Side Notes by Zerodha Varsity

Infosys’s market capitalization is about half of TCS’s. However, it has a larger weightage than TCS in the Nifty 50 index. The answer is in the free-float market capitalization of the two IT giants. But what makes their free-float market cap different?

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Vodafone Idea paid some dues for spectrum charges to the government in equity. In its early days, Facebook paid an artist to decorate its headquarters in equity. Why do companies pay in equity? And what sets the respective equity payments of Vodafone and Facebook apart?

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Tata Steel's coal mines are captive, but Coal India's are not. What is the difference? Backward integration is suitable for Tata Steel but not for Tata Motors. What is the difference? This episode discusses how strategies must be tailored to industries.

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Toyota is credited with popularizing the just-in-time inventory management system, which helps save costs and improve efficiencies. However, the semiconductor shortage during the COVID-19 pandemic threw open some cracks in this approach.

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Colgate, Maggi, and Cadbury have become eponym brands or category-definers. Almost everyone knows these brands, but they still continue to spend heavily on advertisements. In fact, marketing is one of the biggest expenditures for consumer companies. This episode details the business case behind it.

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With defense stocks all the rage this year, we came across Hindustan Aeronautics. It has a high leverage, but no debt. Tune in to explore how that is possible.

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