PUBLICATIONS

Manish Agarwal has written the number of case studies and articles. All of them are published in leading web sites. Details of his published work in given below: 


2010

Case Studies:

1. Max Software Services: Relative Valuation   IBSCDC    
2. Ambuja Cements: Weighted Average Cost of Capital   IBSCDC  ECCH
3. Reliance ‘Power’ful IPO  IBSCDC ECCH (ECCH Reference no. for case 109-064-1; for teaching note 109-064-8 and for structured assignment 109-064-4)
4. Cost of Equity: A CAPM Approach  IBSCDC   ECCH (ECCH Reference no. for case 109-054-1; for Teaching note 109-054-8 and for Structured Assignment 109-054-4)
5. Hindalco’s Rights Issue: India’s Largest Rights Issue Fiasco  IBSCDC  ECCH

Teaching Notes:

1. Max Software Services: Relative Valuation   IBSCDC    
2. Ambuja Cements: Weighted Average Cost of Capital   IBSCDC  ECCH
3. Reliance ‘Power’ful IPO  IBSCDC ECCH (ECCH Reference no. for case 109-064-1; for teaching note 109-064-8 and for structured assignment 109-064-4)
4. Cost of Equity: A CAPM Approach  IBSCDC   ECCH (ECCH Reference no. for case 109-054-1; for Teaching note 109-054-8 and for Structured Assignment 109-054-4)
5. Hindalco’s Rights Issue: India’s Largest Rights Issue Fiasco  IBSCDC  ECCH

2011

1. Buyout of Paras by Reckitt Benckiser
2. Indian Dry Fruits Limited: Receivable Management
3. Outsourcing Receivables Management: An Evolving Approach to Business Financing
4. Risk Management @ Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
5. Target Corporation: Weighted Average Cost of Capital
6. Cash @ Infosys: Is It Really Adding Value?
7. Allen Stanford Financial Scandal
8. Currency Hedging at HCL Tech
9. Selecting Assets: Silver Oak Research’s Risk-return Dilemmas
10. Currency Rate Swap between IBM and World Bank
11. Dr. Nandan Dilemma: ‘Options’ in Volatile Market
12. Interest Rate Swaps: A Deal Between B.F. Goodrich and Rabobank
13. Orange County: A Case of Derivative Mismanagement
14. Value at Risk: Morgan Stanley
15. Bricknet Ratings: Shadow Rating of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Limited
16. Acquisition of Patni by Igate
17. GMR’s Terminal 3 for Delhi Airport: A Successful Project Execution Model for Public-Private Partnership Initiatives?

2012

1. Making of Aakash: The World’s Cheapest Tablet
2. Airport of GMR: Mismanagement or Political challenges?
3. GMR Airport Business: Facing Challenging Times
4. Making of Aakash: The World’s Cheapest Tablet
5. elavO: Toilet Seat Sanitizer for Indian Women
6. Kodak Click for Bankruptcy
7. Rise and Fall of Kodak

2013

1. Dell Inc.: Leveraging on Social Media Experience
2. Interest Rate Future in India
3. Trouble at Wockhardt Limited
4. Husk Power Systems: Lighting up the Indian Rural Lives
5. Turnaround Story of Wockhardt Limited
6. Dell Going Private

2014

1. Enterprise Risk Management at Deutsche Post DHL
2. Financial Risk Management at BP
3. Taking on Amazon: Flipkart-Myntra Merger
4. The Alibaba IPO

2015

1. Dr. Jim Yong Kim’s Dilemma: International Finance Corporation and the Tata Mundra Power Plant
2. Merger of ING Vysya with Kotak Mahindra Bank
3. Boxing Icon Laishram Sarita Devi (Caselet)
4. Uber: Rising Valuations Amidst Ethical Woes
5. Options Strategies on Microsoft and Facebook Stocks (D)
6. Options Strategies on Microsoft and Facebook Stocks (C)
7. Options Strategies on Microsoft and Facebook Stocks (B)
8. Options Strategies on Microsoft and Facebook Stocks (A)
9. Personal Financial Planning for Dr. Srivastava (Caselet)
10. GSK Promoting Collaboration through Radical Openness

