Safe Boat Trip Private Limited (Safe Boat Trip) of Kerala, India, is planning to launch a hydrofoil ferry service connecting the Port of Kochi, India, with two other ports in the state of Kerala by August 2016, to benefit from the tourism potential of the season in Kerala. The managing director has asked the principal superintendent of Safe Boat Trip to prepare a project plan for the boats to be commissioned into service, following approval from the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS). The principal superintendent must also carry out a break-even analysis of the project investment. With these challenges before him, the superintendent must set out to devise a solid plan of action before the company’s next meeting.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited was a large public sector company operating in the downstream segment of the highly regulated oil and natural gas industry in India. It made large investments in the segment-specific assets in refining and distributing petroleum products. In fiscal year 2014/15, the annual turnover of Indian Oil Corporation Limited was ?4,507 billion (US$73.7 billion), and its net profit was ?52 billion. The strategic positioning of the company was heavily influenced by its social agenda and supported by the Indian government. After the liberalization of the Indian economy, the company was faced with serious competition from the private sector, and had limited access to the upstream segment. In 2015, Indian Oil Corporation Limited attempted to vertically integrate in order to become an integrated energy company. The senior management team evaluated the challenges and strategic choices available to Indian Oil Corporation Limited in terms of integration and exploration, brownfield investment in the petrochemicals sector, and modernization of refineries. The key question before the team was how to distribute Indian Oil Corporation Limited's resources among these three strategic choices.
This case describes the execution of an urban public transportation project through a public private partnership (PPP). Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was a corporate body created by the Indian government and the government of National Capital Territory of Delhi for implementing a mass rapid transit system (MRTS) in Delhi. DMRC successfully completed phase I of the MRTS in 2006 and the government mandated that DMRC implement phase II of the MRTS project. The Japanese Bank of International Cooperation (JBIC) provided soft loans for both phases of the project. Meanwhile, the city of Delhi got the mandate to host the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010. As part of the preparations for these games, linking New Delhi Railway Station with Indira Gandhi International Airport through a metro system — Airport Express Metro Link (AEML) — became necessary for easing traffic congestion in the city. The timeline available for the AEML project was less than three years. At the same time, JBIC financial assistance was not available for this project. <br><br><br><br>Dr. Sreedharan, managing director of DMRC, was thus facing the challenges of project financing and its timely delivery. In the past in India, the PPP model of infrastructure development had emerged as dominant. The case discusses various options available to DMRC for project financing and timely completion of the AEML project under the PPP mode.