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Sardar Patel farm is a 150-acre organic farm located in Kathwada, Gujarat, India with 125 farmers living and working on the farm. Dr Dinesh Patel, a cardiologist and second-generation farm leader, played a vital role in converting the farm from chemical farming to natural farming. Though he was successful in this conversion process, the issue of farmers becoming careless and lazy caused a lot of problems for Patel. He tried many ways to improve the performance of the farmers but did not succeed. The farmers were not even ready to discuss their issues and avoided him as much as possible. Finally, he attended a leadership course, and with the help of an interview method taught in the course, Patel was able to identify and understand their problems and issues. Patel worked towards a solution while also focusing upon its sustainability. The case emphasizes upon interpersonal issues that arise between farm leaders and farmers, and depicts how Patel solved the said issue successfully with a sustainable solution.

This case discusses the evolution of VIKAS, from a small non-profit organisation to a cluster of non-profit as well as for-profit organisations, collectively attempting to address the issues of poverty and under-development. This case discusses the factors that influenced the evolution of VIKAS (non-profit organisation) and SAVE (for-profit organisation). The case provides an understanding about the necessity of incorporating a for-profit entity along with a non-profit entity in order to enhance the sustainability and impact of the developmental work carried out by VIKAS. The main questions this case raises are: Is the model of combining cause (developmental work carried out by VIKAS) with commerce (for-profit work done by SAVE) sustainable? What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a model? Is this model of organising scalable? Why or why not?

'Saksham', a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of one of the largest public sector companies in India, the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), provides specific training in skills required for plastic industry to low-income communities potentially affected by GAIL's business operations. Unlike a typical GAIL CSR programme, which directly targets communities affected by GAIL's operations, the Saksham programme serves the needs of one of GAIL's main customers - the small and medium scale plastic industry. Although the programme is a huge success and has completed three batches, all the students of which were placed in plastic manufacturing companies, Shamasundara, Zonal General Manager of GAIL is still not sure about the future of the programme. He wondered what should be the metrics to evaluate whether a programme can be classified as a CSR initiative by a firm.

The 'CSIR-Tech: Facilitating lab to market journeys' case is designed to teach students the strategic intricacies of an organizational network. The case also throws light on the formation and design of a collaborative inter-organizational network. CSIR, a premier R&D organization in India, was plagued with challenges in the commercialization of technologies developed in its constituent laboratories. CSIR-Tech was established as a private-limited company to catalyse the technology development and commercialization process. The case analyses formation of CSIR-CSIR-Tech alliance and discusses how the alliance can help in overcoming challenges associated with commercialization of technologies being developed at CSIR.

Supplement to case A00041. The 'CSIR-Tech: Facilitating lab to market journeys' case is designed to teach students the strategic intricacies of an organizational network. The case also throws light on the formation and design of a collaborative inter-organizational network. CSIR, a premier R&D organization in India, was plagued with challenges in the commercialization of technologies developed in its constituent laboratories. CSIR-Tech was established as a private-limited company to catalyse the technology development and commercialization process. The case analyses formation of CSIR-CSIR-Tech alliance and discusses how the alliance can help in overcoming challenges associated with commercialization of technologies being developed at CSIR.

This case requires students to develop an understanding of (1) the nature of various business events, and (2) how such events affect a company's reported cash flows, net current assets, total assets, and net income. The case does not require the bookkeeping activities of recording and posting journal entries; therefore, it provides an opportunity for a managerially oriented perspective focused on the important question, "How will this event affect my financial profile?"