2016

1. Sovereign Gold Bonds: A Solution to India’s Gold Import Problem (Caselet)
2. Volkswagen Defeat Device Scandal
3. Australian Cricket Team: Management Lessons (Caselet)
4. IFC Funding of Dinant Project: Call for Overhaul of Risk Assessment for Sustainable Finance
5. Reigning in Black Money - Will the Indian Government Fulfill its Promise? (Caselet)
6. Strengthening Indian Banking through NPA Management
7. Merger of SBI and Its Associates: Challenges Ahead (Caselet)
8. Manohar in the Wonderland of Derivatives (Caselet)
9. Apple’s Battle with the FBI Privacy vs National Security (Caselet)

2017

1. Ford’s Dilemma: Make Lincoln in China?
2. Bridge International Academies
3. Efficient Market Hypothesis: Evidence from Bonus Issue

2018

1. Rise and Fall of LeEco: Will it Survive?
2. EIC Framework: Economic Analysis of India
3. Tata Power’s Mega Headache Tata Mundra Project
4. India’s largest Share Buyback by TCS: To Participate or Not?
5. Babban Gona’s Agri-Franchising Model: Scaling up Challenges
6. Airtel’s Acquisition of Tata’s Consumer Mobile Businesses: A Matter of Choice or Necessity?
7. Financial Risk Management at Infosys Technologies Limited
8. Walmart’s Entry into Indian Online Retail via Flipkart Acquisition
9. EIC Framework: Company Analysis of Bajaj Auto Limited
10. EIC Framework: Two-Wheeler Industry Analysis
11. Hedging Dilemma in Volatile Markets
12. A Portfolio Restructuring Dilemma

2019

Bayer’s Acquisition of Monsanto Paytm’s Foray into Payments Banking SEBI’s Rejection of Larsen & Toubro’s Buyback Offer Portfolio Hedging – The Case of ICICI Value Fund Series 7(D) Fiserv’s Acquisition of First Data Corporation SunCulture: Bringing Smart Technology to Smallholder Farmers Forecasting in the Platform Economy: The Uber Way

2020 Weighted Marginal Cost of Capital for Tecnet Steel Limited Risk Analysis of Shale Gas Extraction Project  The Mundra Project: Tata Power’s Mega Headache The FIS-Worldpay Merger: Creating a Global Powerhouse in the Payments Industry The P&G-Merck KGaA Consumer Health Business Merger Options Strategies for a Range-bound Market Warehouse Receipts Financing (A) Warehouse Receipts Financing (B) Dabur Chyawanprash: Repositioning and Continuous Reinforcement Hindustan Unilever Limited’s Channel Design Decisions to Penetrate Inaccessible Markets Financial Analysis of Bajaj Auto Limited Nestlé’s Maggi Recall in India: A Reverse Supply Chain Ordeal Financial Feasibility Analysis of Shale Gas Extraction

2021 Options Strategies for a Volatile Market Options Strategies for a Bullish Market The Vedanta Limited Delisting Fiasco Hindustan Zinc Declares Highest Interim Dividend in 12 Years Amazon’s Acquisition of Self-driving Car Startup Zoox Fortune Rice Bran ‘Heart Healthy Oil’ Brand Ambassador Suffers a Heart Attack TCS: The Most Valuable IT Services Company in the World Earning Profits fromStock Warrants Tesla’s Convertible Bonds The SBI Card IPO Borrowing Cheap with Zero Coupon Bonds: Three Caselets Vedanta’s Open Offer

Upcoming Cases:

1. L&T Buyback

UGC Care List:

