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Ballarpur Industries Limited (A)

By Peter J. Killing and Nanci Govinder

7 pages

December 2002

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Ballarpur Industries Ltd. (BILT) was the flagship company of the Thapar Group–one of India’s six major industrial houses. A leading manufacturer of paper and chemicals, the company faced bankruptcy in 1997. Gautam Thapar, a grandson of the founder, was called in to save the company. The case is the first in a two-part case series which includes a video. The (A) case examines the situation, both internal and external, that confronted Gautam when he took over as CFO. The (A) case ends with him contemplating how to rescue the company in a timeline of 18 months.

Keywords

Change Management, Crisis Management, Paper

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India
February 2000

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Field Research

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English

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