnings while ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Holcim and Lafarge Merger*
AUTHOR(S) : K K Ray, Associate Professor, IIM Raipur and Nilabh Bhattacharya, Student PGP (2013-15) IIM RaipurPUBLISHED DATE: 14/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: FIN-1-0014, FIN-1-0014ACASE LENGTH: 11 PagesDESCRIPTION:On April 7th 2014, Holcim, world’s third largest cement maker by capacity of Switzerland announced its decision to buy France’s Lafarge, world’s second largest by capacity to create the world’s biggest cement maker overtaking Anhui Conch of China. This merger structured as a stock transaction at an exchange ratio of 1:1 was expected to be completed by the first half of 2015. The case study attempts a comparable company analysis and a dilution/accretion analysis to analyze ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
“Close-Ended Fund Shining in Indian Mutual Fund Market” – An Insight*
AUTHOR(S) : A.D.J. Rajesh (Research Scholar), Dr. S. Clifford Paul (Research Supervisor) - Department of Management Studies, M.A.M. College of Engineering, TiruchirappalliPUBLISHED DATE: 13/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: FIN-2-0012, FIN-2-0012ACASE LENGTH: 6 PagesDESCRIPTION:The Indian Mutual Fund market is in the advent of “close-ended equity” funds, which is substantiated, such that, out of the 33 equity NFO’s in the market during 2014, 21 schemes are closed-ended funds, with lock-in periods. This raise in trend, brings into play, the rhetorical question; “do fund managers prefer close-ended funds?” and if so, “why?”, Or “does the investor perception change towards open-ended equity fund”, Or “is the market ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Extension of Banking Services for Financial Inclusion*
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Sukhbir Kaur, Asst. Professor, CIBMRD, Nagpur and Dr. Yogita Sure, Asst. Professor, CIBMRD, NagpurPUBLISHED DATE: 13/04/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: FIN-2-0011, FIN-2-0011ACASE LENGTH: 6 PagesDESCRIPTION:Under the financial inclusion plan the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to provide financial facility at an affordable cost to people who are unable to utilize the benefits of the plan. For successful implementation of this plan, RBI instructed banks to make financial services available in the rural areas also. New innovative trends in technology has changed the traditional ways of banking with smart and alternative banking models like – Milk ATM, Mobile-van Business Facility, etc. ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Business Diversification: A Dilemma of Sri Anal Fireworks*
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Pranav Saraswat, Assistant Professor, Nirma University AhmedabadPUBLISHED DATE: 23/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - FLAMECATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: FIN-2-0022, FIN-2-0022ACASE LENGTH: 4 PagesDESCRIPTION:Sri Anal Fireworks (SAF) is one of the leading fireworks manufacturers of India. SAF has done well in recent 5 years and sales have grown over the recent years. Nevertheless, the changing mindset of the customer towards environment friendliness have resulted in reducing demand year by year and increased the problem of skilled workers. Therefore, the company wants to start a new business based on existing funds. SAF now faces the dilemma as to how to arrange working capital for the same. This ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
The Difference of Having and Not Having Finance Policy: The Curious Case of CINCOMM*
AUTHOR(S) : Sushrut Risbud, Anjan Ghosh - Doctoral Candidates, IIM Calcutta, Prof Shubhra Biswas, Faculty of Business Administration, Goenka College of Commerce and Business AdministrationPUBLISHED DATE: 05/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: FIN-1-0024, FIN-1-0024ACASE LENGTH: 14 PagesDESCRIPTION:The case study, developed using primary data, portrays the challenges faced by a growing start-up CINCOMM (www.cincomm.in). The focus on entrepreneurial innovation and business growth resulted in limited management attention towards forming the finance policy. As a result, in the third year of operation, the organization was in utter chaos and indiscipline that the management was unable to control. The case study was a first-hand narrative from the policy consultants who were appointed by CINCOMM's ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Strategic Debt Restructuring at Gammon India Limited*
AUTHOR(S) : Sanjay Dhamija, IMI, New DelhiPUBLISHED DATE: 04/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: FIN-1-0026, FIN-1-0026ACASE LENGTH: 11 PagesDESCRIPTION:The case presents the issues involved in the Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR) of a financially stressed company. The rationale and process for CDR and also the contributory factors for the success or failure of the CDR exercise are highlighted. A consortium of banks is convening a meeting to discuss the possibility of converting their loans to equity in Gammon India Limited (Gammon) with management change. Gammon, with almost 100 years of presence in the construction and infrastructure sector, was ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
NSEL: A Case of Fraud in Indian Financial Market*
AUTHOR(S) : Dr. Abhay Kumar, Assistant Professor, NMIMS UniversityPUBLISHED DATE: 04/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASELETCASE ID: FIN-2-0027, FIN-2-0027ACASE LENGTH: 9 PagesDESCRIPTION:Indian financial markets have grown many folds after much sought after financial reforms in nineties. This growth has brought prosperity to the Indian economy. However, it has also exposed the economy to increased financial risks with the outbreak of various financial frauds. This caselet is aimed to provide a detailed view of a financial fraud that erupted in the commodity spot market during 2013. National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) scam which broke out in July 2013 was one of the largest in India's ...read moreSHOW DETAILS -
Franchise Accounting: a Case Study of Mr. Puff*
AUTHOR(S) : Sheetal Thomas, Indukaka Ipcowala Institute of Management, Anil P Dongre, Director, School of Social Science, Head-U.G. Department of Management StudiesPUBLISHED DATE: 03/02/2016PUBLISHER: ET Cases - GSMCCATEGORY: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENTPRODUCT: CASE STUDYCASE ID: FIN-1-0023, FIN-1-0023ACASE LENGTH: 11 PagesDESCRIPTION:This case study discusses the franchise model of Mr. Puff (Mitesh Food Products Pvt. Ltd.) which was established in 1950, then known as Shree Gandhi Bakers founded by Shri Dholandas Thadani (Dholandas). They were the pioneers of bread cutting process (i.e. separating the loaf into slices) in Vadodara, Gujarat. This case study enables the participants to understand the model of franchising, identify and further investigate on the models that would bring in larger revenues to the business. More so, ...read moreSHOW DETAILS