Business Case Studies: Recent submissions

  • AHMAD'S INVESTMENT DILEMMA 
    Ali SM (YES, )
  • A BACKGROUND NOTE ON THE CEMENT INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN 
    Sipra N; Chaudhry A R (YES, )
    This note provides a general description of the cement industry, product, process, industry performance and geographical characteristics. There is some mention of industry risks at the conclusion. This note ...
  • PRIME DAIRIES LIMITED (A) 
    Shah S (NO, )
    The case explores the feasibility of setting up a packaged yogurt plant, a totally new concept in the Pakistani consumer market. Farooq Hameed, Finance Director of Prime Group did a thorough market research of the product ...
  • MICROFINANCE AT FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTAN (B) 
    Sipra N (YES, )
    This case deals with the issue of microfinance. It focuses on the nature of such financing, and predominantly on the issue of the credit policies needed to sustain a microfinance programme. The Family Planning Association ...
  • PREMIER TANNERIES OF PAKISTAN LIMITED 
    Ahmed M B (NO, )
    Javed Aziz, Chief Accountant, Premier Tanneries analyzed the trade policies of Premier, and also the export incentives provided by the government of Pakistan. He had to present a report on the use of letters of credit by ...
  • A NOTE ON THE LEASING INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN 
    Ali S M; Malik A S (NO, )
    Small businesses have difficulty in raising capital. This difficulty, among other reasons has caused many to look at leasing as an alternative financing arrangement. In recent years leasing has become a popular mode of ...
  • HABIB JUTE MILL LTD (HJM) 
    Sipra N; Haider S I (YES, )
    This case deals with HJM's financial difficulties. HJM had accumulated a debt of over Rs 70 million, and its creditors, a consortium of financial institutions had shed the company. The case deals with financial forecasting ...
  • SITARA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD 
    Qurat-ul-Ain; Sipra N (YES, )
    In its judgment dated December 23, 1999 the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan declared that all laws involving interest would cease to have effect by June 30, 2001. The Court concluded that the ...
  • D G KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED: THE LOAN RESCHEDULING DECISION 
    Ashraf J (YES, )
    The case deals with financial statement analysis of D G Khan Cement Company Limited, the largest cement manufacturing company of Pakistan during a very turbulent period, 1995-1999. It describes various management and ...
  • AMMAR TEXTILES: THE TRANSFER PRICING PROBLEM 
    Khan W M (YES, )
    Pakistan’s leading knitwear producer is faced with determining the transfer price for fabric sent from its home factory to a new garment facility in Muscat. The Muscat facility was planned to overcome growth constraints ...
  • DG KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 
    Sipra N; Chaudhry A R (YES, )
    In January, 1992, after the privatization policy of the Government of Pakistan, Pakistan's Privatization Commission offered eight cement companies for sale, including DG Khan Cement. Investors were keen on DG Khan Cement ...
  • A NOTE ON MUTUAL FUNDS IN PAKISTAN 
    Ali S M; Malik A S (NO, )
    Capital markets play a vital role in the economic development of a country. It is now widely accepted that there is a direct correlation between economic growth and the development of the financial sector. ...
  • NIRALA: THE COST QUESTION 
    Khan W M (YES, )
    The owner-manager of the country’s leading sweetmeats (mithai) producer seeks cost information to support decision-making. A high growth strategy based on a reputable brand name is leading to professionalizing the traditionally ...
  • WALL’S POLKA ACQUISITION 
    Sipra N (YES, )
    In 1994 Lever Brothers Pakistan tried to acquire Polka ice cream for Rs 600 million. Polka refused the bid demanding instead Rs one billion. One year after the launch of Wall’s ice cream by Lever brothers in 1995, Polka ...
  • A NOTE ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS IN PAKISTAN 
    Khan B A; Limbuwalla B (NO, )
    This note encompasses the rapid liberalization of the Financial Sector of Pakistan with the emergence of Leasing Companies as an alternative means of financing, lifting of foreign exchange restrictions, and a phenomenal ...
  • DECLINE OF THE PAKISTANI RUPEE 
    Sipra N; Ishfaq F (YES, )
    The rupee was devalued by 12% during the fiscal year 1995-96. This devaluation was generally supported by the textile industry, but there were many people who argued against it. To understand the impact of devaluation on ...
  • ENGRO CHEMICALS PAKISTAN LIMITED – DIVIDEND POLICY 
    Farooq A; Sipra N (YES, )
  • A NOTE ON THE SCHEDULED BANKS OF PAKISTAN 
    Shah S (NO, )
    This note provides a fairly detailed description of the operations of Pakistan's largest Stock Exchange in Karachi. The note describes the role of different intermediaries, floor trading, the machineries of bidding and ...
  • LARRY NIBLETT 
    Chaudhry S (NO, )
    Larry's exploits make interesting reading. His adventurous enterprises included a boutique, a department store and a distribution agency and at the same time a restaurant, a video games arcade and a tandoor-cum-restaurant. ...
  • PRIVATIZATION OF UNITED BANK LIMITED 
    Khan BA; Naeem N (YES, )

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