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Economic and policy issues in the livestock service delivery to the poor
(2004-10-21)
Livestock are important to millions of poor households across the world not only as a
source of income but also as a major source of protein and supplementary nutrition, draft power,
fertilizer, fuel and a store of wealth. ...
Intellectual property and innovation: changing perspectives in the Indian IT industry
(2004-10-25)
Indian government has undertaken significant modifications in the Intellectual Property
(IP) regime of the country. This is leading to a realignment of business strategies by firms
in several sectors. Similarly, with ...
Diecraft Australia Pty. Ltd.
(2004-10-26)
On the morning of May 15, 2002 Mark Jackson, General
Manager of Diecraft, arrived at the premises of his firm in
Reservoir, a northern suburb of Melbourne, at 6.30 am.
There were several pressing matters that had brought ...
Labour market deepening in India's IT: an exploratory analysis
(2004-10-25)
The Indian Information Technology (IT) sector has seen significant growth in terms of
employment and revenue and is expected to provide quality employment to a large number of
workers in the coming years. A more ...
Legal responses to economic liberalization: the case of unfair trade practices
(2004-10-26)
This paper traces the evolution of law and practices in the past 20 years focusing on one
aspect of unfair trade practices — unfairness in holding of games, contests, lotteries, and
similar schemes for promoting sales ...
South Africa and AIDS epidemic diagnosis
(2004-10-25)
I
n summer 2002, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa wondered what
he should do to contain the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) epidemic that had engulfed his country. One out of every nine
South Africans ...
Agriculture insurance in India: scope for participation of private insurers?
(2004-10-26)
Government-run crop yield insurance scheme, procurement at minimum support
prices and calamity relief funds are the major instruments being used to protect the Indian
farmer from agricultural variability. The proposed ...
Review of Oxford history of Indian business
(2004-10-26)
S
hould the discourse of business history serve as
a guide to business policy? Or should it be studied
as an end in itself? This is the primary choice that
a business historian must make: it will dictate not only
his ...
A management information system to plan and monitor the delivery of healthcare services in government hospitals in India
(2004-10-26)
Governments all over the world are getting increasingly concerned about their ability to
meet their social obligations in the health sector. In this paper, we discuss the design and
development of a management information ...
Managing contract farming in agro industry
(2004)
Although India has made substantial progress in terms of total production in the agricultural sector, the problems of low productivity and poor quality of output remains the major causes for concern. In the era of ...