The case portrays protagonist Vineet Rai, managing partner of Aavishkaar Venture Management Services (an early-stage Indian venture capital firm with a focus on underserved rural regions and sectors) while discussing a follow-up investment in a portfolio company, Milk Mantra. The case provides an update on Aavishkaar’s previous fundraising efforts (Case B update) and then provides …
The case involves understanding and comparing the performance of two leading retail companies, Ahold and Tesco. The case features the Dupont and Modified Dupont Decomposition tools. While the return in terms of return on equity was similar for the two companies, Ahold performs significantly better on the stock market compared to Tesco. Ahold also has …
The case highlights power struggles within a Thai family that owns and operates a fresh food stall in Bangkok. The case examines the depths to which the Thammawattana dynasty sank to maintain control of a profitable cash-in-hand business that made matriarch Suwapee Thammawattana a billionaire at the time of her death at the age of …
In this case, there is a dispute between owners and players about the profitability of professional baseball teams in the context of the negotiation of a new collective agreement. The case describes the financial statements of the Kansas City Zephyrs baseball club and discusses several issues whose accounting treatment is controversial between owners and players. …
On March 17, 2006, the Japanese Internet company Softbank Corp announced that it had signed a definitive agreement with the British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc to buy its Japanese unit Vodafone K.K. for ¬ • 1.75 trillion. To fund the largest acquisition of all time by a Japanese company, Softbank intended to raise …