Surplus to Strategy
growth strategy
India-specific
Set in India; the figures and context are India’s.What this case is about
Your client is a public-sector LPG distributor in India that supplies households and owns the infrastructure needed to operate. It has accumulated a substantial cash surplus while earning strong profits, and management has no predetermined use for the money. They want you to identify attractive investment options and recommend which projects to fund, and in what order.
Objective
Recommend how to allocate the surplus and sequence the available projects to maximize value while respecting the cash constraint and considering strategic and execution risks.
Skills this case tests
Structuring the problem
Working the numbers
Judgement and recommendation
Reading the data
This is an interview practice scenario. Figures in the brief are case inputs, not current market research.