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Mobilizing grassroots' technological innovations and traditional knowledge, values and institutions: articulating social and ethical capital
(2003-10-22)
The Honey Bee Network has helped provide a sort of loose platform to converge creative,
but uncoordinated individuals across not only Indian states having varying cultural, linguistic
and social ethos, but also in 75 ...
TI cycles: new product strategy (A)
(2003-10-20)
There are a few points about the context of TI Cycles that need to be
recognized explicitly. The company is operating in a mature industry
where competition is very high. Product innovations are few and
incremental. A ...
Ahmedabad regional passport office: rapid response time by process redesign
(2003-10-21)
If all your documents are in order, you should get your fresh passport in five weeks. If you
already hold a passport, then your passport should be re-issued in one week. In case of
damaged or lost passports (except in ...
Measurement issues in comparing fiscal performance of states
(2003-10-20)
Interstate comparison of fiscal performance requires the use of appropriate concepts and proper
measurement of state income, fiscal deficit and debt. GSDP at market prices and a comprehensive
concept of debt consistent ...
Estimates of state income originating in entertainment sub-sector in Gujarat
(2003-10-22)
[The paper provides detailed estimates of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)
at current market prices (m.p.) for Gujarat state for the period 1990-91 to 2000-01.
It considers the estimates of GSDP at current factor ...
Binary knapsack problems with random budgets
(2003-10-21)
The binary knapsack problem is a combinatorial optimization problem in which a subset of a given set of elements
needs to be chosen in order to maximize profit, given a budget constraint. In this paper, we study a stochastic ...
The pervasiveness of self-employment
(2003-10-21)
Ageing populations with increased life expectancy, low morality rates, and decreasing and colatile returns in financial markets have made old age financial security difficult. Further, escalating costs of the pension system ...
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd: Diagnosis
(2003-10-22)
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 ...