Capro small group of electrical engineering services company operating out of New Delhi, India. In December 2011, with a drop in income due to macroeconomic conditions and increased competition, the company owner and founder appoints his son to look into restructuring. Electrical production control cabinets and installation industry is highly fragmented, with only a few large companies and many smaller companies. Most firms specialize in one niche industry, whether manufacturing equipment or panels, installation or consulting services. Different niches require different inputs in the field of labor, financial and technical expertise. Given the problems with the labor force in India, combined with spiraling interest rates, and the country's economic slowdown, the son of the owner to make a decision on a plan to bring his company out of the current recession. "Hide
by Anshul Jain, Pratap Chandra Biswal Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 9 pages. Publication Date: September 21, 2012. Prod. #: W12208-PDF-ENG
Related Case Solutions & Analyses:
MTR: Strategic Challenge of Entrenching Locally While Expanding Globally
Singapores Public Enterprises
Acindar and Its Corporate Volunteer Program
Exchange Rate Policy at the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Walking on a Tightrope: Maintaining London As a Financial Center
Identifying Value Creators
Convergence and Divergence in Asian Human Resource Management
Effects of Economic Policy Under Capital Controls
E-Business: Revolution Evolution or Hype
Plum Creek Timber (B)
