This case presents a community-schooling project implemented in the Northern Areas of Pakistan from 1998 to 2003 through the World Bank and British Council. For a better understanding of the case, relevant exhibits have ...
This case introduces students to a financial instrument that has drastically altered the foreign exchange control situation in Pakistan. The case can be used to examine some wider foreign exchange policy and control issues. ...
In October 2000 when the Afghan Border was reopened for repatriation of Afghan refugees Dr Behroze Ross Sharif, one of the founders of Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FHA) in Washington, accompanied by Dr Fariyal Ross Sharif ...
This is a case about Credit Rating. It gives the background of Pakistan's First Credit Rating Agency (PACRA). It provides examples of how PACRA goes about rating a company, in this case, a financial instruction.
This case discusses the various laws and regulations governing entry into the banking business in Pakistan. It outlines the role of the principal banking authorities, such as the Pakistan Banking Council and the State Bank ...
Dr Toufiq-ur-Rahman, Dean of the Dhaka Business School (DBS), was reflecting on the results of the Teaching Excellence Initiative that was initiated two years ago to improve the learning process at DBS. He had to decide ...
This note outlines the major principles and the processes followed by Manufacturing Resource Planning, a strategic information system designed to serve information needs of decision makers in a manufacturing environment. ...
When Nadeem Khan received a memo from Jamal Uddin Akbar, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of The Horizon International, Kohat, Pakistan, informing him that the organization had been suspended, he knew that Jamal was ...
The case takes up the issues a year after the company decided to spend a major portion of its 1986 advertising budget on media advertising (see case A, LUMS No. 04-399-87-1). The Marketing Manager felt that the advertising ...
This case focuses on the reasons behind lack of capacity utilization of Musafir Khana, at Mayo hospital. This Musafir Khana was the project of Quaid-i-Azam Patient Welfare Society. Chaudhary Zaman, (one of the Founding ...
This note gives a detailed account of a relatively new mode of financing in Pakistan. It describes the government's role in the regulation of the leasing industry, and the benefits of different types of leasing. The case ...
This note concentrates on operating assets expected to yield their economic benefits (or service potential) over a period longer than one year. Such assets are called long-lived assets. Long-lived assets represent a ...
Hadi Hussain, Chief Commercial Manager of Pakistan Railways reviewed the consultant's report based on a one-year study of every PR train. The consultant recommended discontinuation of certain trains. Decision- making ...
The primary purpose of the note is to introduce students to the term structure of interest rates and yield to maturity. The first part provides definitions, simple examples and diagrams. The second part is theoretical in ...
Dr Syed-ul-Islam, the Director of Admissions at Dhaka Business School (DBS), was revisiting the criteria of admission for the next batch of the MBA class. The GMAT score was one of the measures used to assess the eligibility ...
The Olympic Group of Industries engaged a consultant to prepare a detailed feasibility study which covered the technical, marketing, and financial aspects of a spinning unit. The idea seemed more promising in the wake of ...
This case examines the issue of pricing of shares in an underdeveloped market context. It focuses on two critical themes. First, the role of the Government in regulating the capital market in Pakistan through the Corporate ...