Browsing Cases and Notes by Author "Barua, Samir K."

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    • Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited (A) 

      Barua, Samir K.; Varma, Jayanth R. (2010-08-18)
      A case on the use of derivatives in managing commodity (gold) price risk covering strategic reasons for hedging, the linkages between corporate strategy, capital structure and the hedging strategy, as well as the risk ...

    • Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited (B) 

      Barua, Samir K.; Varma, Jayanth R. (2010-08-18)
      A case dealing with fall-out of the use of derivatives in managing commodity (gold) price risk. Involves consideration of asset sales and mergers as ways to deal with illiquidity and financial distress.

    • Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited (C) 

      Barua, Samir K.; Varma, Jayanth R. (2010-08-18)
      A case dealing with fall-out of the use of derivatives in managing commodity (gold) price risk. Involves analysis of the linkages between corporate strategy, capital structure and the hedging strategy, as well as the risk ...

    • Coimbatore Yarns' Mark Receivables (A) 

      Varma, Jayanth R.; Barua, Samir K. (2010-08-13)
      This is a case on foreign exchange risk management covering currency of invoicing, transaction exposure, and forward contracts. See also Coimbatore Yarns' Mark Receivables (B).F&A0439(B)EX.

    • Coimbatore Yarns' Mark Receivables (B) 

      Varma, Jayanth R.; Barua, Samir K. (2010-08-13)
      This is a case on foreign exchange risk management covering transaction exposure and accounting implications of forward contracts. This is a sequel to Coimbatore Yarns' Mark Receivables (A).F&A0439(A)EX

    • Department of Post - Strategy for the New Millennium 

      Barua, Samir K.; Bhatnagar, Deepti; Jain, Abhinandan K.; Jain, Rekha; Raghuram, G. (2010-08-26)
      This case focuses on the problems facing the DOP, so that an appropriate strategy for a sustainable future can be evolved. The DOP was faced with the task of dealing with dichotomous demands that often challenged the ...

    • Essar Steel Limited (1993): Valuation of Euro Convertible Bonds 

      Varma, Jayanth R.; Barua, Samir K. (2010-08-09)
      Covers valuation of a foreign currency convertible bond containing embedded call and put options. Apart from issues in option valuation, the case raises issues of exchange rate and interest rate risk and highlights the ...

    • Evaluation of Urban Bus Route Network 

      Barua, Samir K.; Varma, Jayanth R.; Rao, N.K. (2010-08-03)

    • Integrated Case on Department of Post 

      Raghuram, G.; Bhatnagar, Deepti; Barua, Samir K.; Jain, Abhinandan K.; Jain, Rekha (2010-08-16)

    • Inventory Management at Indian Postal Department 

      Raghuram, G.; Barua, Samir K. (2010-08-16)

    • Inventory Management In India Post 

      Barua, Samir K.; Raghuram, G. (2010-08-26)
      The items used by India Post can be classified into two broad categories: a) security items and b) non-security items. Security items are items that can be easily converted into cash, such as stamps, postal stationery, ...

    • Khosla Brothers Limited 

      Raghunathan, V.; Barua, Samir K. (2010-07-26)
      Brings out the linkage between cash budget and production and sales patterns clearly and subjects itself to analysis through the linear programming technique, where the production plan is implicitly specified through machine ...

    • " Life Care Surgical, Cairo.' 

      Gandhi, Shailesh; Barua, Samir K. (2012-09-11)

    • Logistics at Sytel Company 

      Barua, Samir K. (Indian Institute of Managemen, Ahmedabad, 2013)

    • The Lost Papers: Managing an Academic Institution (A) 

      Barua, Samir K. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2013)
      The case illustrates situations that often arise in an organization that have ethical dilemmas for various functionaries in the organization. The perspective of the functionaries is coloured by the role they play in the ...

    • The National Spot Exchange Limited: The Sordid Saga 

      Barua, Samir K. (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
      Exchanges are designed to be default tolerant. They function in a manner whereby, the exchange is counter-party to all transactions. As a result, a transaction is always consummated even if either the buyer or the seller ...

    • " NTPC Public Offer." 

      Barua, Samir K.; Agarwalla, Sobhesh Kumar (2012-09-11)

    • " NTPC Public Offer."(Teaching Note) 

      Barua, Samir K.; Agarwalla, Sobhesh Kumar (2012-09-11)

    • Of (Human) Bond (age) 

      Barua, Samir K.; Varma, Jayanth R. (2010-08-03)

    • Of (Human) Bond (age) 

      Varma, Jayanth R.; Barua, Samir K. (2010-08-09)
      Case on bond portfolio management focusing on the use of duration to control interest rate risk. The case also involves problems of asset allocation required to achieve specified portfolio objectives.