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Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods in Development of Society: `Lok Adalat ’ in India
(2009-09-02)
Peace is the sine qua non for development. Disputes and conflicts dissipate valuable time, effort and money of the society. It is of utmost importance that there should not be any conflict in the society. But, in a realistic ...
Catalysing Indian agriculture
(2009-12-12)
This somewhat non-technical and brief paper synthesizes the literature on what to catalyse for the Strategy for agriculture and how to accomplish this strategy through public policies for government expenditure, reorganization ...
Bangalore Cluster: Evolution, Growth and Challenges
(2009-09-01)
The dynamism and persistence of competitiveness among industrial clusters, even in the wake of globalization and liberalization in the 1990s, has led researchers to explore the causes of dynamic efficiencies at the cluster ...
Using Qualitative and Quantitative Methods to Investigate Patterns in Marketing Channels and International Marketing Strategies
(2009-09-02)
Changed agenda and paradigms require marketing’s research methods and tools of enquiry to reflect fully the need to intensify theory-building programmes. We examine the evolution of the case research strategy in the context ...
Coming restructuring wave
(2009-12-12)
Indian corporate sector is on the threshold of a major restructuring wave, with a new round of mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and demergers in the offing. This phase is likely to be qualitatively and quantitatively ...
Feasibility of integrating solar desalination
(2009-12-12)
In this paper, we examine via simulation, feasibility of using solar stills as partial source of water to irrigate crops inside polyhouses. Need to consider such a possibility arose in the course of our work in Kutch, a ...
Efficient Subsidisation of LPG: A Study of Possible Options in India Today (Based on a Report Commissioned by the Petroleum Federation of India)
(2009-09-01)
The budget contained an announcement that the central government would actively explore the option of using an appropriate form of the ‘food stamps’ or an alternative scheme to improve the efficacy and reduce the cost of ...
Initial Returns, Long Run Performance and Characteristics of Issuers: Differences in Indian IPOs Following Fixed Price and Book building Processes
(2009-09-04)
Initial returns (or underpricing) and long run performance of IPOs have been researched extensively across countries. Recent research on IPOs has also been focused on differences in pricing and allocation mechanisms across ...
On Transfer Pricing: Conceptual Thoughts on the Nature of the Multinational Firm
(2009-09-02)
This paper deploys Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) to elaborate on the shortcomings of “mainstream” transfer pricing in multinational firms. Departing from the notion that multinationals increasingly (re-)organize their ...
Risk Mitigation in Indian Film Industry: A Concept Note
(2009-09-01)
The motion pictures business in India has certain unique aspects which pose challenges in front of those whose fortunes are linked with the industry. The shelf life of a movie is short whereas the cost of producing and ...