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Mr. Garments: After the Fire

Najam Anjum

Product #:9B17M180
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:Entrepreneurship, General Management, International Business
Setting:Pakistan, 2003
Details:Case (PDF) • 12 pages • 2017-12-15

Subjects:

Crisis managementVenture fundingBusiness managementEntrepreneurshipInternational business

Industries:

Fabrication and manufacturing

Geography:

PakistanAsia
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In 2003, a garment factory in Pakistan burned down, leaving the owner with over US$1 million in debt and no way to fulfill his orders. In the wake of the fire, the owner needed to determine how to use the resources he still had to meet his delivery obligations and pay the raw materials suppliers—as well as what to do next with his company.

Learning Objectives

This case is ideal for use at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in courses on entrepreneurship and general management. After completion of the case, students will be able to do the following:
  • Understand the means-based as compared to goal-based approach to entrepreneurship.
  • Recognize that lack of finances should not be a hurdle in starting a business.
  • How to be creative with funding
  • Evaluate the value of a network for starting and growing a business, and surviving crises.
  • Understand that once in the market, reputation and fair dealings can resolve difficult situations.
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