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Asian Paints Limited: Corporate Governance Blues
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-W27942-EKnowledge and CommunicationOn December 29, 2021, the independent shareholder advisory firm InGovern Research Services (InGovern) published a report accusing Asian Paints Limited (APL) of corporate governance lapses. Nearly 53 per cent of the shares of APL, which was based in Mumbai, India, were owned by its promoters and their families. InGovern had followed up on a whistle-blower’s report claiming that APL had engaged in several related-party transactions but had failed t...Starting at €8.20
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Vimeo, Inc.: Anjali Sud’s Pivot - Teaching Note
Ram SubramanianTeaching Note IVEY-W27671-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching note for product W27670.Starting at €0.00
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Cynet Systems: Ready to Leverage Mileage from Human Resource Analytics?
Yogesh Pandey; Atri SenguptaCase IVEY-W31026-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementCynet Systems Private Limited (Cynet) was a subsidiary of Cynet Corporation, a technology services firm providing staffing support for US clients. The Cynet team in India was based in smaller Indian cities such as Karnal and Dehradun. When a lockdown was announced in early March 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country, the recruiters working for Cynet had to shift to remote work. This was a dramatic shift for the young recruiters, most...Starting at €8.20
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Viom Networks: Transformation and the Next Phase
Atri Sengupta; Yogesh Misra; Maninder SinghCase IVEY-9B16M147-EStrategyBetween 2012 and 2015, Viom Networks Limited (Viom), India’s largest independent telecommunications tower company, transformed its business from a position of near financial ruin to one of sustainable profitability. Viom’s journey demonstrated how suitable initiatives, supported by relevant leadership, can bring about remarkable improvement in a company. When American Tower Corporation (the world’s largest independent tower company) acquired a 51...Starting at €8.20
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Emami Limited: The Fair and Handsome Challenge
Ram Subramanian; V.S. PaiCase IVEY-9B18M144-EStrategyIn 2016, Fair and Handsome, a skin-whitening cream produced by Emami Limited, led the men's fairness skin cream category in India, with a market share of 60 per cent. In late 2017, however, the company faced both a public backlash and an adverse court decision about its marketing of the product. A growing movement called Dark is Beautiful was galvanizing support against companies that portrayed fairer skin colour as a means for both personal and ...Starting at €8.20
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MD Solutions: Working from Home
Atri Sengupta; Anuj Gupta; Pankaj SinghCase IVEY-9B16C048-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn March 2016, India-based information technology start-up MD Solutions was facing a human resources challenge. Since 2012, the company had offered a three-day-a-month flexible work arrangement to its employees. Because of a family emergency a star performer, and the key person on a high-value project, needed to be relocated to his hometown, which was over 1,000 miles away. The company faced several challenges: how could it devise a new flexible ...Starting at €8.20
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Asian Paints Limited: Corporate Governance Blues - Teaching Note
Ram SubramanianTeaching Note IVEY-W27943-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching note for product W27942.Starting at €0.00