Business Case Studies: Recent submissions

  • POLO LOUNGE 
    Butt A N; Hemani S (YES, )
    The case can serve as a classic example of two young women entrepreneurs who have the idea and resources to pursue their venture but are wary of their plan due to certain shortcomings stemming from their own skills (e.g. ...
  • SABA AHMED 
    Haque E (YES, )
  • CARE LAHORE: PREPARING A LOGFRAME 
    Mansoor SM; Haque E (YES, )
    LUMS MBA students, who are about to conduct a third party evaluation of the CARE Foundation as part of their final MBA project, need to come up with some success criteria and their indicators in order to evaluate CARE's ...
  • INVENTORY SYSTEM AT SHAKARGANJ 
    Erskine J A; Hassan S Z; Rana A I (NO, )
    A young Assistant Manager Administration, at Shakarganj had to draw up a proposal to improve the inventory management system at the factory. While the balance sheet of the factory showed an 8,000 item inventory of Rs 24 ...
  • POF HOSPITAL (A) 
    Hassan S Z; Jawwad A (NO, )
    The Commanding Officer, POF, reviewed the recommendations of the hospital's MIS department for computerizing operations. These included investing in a new computer system with a special software package. The management's ...
  • DESCON’S RAPID COST MONITORING SYSTEM 
    Hassan S Z; Khawaja K Q (NO, )
    Descon was a fully integrated engineering and construction company providing a wide range of technical services within and outside Pakistan. The company planned to improve its existing management information systems, ...
  • TAX MAN COMETH (B) 
    Sipra N; Sharif H L (YES, )
    This case provides a sequel to Case A (LUMS No. 16-081-91-1). The second appeal by the firm had also been dismissed by the Appellate Court. The MD had to devise a mode of action.
  • PACKAGES LIMITED: THE ROLE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 
    Hassan S Z; Shami S (YES, )
    Packages Limited, the largest paper, board and packaging plant in the country started as a joint venture between the Wazir Ali Group and Akerlund & Rausing of Sweden in 1956. This case provides an opportunity to study how ...
  • AKBAR MOTORS (B) 
    Hassan S Z; Rana A I (NO, )
    This case provides a sequel to case A (LUMS No. 18-010-88-1). The case narrates the Director's plight as 18 months of effort and judgement seemed to be going waste in a system that was slow, seemed overloaded, and kept ...
  • PACKAGES LIMITED (A) 
    Hassan S Z (YES, )
    This is the first of a series of cases that follow a packaging organization's move towards in-house computerization. It provides the background on the procedures of the company and its requirements. Appendices include two ...
  • VARIETY BOOKS (A) 
    Hassan S Z (YES, )
    The Variety Books case illustrates a small scale high-growth retail business. In 1993, Variety Books modified its existing inventory control system. The process involved the decision to replace a packaged software with a ...
  • PROPOSAL FOR RESEARCH AND CASE WRITING 
    Vahlne J E (NO, )
    This case outlines the modus operandi to be followed while collecting data and information for cases and studies. It provides guidelines in approaching analytical projects in a more systematized manner.
  • ENGLISH ELECTRIC CORPORATION 
    Sipra N; Haider S I (YES, )
    This case describes a real life problem faced by the management and employees of a well-run enterprise. The management and employees were unable to tackle the problem on their own and also failed to win the cooperation of ...
  • SOME LEGAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL SALES 
    Sharif H (NO, )
  • TAX MAN COMETH (A) 
    Sipra N; Sharif H L (YES, )
    The case provides a vivid example of the discretionary powers of an income tax officer, and depicts the process of appeals necessary in tax disputes. The Managing Director of a construction firm moved into second appeal ...
  • AGA KHAN RURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME 
    Vahlne J E; Haq T; Khan BA (NO, )
    A team of LUMS interns had to make recommendations for the marketing department of the production-marketing chain at AKRSP, Gilgit. This case lists their findings and is intended to provide an analysis of the different ...
  • ASSOCIATED AGENCIES LIMITED (A) 
    Hamid N; Zaman A (NO, )
    This is the first of an interesting case series that reads more like a saga of bureaucratic confusion. Iqbal Ahmed, a Director of AAL, was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to make a £100,000 non-refundable deposit ...
  • WRITTEN ANALYSIS OF CASES 
    Ali I (NO, )
    Written analyses `of cases (WACs) is the basic unit of instruction in the MBA course. The note outlines the academic discipline required to write a WAC on the weekly basis. It guides the writer on the substance as well as ...
  • HIGH VALUE HORTICULTURAL CROPS IN PAKISTAN - MANGOS, CITRUS AND VEGETABLES 
    Rana A (YES, )
    Pakistan has an agro-based economy. Agriculture contributes around 21% to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) annually, employs 45% of the total labour force and is the largest source of foreign exchange earnings (Ministry of ...
  • MOHAMMAD FAROOQ TEXTILE MILLS LIMITED 
    Hassan S Z (NO, )
    The case provides an opportunity to analyse the effective utilization of computer technology by a textile manufacturing unit to manage its production system. Ten years into the systematic computerization of the different ...

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