In Case Folio: The IPU Journal of Management Case Studies

1. Making of Aakash: The World’s Cheapest Tablet, Case Folio, Vol. 12, No. 3, (September 2012) IUP Publications, Hyderabad
2. Husk Power Systems: Lighting Up the Indian Rural Lives, Case Folio, Vol. 13, No. 2, (June 2013) IUP Publications, Hyderabad 
3. Enterprise Risk Management at Deutsche Post DHL, Case Folio, (Vol. XIV No. 4, December 2014), IUP Publications, Hyderabad 
4. Bridge International Academies, Case Folio, (Vol. XVII No. 4, December 2017), IUP Publications, Hyderabad 
5. Apple's Battle with the FBI: Privacy Versus National Security, Case Folio, (Vol. XIX No. 1, March 2019), IUP Publications, Hyderabad 
6. Babban Gona’s Agri-Franchising Model: Scaling up Challenges, Case Folio, (Vol. XIX No. 3, September 2019), IUP Publications, Hyderabad 
7. Digital Transformation at Bank of America, Case Folio, (Vol. XXII No. 2, June 2022), IUP Publications, Hyderabad 
8. Wise's Direct Listing , Case Folio, (Vol. 23 No. 3, September 2023), IUP Publications, Hyderabad 
9. IKEA’s Innovative Marketing Campaign: ‘Buy with Your Time’ , Case Folio, (Vol. 24 No. 1, March 2024), IUP Publications, Hyderabad 

SCOPUS List:

1. Agarwal, M., & Kandi, V. P. (2024). The merger of Slice and North East Small Finance Bank: a marriage made in heaven?. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 14(4), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-12-2023-0503; SCOPUS.

2, Agarwal, M. and Kandi, V.S.P. (2024), "Inquisitive case of Paytm buyback", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies,, Vol. 14 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-12-2023-0534; SCOPUS.

3. Sahoo, D., Kashyap, R. and Agarwal, M. (2023), "Strategic planning process at Byju’s",Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 13 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-04-2023-0135; SCOPUS.

EDITED BOOKS:

1. By Manish Agarwal, Edited Book Title: Corporate Finance, Publisher: IUP Publications (A Division of The lCFAI Society), 2021, ISBN: 978-93-92377-90-7. 

2. By Manish Agarwal, Edited Book Title: Sharing Economy Business Models, Publisher: IUP Publications (A Division of The lCFAI Society), 2012,  ISBN: 978-93-92377-89-1.

PATENT:

System and Method for Evaluating Open Market Repurchase Performance Based on Managerial Insights |Ordinary Patent Application Number 202441080060 

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED:

1. The International Case Study Conference 2012 (ICSC-2012) was organized by IBS Hyderabad, in partnership with ecch and Universiti Utara Malaysia. It was held on December 14-15, 2012, at the IBS Hyderabad campus. I was responsible for conference accounts, marketing, transportation, and food-related activities. 

2. IBS Hyderabad organized the International Case Study Conference 2015 (ICSC 2015) in partnership with Universiti Utara Malaysia. The conference was held on August 6–7, 2015, at the IBS Hyderabad campus. I was responsible for accounts, transportation, and food-related activities. Additionally, I reviewed various case studies and teaching notes submitted for the conference. 

3. IBS Hyderabad organized the International Case Study Conference 2015 (ICSC 2015), The conference was held during October 5-7, 2017, at the IBS Hyderabad campus.. The aim of this conference was to promote classroom learning through case studies. I was responsible for conference accounts, marketing, transportation, and food-related activities. Additionally, I reviewed various case studies and teaching notes submitted for the conference. 

4. The International Case Study Conference 2023 (ICSC-2023). The conference took place from December 14th to 15th, 2023, at the IBS Hyderabad campus. The theme of this conference was 'The Future of Case Method'. I was responsible for accounts, marketing, transportation, and food-related activities. Additionally, I reviewed various case studies and teaching notes submitted for the conference. 

CASE IN OTHER BOOK:

1. Husk Power Systems: Lighting up the Indian Rural Lives Name of Book: Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability, The Oikos, The Oikos Collection Volume III, 2013