Material management, concept and handling in Parle India
Tutorials/exercises - 39 pages - Business strategy
Material handling is a vital component of any manufacturing and distribution System and the material handling industry is consequently active, dynamic, and Competitive. Material handling is an important practical consideration in the design of new manufacturing and distribution systems, and...
Evolution of mobile commerce
Tutorials/exercises - 50 pages - Business strategy
How shall we define “mobile commerce”? Simple definitions of the term are emerging in the industry, but most tend to serve the commercial interests of those who coin them. Thus for some mobile commerce is purely concerned with shifting existing online shopping services onto cell phones,...
Supply chain management, concept and its uses
Tutorials/exercises - 40 pages - Business strategy
Supply Chain Management has dominated our lives, our thinking and our actions for almost half a decade now. From logistics to materials management to supply chain management, the evolution has been slow and stead. The decade of the 90's has been the most turbulent leading to large-scale adoption...
Lewin's change theory and the problem of addressing nursing shortages using technology
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
Introduction - Nursing shortages are a world-wide problem that negatively impact many areas of the profession's goals, from level of job satisfaction to patient care, with an inverse proportional relationship between higher patient-nurse ratios, noted in much research. (Al-Kandari and Thomas,...
Location determinants of foreign direct investment in real estate
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
The global real estate market is complexly structured and highly competitive. In order to diversify the portfolio and to achieve the highest risk adjusted return, real estate firms invest across national borders. The choice of the most favorable location is of highest importance for the success...
A study on building a brand for cotton through marketing research
Market study - 24 pages - Business strategy
A product is a physical structure, but a brand is a perceptual entity that lives in the people's minds. The first question that strikes our mind is “why branding is necessary?” As the products fail to generate competitive superiority, the need for the brand arises. Though essentially...
A study of capital structure performance using EBIT-EPS analysis
Case study - 24 pages - Business strategy
This study is born out of the need to establish the presence of the responsiveness of capital structure performances through EBIT-EPS analysis as performances indicators to turnovers the company's performances, which is measure of leverage, ratios with respect to the company's needs. Capital...
Initial public offering: MIC Electronics Ltd
Dissertation - 51 pages - Business strategy
Project IPO deals with initial public offering, or IPO, because it is the first sale of stock by a company to the public. A company can raise money by issuing either debt or equity. If the company has never issued equity to the public, it's known as an IPO. Broadly speaking, companies are...
Security analysis and portfolio management in Collabo Interactive Solutions
Case study - 45 pages - Business strategy
Portfolio management is both an art and a science. It is a dynamic decision making process, one that is continuous and systematic but also requires a great deal of judgment. The objective of this project is to blend theory and practice to achieve a consistent portfolio management process. This...
Credit appraisal process and customer satisfaction on home loans with reference to ING Vysya Bank Ltd
Market study - 46 pages - Business strategy
The changes after liberalization and globalization process was initiated in 1991 had a significant impact on the financial sector. In India, housing finance segment has increased in the recent years. Boost to housing can rejuvenate the economy. The success of the housing companies in the market...
Working capital analysis of a steel plant
Case study - 43 pages - Business strategy
Finance is the life blood of any business. As like without blood a human being cannot survive similarly without finance a business survive or run. Finance is aptly called as the science of money. It is the study of the principle and the methods of obtaining control of money from those who have...
The marketing strategy of Indiamart Intermesh Ltd
Case study - 46 pages - Business strategy
Today's companies need fresh thinking about how to operate and compete in the new economy. Today's economy is made up of old and new elements and is essentially a hybrid. We term marketing as a function by which a marketer plans, promote and deliver a goods and services to the customers or...
Market study of Duron engine oil to be launched by Cetex Petrochemicals Ltd
Case study - 25 pages - Business strategy
Balmer Lawrie introduced modern day lubricants-greases and oils- in India, initially, bringing them from England and USA and distributing them to tea gardens and other industries. In 1937 the company pioneered the manufacture of lubricating greases in India setting up a small plant in Howrah,...
Hindalco and the Aditya Birla Group
Dissertation - 45 pages - Business strategy
Aditya Birla Group is India's first truly multinational corporation. A US$ 24 billion conglomerate with a market capitalization of US$ 23 billion, and has over 100,000 employees belonging to over 25 different nationalities on its rolls. Over 50% of its revenue flow from its overseas...
The effectiveness of the training and development program conducted at EXL Service.com (I) Pvt Ltd
Dissertation - 43 pages - Business strategy
Indian companies are walking up to the challenges thrown in by the market economy. To survive in this highly competitive scenario, managers are being pressured to improve quality, increase productivity, cut down waste & eliminate inefficiency. The collective effort of the employer and the...
