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St. Gianna Healthcare: Service Management
Joshin John; Neetha J. EappenCase IVEY-W33857-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementSt. Gianna Healthcare (SGH) was a community health centre located in Kochi, in the southern state of Kerala, India, offering government-approved medical checkups and health certifications, specialist consulting services in obstetrics and gynecology, and dental care. SGH’s medical administrator was concerned about service management issues at the clinic in recent months. While there had been a recent increase in patient numbers, she was concerned ...Starting at €8.20
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Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited: Employee Data Conundrum
Shikha Bhardwaj, Shivani Sharma, Bikramjit RishiCase IVEY-W34116-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementIn July 2022, the joint general manager of personnel and administration at the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)’s Paradeep unit received a call from the Delhi corporate office informing him of a complaint filed by the wife of a deceased employee against a current employee of the unit. The complaint alleged that the employee had defrauded the widow of approximately US$40,000—the sum total of her husband’s terminal death benefi...Starting at €8.20
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Ola Electric's Audacious Scooter Plans on Fire
Nitin Pangarkar; Neetu YadavCase IVEY-W33537-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyOla Electric Mobility Pvt. Ltd. (Ola Electric) was launched in 2017 by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd., better known as Ola Cabs, as a venture for making electric scooters. Bhavish Aggarwal, one of Ola Cabs’ founders, acquired a 92.5 per cent stake in Ola Electric and pursued a path of rapid expansion. By 2022, Ola Electric had successfully raised a large amount of capital from investors, developed several subsystems (especially software) of its produ...Starting at €8.20
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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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Guria India: Authentic Leadership for Societal Grand Challenges
Alison Konrad; Mohammad Rishad Faridi; Ajeet SinghCase IVEY-W27150-ELeadership and People ManagementAjeet Singh was an example of an authentic leader, devoting himself to tackling the societal grand challenge of sex trafficking and child prostitution in India. Singh was the founder and leader of Guria India (Guria), a non-governmental organization with a holistic approach to improving the lives of sex workers and trafficked women and children. Through trial and error learning as well as years of immersion in and working with the community in on...Starting at €8.20
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Vineet Nayar and Sampark Foundation: Frugal Innovation at Scale (A) (Abridged)
Hill, Linda A.; Tedards, EmilyCase HBS-421021-ELeadership and People ManagementIn 2005, Vineet Nayar, the former CEO and Vice Chairman of HCL Technologies, and his wife, Anupama Nayar, committed $100 million of their personal wealth to found Sampark Foundation-a grant-making philanthropy with a mission to transform learning outcomes for 20 million children in rural government schools by 2025. By 2013, it was clear that Sampark was never going to reach 20 million children by writing grants. Vineet stepped out of the corporat...Starting at €8.20
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Camncloud: Hiring Impasse in a Start-Up
Nobin Thomas; Dr. Swatantra; Irene JohnsonCase IVEY-W34185-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementIn April 2022, the founder of Camncloud, a pioneer in surveillance service based in New Delhi, India, was facing a dilemma about hiring a potential candidate for his new venture. Camncloud offered an end-to-end remote streaming service targeted primarily at preschools. The company’s founder wanted to use his electronics background to carve a niche segment in India’s competitive technology market, but needed help in achieving that goal. Specifical...Starting at €8.20
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Accredited Social Health Activists: Managing Predominantly Voluntary Employment Services
Anindya Pattanayak; Gaurav Manohar Marathe; Nitin Kulkarni; Aadarsh DasCase IVEY-W28562-ELeadership and People ManagementIn June 2022, India’s community health workers, known as accredited social health activists (ASHAs) in the state of Jharkhand, were on strike, demanding regularization of their services, increase in remuneration, and incentive benefits. Dr. Nitin Kulkarni, the health secretary for the state of Jharkhand, must deal with the strike as soon as possible, as the state immediately needs the services of ASHAs during the COVID-19 pandemic.Starting at €8.20
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Logic Fruit Technologies: Growth and Business Strategy
Devinder Kumar; Rajesh Singh; Jaydeep MukherjeeCase IVEY-W33539-EService and Operations Management, StrategyAt the end of December 2022, the chief executive officer of Logic Fruit Technologies (LFT), a product engineering research and development company, was trying to decide which of three partnerships to pursue to double the company’s profit margin percentage by 2025. LFT was headquartered in Gurgaon, India, and provided end-to-end solutions in electronic design outsourcing. LFT’s board of directors wanted to make a decision at its meeting on January...Starting at €8.20
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Post-merger People Integration: Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd.
Anjali Bansal, Neeraj Dwivedi, Rachna Mukherjee, Binu PhilipCase IVEY-W34104-ELeadership and People ManagementIn August 2020, Schneider Electric India (SE), a major Indian low-voltage switchgear company, pursued a strategic growth plan by acquiring Larsen & Toubro’s Electrical and Automation business from its competitor. This unprecedented deal involved two organizations that had previously competed for the same markets and customers but would subsequently operate under one parent company named Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd. The new company would hav...Starting at €8.20