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After 12

Surajit Ghosh Dastidar (IMT Hyderabad)
Nitin Kumar Jain (IMT Hyderabad)

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies

ISSN: 2045-0621

Publication date: 28 June 2013

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Abstract

Title

After 12.

Subject area

Entrepreneurship.

Study level/applicability

The case is suitable for analysis in an undergraduate/graduate entry level course on entrepreneurship. It may also be taught in a course for non-business majors who are unfamiliar with basic business concepts.

Case overview

Shrey Gupta and Manoj Agarwal were the co-owners of “After 12”, a food facility in the Dhanakwadi area of Pune, India. In only nine months, their food enterprise had become quite popular among the local college going crowd. They were doing brisk business and sales had picked up quite a bit in the last two months. They both were quite pleased with the progress of their business. However, in spite of increasing sales figures in the last few months they hardly generated any profits. The revenue they generated was completely spent on buying raw materials like vegetables and other food materials and the rest was used in the payment of utility bills and wages of the cook and the helper. They only had enough money to continue for another month or so. Both pondered about what is the way to proceed. What can be done to make it sustainable? How would they arrange the extra money to get them going? Should they close down “After 12”?

Expected learning outcomes

The case will aid students to understand: how small businesses are started and may fail; the importance of researching your business idea; and SWOT analysis.

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Keywords

  • Entrepreneurs
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Restaurants
  • Business
  • SWOT analysis
  • Business enterprise
  • Food service
  • India
  • Business formation

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the support of Shrey Gupta in developing this case. Disclaimer. This case is written solely for educational purposes and is not intended to represent successful or unsuccessful managerial decision making. The author/s may have disguised names; financial and other recognizable information to protect confidentiality.

Citation

Ghosh Dastidar, S. and Jain, N.K. (2013), "After 12", Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Vol. 3 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-01-2013-0006

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Copyright © 2013, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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