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Department of Management
MBA Semester III
Sessional Test- I (2011)
MBA 301: Strategic Management
Q-2: Discuss the following concepts in the light of Strategy Formulation with suitable illustrations:
a) Types of Strategy
b) Environmental Appraisal
c) Internal Analysis
(3*2= 6 marks)
Q-3: Discuss the historical evolution, nature, importance and the process of Strategic Management with
suitable examples. (5 marks)
Q-2: Discuss the role of innovation in all the stages of the NPD (New Product Development) process
taking a product/service of your choice. (5 marks)
Q-3: What do you expect to be the next breakthrough innovation in the following sectors?
Mobile Phones
Banking
Give reasons for your choice. (5 marks)
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN
Department of Management
MBA Semester III
Sessional Test- I (2011)
MBA303: BUSINESS PLAN FORMULATION
Q-2: You are going to start a new venture as an event organiser for organising the various events for colleges and
universities. Write a cover letter of your business plan to get finance for the initial start-up.
(5 marks)
Q-3: Your friend wants to start a footwear manufacturing venture, help him/her to draft the company analysis of
his/her business plan. (5 marks)
Q 2.
What are the recent reforms in the Indian stock market which has led to the improvement in the stock
market operations? What are the challenges ahead for the Indian stock market? (3+3 Marks)
Q-3
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) may soon introduce exit norms for stock exchanges
wanting to shut shop completely. Some regional bourses are finding it difficult to stay afloat in the face
of inadequate business and difficulties in complying with regulations, but cannot formally close down
because there is no set of rules to deal with the assets and liabilities of a defunct stock exchange. The
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, will have to be amended to introduce rules for complete
derecognition of stock exchanges, both voluntary and involuntary. “Some exchanges don’t have enough
business to continue and comply with the existing regulations. They have sought voluntary
derecognition from SEBI. They want to monetize the assets and distribute the proceeds among
members, but cannot do this currently,” said one of the two persons.
SEBI has derecognized five of the 25 stock exchanges across India. Post-corporatization and
demutualization of exchanges in 2004, several regional stock exchanges saw turnovers dwindling. As the
two main bourses, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE), kept
expanding their network across the country through franchises and brokers, firms preferred to be listed
on these two, making regional stock markets unviable. The recognitions of Coimbatore Stock Exchange,
Hyderabad Stock Exchange, Magadh Stock Exchange, Mangalore Stock Exchange and Saurashtra Kutch
Stock Exchange have been withdrawn for various reasons, but the fate of their members, listed firms
and shareholders have been hanging fire because there are no closure norms. Some other regional
exchanges are also not seeking derecognition because of this. The proposed exit norms will take care of
these issues. The regional exchanges will be given an option to exit, and even after that they may choose
an alternative trading platform.
Discuss the key issues given in the case and suggest solution to the issue in not more than 100 words
(3+2 Marks)
Central University of Rajasthan
Department of Management
MBA Semester III
In Semester Exam 1
Paper: Management of Financial Services
Paper Code: MBAF 307
Maximum Marks: 15 Time: 1 Hour
Q 1. Define Venture Capital? Give examples of any two firms who got finances from venture
capital fund recently mentioning name of the firm, nature of business and are of operations.
Also mention the name of venture capitalist (excluding the names given in question paper).
(1+ 2 = 3 Marks)
Q-2 Explain the circumstances when Angel Investors are preferred over Venture Capitalist for
funding a project? ( 2 Marks )
Q 3. Describe the steps involved in venture capital investment process. Prepare a table showing
various stages of venture capital financing describing activity involved, nature of risk and period
involved in each stage. Give suitable examples for each stage. ( 3+3 = 6 Marks)
Q 4. CarSingh, an online platform that helps users buy and sell used and new cars, has raised an
undisclosed amount in its first round of funding from Seeders Venture Capital Pvt Ltd. CarSingh
says that it attracts more than two lakh users per month. CarSingh.com allows users to research
new/used cars by price range, make and model. Car research tools, car pricings, car accessories
and dealers’ discount offers are provided as well. Founded in January 2010, the company claims
to offer the largest selection of used cars inventory from dealers and private sellers. It is now
planning to expand its operations in used cars market across India, besides focusing on the
after-sales market.
Lok Capital, which focuses on investments in the bottom-of-pyramid (BOP) customer segment,
has invested another $3 million in rural business process outsourcing (BPO) firm RuralShores.
Set up on the social objective of generating jobs in villages through back offices, RuralShores is
the market leader in the nascent rural BPO category. "RuralShores will use the second round of
funding to expand its operations in the rural BPO space for business development," said Lok
Capital partner, Ganesh Rengaswamy. With 10 back office centres across the country, including
three in Karnataka, two in Tamil Nadu and one each in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the company is set to open 10 more centres by March 2012.
Post-expansion, the three-year-old company's headcount will double to 2,000 from about 1,000
currently,with the ratio of young men and women being employed at 50:50. HDFC Bank
participated in the first round of funding for 30 per cent of the equity while Lok Capital invested
an unspecified sum for 11 pe rcent stake. After the second round of funding, promoters still
hold majority stake (51 per cent).
According to you, what features of the two ventures mentioned above make them unique to
attract venture capital funding ( not more than 100 words) (4 Marks)
Q 2. Short Questions
(A) What is the difference between Gold Specie and Gold Exchange standard? (1 Mark)
(B) Classify the following transactions for Indian BOP statement. Identify the account (Current
or Capital) with credit/debit. (2 Marks)
(i) An Indian MNC buys insurance from a US agency.
(ii)An Indian food chain imports wine from France.
(C)What constitutes the monetary reserve of a country? What is the impact of a deficit or
surplus in the Overall Balance in a BOP statement on the monetary reserve of a country?
(2 Marks)
f) Why are companies increasingly adopting IMC approach in their marketing planning process?
g) Differentiate between Promotion and IMC.
h) Explain the AIDA concept.
i) Give suitable examples of all the different tools of promotional mix.
j) “The relationship between sales and promotional expenditure is non-linear”. Why?
Q-2: Take an example of your choice and explain its Promotion Opportunity Analysis Plan. (5 marks)
Q-3: Develop an IMC strategy (Target Market & Promotional Mix) for the following products: