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Access to higher education in India: an exploration of its antecedents
(2013-11-26)
Deficits in participation of marginalized groups in Higher Education (HE) have attracted
significant policy and research attention. Recent studies have explored the role of socioreligious
affiliation and other factors ...
Time resolution of the St. Petersburg paradox: a rebuttal
(2013-11-26)
eters (2011) claims to provide a resolution of the three century old St Petersburg paradox by using
time averages and thereby avoiding the use of utility theory completely. Peters also claims to have found
an error in ...
Attitudes towards risk of forest dependent communities evidence from Andhra Pradesh
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
This study is an attempt to generate empirical evidence on attitude towards risk of forest dependent communities (FDCs). The FDCs covered in the study include two different geographical regions from the Indian state of ...
Market timing ability of Indian firms in open market repurchases
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
The paper examines the market timing ability of Indian firms engaged in open market repur-
chases. The study is primarily motivated by the unique disclosure feature of repurchases in
India, where the disclosures are far ...
Bridging the creativity – innovation divide: an investigation of R&D professionals’ experiences from India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
The present study presents a qualitative study of the process through which creative ideas are converted into new products. Based on a grounded-theoretic investigation of 52 interviews conducted with scientists working in ...
Leadership and creativity in the Indian R&D laboratories: examining the role of autonomous motivation, psychological capital and justice perceptions
(2013-11-26)
The present study investigates the association between R&D-specific leadership approach developed in the Indian context using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data analyses, employee autonomous motivation, ...
"Impatience" of forest dependent communities evidence from Andhra Pradesh
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
This study is an attempt to generate empirical evidence on the time discount rate or “impatience” of forest dependent communities (FDCs). The FDCs covered in the study include two different geographical regions from the ...
Modeling situational factors in variety seeking behaviour: an extension of the lightning bolt model
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
Variety seeking behavior and its corollary, purchase reinforcement have been looked at from diverse viewpoints in marketing literature. One specific viewpoint has involved looking at the effects of variety seeking behavior ...
Issues in PPPs in ports in India
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
PPP mode of investment in Indian ports has made a significant headway and is preferred for investments today. The 12 major ports and about 200 minor ports along the 7,500 km coastline of the country have together traded ...
ICT adoption and organizational change in public and private enterprises
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
In this paper we explore whether there are differences in IT adoption, as well associated organizational change between private and state owned enterprises. We use two datasets from India to conduct this analysis- primary ...