Capital budgeting tools and analysis of capital expenditures
Case study - 35 pages - Business strategy
Capital budgeting is a financial procedure to ensure that capital is allocated to value adding opportunities. A capital budgeting / investment proposal should be accepted /rejected depending on whether it generates, over the life of investment, returns more than its cost of capital. “Capital...
The fair trade debate: Pros and cons and future prospects
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Although most people know readily know of Free Trade, relatively very few have heard of Fair Trade. That being said Fair Trade has been around for decades, in various shapes and structures. This paper will consider the overall Fair Trade debate, and consider both sides of the issue, analyzing the...
Entrepreneurship and the Indian retail industry
Thesis - 26 pages - Business strategy
In India the retail industry is large, and it will continue to grow. The industry has a huge appetite for investments and is already seeing a lot of action on that front. A large number of global retailers are eyeing to get a share of the Indian retail pie. This report aims to aid them. Global...
Compensation structures for the better alignment of management and shareholder interests
Thesis - 13 pages - Business strategy
In recent years there has been much controversy surrounding the supposed ‘high' levels of executive compensation in large publicly traded firms. CEO pay packages, measured as multiples of average non-corporate worker pay, reached a peak of 525 times in 2000. Pay packages have also grown far...
Facilities management
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
The following writing has been carried out in order to identify the typical threats, issues and challenges that may arise in undertaking and completing the construction of an Indian hospitality project. The hospitality industry all over the world is very vast and requires more attention to...
A look at Future Group
Presentation - 66 pages - Business strategy
Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited is India's leading retailer that operates multiple retail formats in both the value and lifestyle segment. Pantaloon has ushered a retail revolution in India and its founder Kishore Biyani is known as India's "King of Retail". Headquartered in Mumbai...
TATA Steel: Bearings division
Thesis - 40 pages - Business strategy
The Bearings Market in India has a very strong foundation though it is not that visible. TATA Bearings the subsidiary of TATA Steel is one of the largest bearing manufacturers in Eastern India and the fourth largest in the country. It is situated in Kharagpur, 117km from Kolkata. TATA Bearings is...
Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
Ma Foi is the best HR service provider in India. This company was founded by Mr. K. Pandia Rajan in 1992. Since then the company is rendering the best HR services full fledged. In the year 2004 it was acquired by world's third largest HR company Vedior NV based of Netherlands. This acquisition...
A quick look at SAIL (Steel Authority of India)
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
Incorporated in 1973, the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is a giant among the steel majors in India. It is the largest steel conglomerate in the country and the world's ninth-largest steelmaker. It manages and operates five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Madhya Pradesh; Bokaro, Bihar;...
A study on jeans: A C Nielsen USA
Tutorials/exercises - 51 pages - Business strategy
Jeans are trousers traditionally made from denim, but may also be made from a variety of fabrics including corduroy. Originally work clothes; they became popular among teenagers starting in the 1950s. Historic brands include Levi's, Jordache and Wrangler. Today jeans are a very popular form...
A look at Religare Securities Ltd
Case study - 29 pages - Business strategy
Apparently nothing but change is stable in the world, which interestingly offers both - opportunities and challenges. Change is an exciting opportunity to reposition oneself because of the survival crisis created by unanticipated change or the excitement offer by the unfolding of new caverns of...
Working capital management - published: 06/04/2009
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Working capital is defined as the excess of current assets over liabilities. Current assets are those assets which will be converted in to cash within the current accounting period or with in the next year as a result of the ordinary operation of the business. They are cash or near cash...
Overview of the IPCL (Indian Petrochemical Corporation Limited)
Dissertation - 49 pages - Business strategy
IPCL, Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, is a pioneering petrochemicals company in India and was incorporated on 22 March 1969. It is a leading integrated manufacturer of polymers, synthetic fibers & fiber intermediates & chemical products from hydrocarbon feed stock. They also...
All you wanted to know about Six Sigma
Tutorials/exercises - 39 pages - Business strategy
Six Sigma can be used to create a brand new business process from ground up. Six Sigma strives for perfection. It allows for only 3.4 defects per million opportunities for each product or service transaction. Six Sigma relies heavily on statistical techniques to reduce defects and measure...
Virgin Mobiles
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
In the mobile market, Virgin mobile is a unique player based on its business model and strategy. It is the only service provider which does not hold any bandwidth and mobile setup infrastructure but uses Tata Teleservices spectrum and is penetrating the market based totally on its branding and...
