Annual Licensing Arrangement for Free Access of ICMR Case Studies By Indian Universities/Business Schools

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Indian Universities and Business Schools can enter into an annual licensing arrangement with ICMR (IBS Center for Management Research) to get free access to ICMR’s case studies for class room discussion. The annual licensing arrangement will be available for those Universities/B-Schools who buy a minimum of 100 (One Hundred) students’ licenses per year. Universities/B-Schools, at their discretion, can pass on the cost of procuring case studies from ICMR to the students or include the cases procurement cost in their course fee. Under this licensing arrangement, only soft copies (PDF Locked and Without ‘Do Not Copy’ Watermark) will be provided. The following two options are available as a part of annual licensing arrangement:

Option A: Free Access to All Case Studies on ICMR's Website

Under this option, an academic customer can have a free access to inspection copies of more than 1500 case studies (including long and short case studies only) on ICMR’s website (www.icmrindia.org) for the use of faculty members. The faculty members of the University/B-School can select any 100 cases for classroom discussion at a nominal license fee of INR 3,000 (INR Three Thousand Only) per student per year. The minimum amount to avail this option by a customer will be Rs 3,00,000/- (INR Three Lakh only). ICMR’s case research team develops and uploads about 100 new case studies every year which will also be available till the validity of the license period. After the expiry of the license period, the license needs to be renewed to ensure free access for another one year period. The annual license fee may be revised at the sole discretion of ICMR’s management.

Option B: Free Access to Selected Case Studies on ICMR's Website

Under this option, an academic customer can select specific case studies on ICMR’s website (including long and short case studies only) to have a free access to them for class room discussion at a nominal license fee of INR 100 (INR One Hundred Only) per case per student per year. Hence, the minimum amount to avail this option (assuming only one case is selected) by a customer will be Rs 10,000/- (INR Ten Thousand only). All new case studies uploaded will also be available for free access after the purchase of specific case licenses. The validity of a license for a case will be one year and needs to be renewed on a case by case basis annually.

Annual Licensing Arrangement for Free Access of ICMR Case Studies By Universities/Business Schools Located Outside India

For Universities/Business Schools Located Outside India

Universities and Business Schools outside India can also enter into an annual licensing arrangement with ICMR (IBS Center for Management Research) to get free access to ICMR’s case studies for class room discussion. The annual licensing arrangement will be available for those Universities/B-Schools who buy a minimum of 60 (Sixty) students’ licenses per year. Universities/B-Schools, at their discretion, can pass on the cost of procuring case studies from ICMR to the students or include the cases procurement cost in their course fee. Under this licensing arrangement, only soft copies (PDF Locked and Without ‘Do Not Copy’ Watermark) will be provided. The following two options are available as a part of annual licensing arrangement:

Option A: Free Access to All Case Studies on ICMR’s Website

Under this option, an academic customer can have a free access to inspection copies of more than 1500 case studies (including long and short case studies only) on ICMR’s website (www.icmrindia.org) for the use of faculty members. The faculty members can select any 100 cases for classroom discussion at a nominal license fee of USD 100 (USD One Hundred Only) per student per year. The minimum amount to avail this option by a customer will be USD 6,000/- (USD Six Thousand only). ICMR’s case research team develops and uploads about 100 new case studies every year which will also be available till the validity of the license period. After the expiry of the license period, the license needs to be renewed to ensure free access for another one year period. The annual license fee may be revised at the sole discretion of ICMR’s management.

Option B: Free Access to Specific Case Studies on ICMR’s Website

Under this option, an academic customer can select specific case studies on ICMR’s website (including long and short case studies only) to have a free access to them for class room discussion at a nominal license fee of USD 3 (USD Three Only) per case per student per year. Hence, the minimum amount to avail this option (assuming only one case is selected) by a customer will be USD 180/- (USD One Hundred and Eighty only). All new case studies uploaded will also be available for free access after the purchase of specific case licenses. The validity of a license for a case will be one year and needs to be renewed on a case by case basis annually.