Browsing by Author "Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India"
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A mathematical model for predicting length of postoperative intensive care requirement following cardiac surgery in an Indian hospital
Dutta G.; Naik A.; Gosai D.; Ghosh P. (Springer, 2021)Intensive care unit (ICU) is a critical resource in a hospital, especially in developing countries such as India. The length of ICU stay after a cardiac surgery is an important variable for effective use of this critical ... -
Air pollution co-benefits of low carbon policies in road transport: A sub-national assessment for India
Mittal S.; Hanaoka T.; Shukla P.R.; Masui T. (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2015)This letter assesses low carbon scenarios for India at the subnational level in the passenger road transport sector. We estimate the future passenger mobility demand and assess the impact of carbon mitigation policies using ... -
Amtrex hitachi appliances limited: Competing for the future
Sridharan A.; Ravichandran N. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001)The case featured in this issue presents the history and managerial initiatives of a rapidly growing organization in the consumer durable industry. The industry is characterized by the presence of several competing ... -
An Examination of Response of Consumers with Different Levels of Uniqueness to Limited Quantity Offers
Soni M.J.; Koshy A. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016)Marketers try to influence consumers through promotional offers by restricting availability of products to a limited number of customers, a limited time period, or a specific segment, thereby creating a perception of ... -
Application of pooled testing in estimating the prevalence of COVID-19
Guha P.; Guha A.; Bandyopadhyay T. (Springer, 2021)Testing at a mass scale has been widely accepted as an effective way to contain the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. In the initial stages, the shortage of test kits severely restricted mass-scale testing. Pooled testing ... -
Appraisal politics: Revisiting from assessors' perspective
Dhiman A.; Singh M. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007)Politics is a bane of administrative systems such as performance appraisals. It not only debilitates the system's credibility in the eyes of various stakeholders, but also adversely affects the employees' morale and the ... -
Beliefs, Values, and Ethics
Singh S.P. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2001)Ethics has been a perennial human problem: the gap between action based on reality 慳s it is' and ideals 慳s it ought to be.' Sometimes, the gap has been more and sometimes less, It has also differed with cultural differences. ... -
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
Teltumbde A.; Tripathy A.; Sahu A.K. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2002)Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) embarked upon a major change initiative towards the end of 1996. It planned an enterprise-wide integration through Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The objectives were to ... -
Building NGO-corporate partnership: An alternative perspective
Mote V.L. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2000)In its Perspectives section, Vikalpa (Vol 25, No 2, April-June 2000) had published the views of Anil Bhatt on the theme "Building NGO-Corporate Partnership for Social Development.*" In this issue, V L Mote, while agreeing ... -
Characteristics of private medical practice in India: A provider perspective
Bhat R. (1999)Supply factors, depicted by input market conditions and government regulations, and demand factors, depicted by financing mechanisms and utilization patterns, are likely to determine the shape and character of private ... -
Client Satisfaction Exit Interviews: Assessing Quality of Public Health Institutions through Generated Feedback
Sah D.C.; Kumar Y. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015) -
Communicator discrepancy, perceived credibility, and opinion change
Saiyadain M.S. (1969)How credible and at what level of discrepancy a source should be in order to be sufficiently influential is examined in this study. PROCEDURE: Perceived credibility and communicator discrepancy were manipulated. 100 Ss, ... -
Comparative advertising in India: Need to strengthen regulations
Pathak A. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2005)With the liberalization and globalization of the Indian economy, firms have been aggressively and vigorously promoting their products and services. In a comparative environment, every representation of a product or service ... -
Constitutional mandate and judicial initiatives influencing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes in India
Ram Mohan M.P.; Dulluri A. (IWA Publishing, 2017)This paper undertakes a thorough review of the legislative and policy framework of water supply and sanitation in India within the larger backdrop of the universal affirmation of right to water and sanitation under the UN ... -
Corporate Reputation Decoded
Kaul A.; Desai A.; Kulkarni V. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015) -
Corporate social responsibility: Practice, theory, and challenges
Narayan P.S.; Lal N.K.; Dutta A.; Mehta T.; Majumdar A.; Madhavan A.; Doshi V.; Khokle P.; Srinivasan V.; Vaidyanathan L.; Scott M.; Palo S.; Sarma R.; Vohra N.; Sheel R. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012) -
Corporation and its Shareholders: What Should B-Schools Teach?
Balasubramanian N.; Ethiraj S.K.; Littrell R.; Morris S.; Seshadri D.V.R.; Varma J.R.; Zaheer S.; Manikutty S. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2006)[No abstract available] -
Developing Leadership Skills among EMBA Students: Innovations in Design
Vohra N.; Rathi N.; Bhatnagar D. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2015) -
Developing Organizational Leadership
Singh S.P. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2000)In this review article, Sampat P Singh reviews two books on leadership title "Can Organizations Develop Leaders?" and "The Leaders' Shadow." He evaluates the progress made in defining, understanding, and developing leadership. ... -
Discontinuity in the environment, firm response, and dynamic capabilities
Dixit M.R.; Bhowmick B. (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011)Technological innovations, regulatory reforms, institutional overhauls, and socio-cultural developments create discontinuities in a firm's environment. They deny resources that it had depended on for its functioning, thus ...