Eicher Tractors Limited

Abstract

The case describes the process by which the company was formed and how from a very weak financial and technical position it has developed into a leading firm in the tractor industry. The case provides the historical background of the organization and discusses in detail the nature of foreign collaboration entered into by the firm; the extent of help received from the collaborator; the problems faced in assimilating the technology; the role played by the top man in building the organization; the strategies adopted at different stages in the firm's history; and the changes in organization structure, systems, and the impact of all these changes on the overall performance.