Business Case Studies: Recent submissions

  • THE KAGHAN VALLEY 
    Ali I; Chaudhry Sarmad (NO, )
    This case gives the history of ownership and tenancy arrangements in the Kaghan Valley during a period of turmoil due to deteriorating relations between landlords and tenants.
  • ICI PAKISTAN MANUFACTURERS LTD: THE POLYESTER FIBRE PLANT 
    Ali I; Hassan N (NO, )
    This case gives the background to the ICI plant, its manufacturing operations, history, and market update.
  • MEHREEN AHMED GROCERIES 
    Ali I; Hassan N (YES, )
    The case highlights the dilemma faced by Pakistani migrants settled in the UK on returning to Pakistan and the opportunities they foresee back home.
  • FERTILIZER PRODUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 
    Ali I; Hassan N (NO, )
    This case illustrates the role of fertilizers in agrarian change, and the production of fertilizer under different regulatory bodies like the Pakistan Industrial Corporation, the Board of Industrial Management, and the ...
  • THE PRIME SERVICE GROUP OF COMPANIES 
    Ali I; Riaz A (NO, )
    One year after the death of Saeed Khan, the Chairman of PSGC, his four sons assessed the business and tried to formulate future strategies for organization and restructuring of the group's equity and management. The group ...
  • A NOTE ON THE FRUIT PROCESSING INDUSTRY 
    Valhne J E; Omar F (NO, )
    This note gives an overview of the fruit processing industry, outlining the meager progress the industry has made due to lack of proper incentives from the government, high packaging costs, relatively inelastic supply and ...
  • PRIMARY EDUCATION: CURRENT STATE AND REPLICABLE MODELS (A) 
    Qureshi Z I (NO, )
  • DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS (A) (R) 
    Rana A I; Faruque M O (YES, )
    This is the revised version of the case, Development Systems (A) LUMS No: 06-223-96-1 written by Usman Babar and Arif I Rana.
  • PIA CHECK-IN COUNTERS QUEUING PROBLEM 
    Rana A I; Dard R A (YES, )
    The case deals with the problem of long queues at the check-in counters of PIA at Lahore airport. It explores the possibility of developing a mathematical model to help manage the queuing system better. Hameed, an Assistant ...
  • FATIMA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: PSA TURNAROUND 
    Agha S; Qureshi Z I (YES, )
    Fatima Memorial Hospital (FMH) was established as the first Trust Charitable Hospital in Lahore, Pakistan for women and children. It soon expanded to a multi-disciplinary General Hospital, catering to the needs of men, ...
  • INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN PAKISTAN: USE OF IMPROVED SEEDS 
    Rana A (YES, )
    This note will be used as background reading for the class sessions on agricultural development in Pakistan in two different programs. The first is the Level 2 undergraduate course i.e. Contemporary Social Policy Issues ...
  • NOTE ON FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION 
    Hasan A; Bashir M (NO, )
    The concept of Decentralization is broad based and has varying degrees of scope and implementation. A number of sources identify different types of decentralization according to the paradigmatic and empirical approaches ...
  • DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS (A) 
    Rana A I; Babar U (YES, )
    An MBA graduate of LUMS was considering starting his own business of constructing residential homes. The industry was very cost competitive. The returns in the industry (if the right product was delivered) was close to the ...
  • NETSOL INC. 
    Aqeel S T (NO, )
    The case is prepared to introduce the participants to different team building related issues within a software development and other project based organization in Pakistan. The case focuses on team building and team dynamics ...
  • BELAL AHMAD AND AMMAR TEXTILES LIMITED (A) 
    Vahlne J E; Dogar F (NO, )
    The case presents Ammar's daring manufacturing strategy. The company's dynamic Managing Director and sole owner had an audacious vision as per the growth of the company, but he might have forgotten the accompanying increase ...
  • THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT PARADIGM 
    Azmat, S (NO, )
    The word ‘New’ has been a misnomer in economics where modified versions of older ideas are referred to as ‘New’. The ‘Neo-Classical Economics’, ‘New Keynesian Economics’, ‘New Institutional Economics’ and others seem to ...
  • SELECTION AT DESCON 
    Afghan N (YES, )
  • SYSTEMS LIMITED (A) 
    Hamid J (YES, )
    This case describes the plight of a small computer software company. As with many small companies, there is substantial information to allow for analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the company, but little on market ...
  • SELECTING A NEW MANAGER AT MILKPAK 
    Wells L T; Salorio E (NO, )
    Syed Babar Ali, the Chairman and Managing Director of the first milk processing and distribution firm in Pakistan was looking for a new Managing Director for Milkpak. He had the option of inducting Nawazish Khatak from his ...
  • JAMAL AHMED 
    Ali I (NO, )
    The case explores the various options open to an expatriate returning home after more than a decade abroad. Jamal Ahmed had to decide whether he should set up a computer consultancy firm or agri-marketing along large-scale ...

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