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Hope Medicals owner, Shiva Aruguman, was considering entering the online pharmacy market. Hope Medicals was a local pharmacy in Madurai, India's Tamil Nadu state, and Aruguman was at a strategic crossroads-he had to decide whether to expand into the online pharmacy market. With the challenges (financial and non-financial) of integrating the "brick" and "click" modes of his pharmacy business, Aruguman had to conduct an analysis based on capital budgeting and run a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the potential profitability and risks of such a venture.

In December 2022, Shariq Nomani had been living with his family in a rented apartment in Lucknow, India. Even though they liked the place, which had all the necessary amenities, they were thinking of buying a unit in the same community. After collecting all the necessary information, Shariq sat down to figure out the best alternative between two options: buying and renting. He needed to undertake a comprehensive quantitative analysis by applying the concept of time value of money to make the optimal decision.

Hope Medicals owner, Shiva Aruguman, was considering entering the online pharmacy market. Hope Medicals was a local pharmacy in Madurai, India’s Tamil Nadu state, and Aruguman was at a strategic crossroads—he had to decide whether to expand into the online pharmacy market. With the challenges (financial and non-financial) of integrating the “brick” and “click” modes of his pharmacy business, Aruguman had to conduct an analysis based on capital budgeting and run a Monte Carlo simulation to determine the potential profitability and risks of such a venture.

Instructor Spreadsheet to accompany product W34714.

In December 2022, Shariq Nomani had been living with his family in a rented apartment in Lucknow, India. Even though they liked the place, which had all the necessary amenities, they were thinking of buying a unit in the same community. After collecting all the necessary information, Shariq sat down to figure out the best alternative between two options: buying and renting. He needed to undertake a comprehensive quantitative analysis by applying the concept of time value of money to make the optimal decision.

Instructor Spreadsheet to accompany product no. W34421.