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Naukri.com
(2005-10-28)
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t was a cool and foggy November morning in Delhi and Sanjeev Bikhchandani,
founder and CEO of naukri.com, sat in his room thinking about the way forward
for the company. Two major competitors, monsterindia and jobsahead, ...
Volatility models and their performance in Indian capital markets
(2005-10-27)
Estimation and forecasting of volatility of asset returns is important in various applications related
to financial markets such as valuation of derivatives, risk management, etc. Till early eighties, it was
commonly ...
A leap in the dark: the fiscal-monetary nexus
(2005-10-25)
The orientation of fiscal policy should be on fiscal correction and
long-term issues. Aggregate demand management is then the
exclusive domain of monetary policy which by initiating a softer
interest rate regime can ...
Using observation research for segmenting shoppers
(2005-10-26)
This study uses observation of shopping behaviour as a method for developing shopper segments. Shoppers were observed at
different stores and based on the behavioural cues they were classified into six segments. The study ...
The influence of HIV concordance and discordance on marital life
(2005-10-27)
Studies on the implications of HIV concordance and discordance
focus largely on the sexual aspect (Bennetts et al., 1999; Campbell,
1999; Moatti and Souteyrand, 2000; White et al., 1997), that is,
they examine how sexual ...
Achieving downsizing: managerial perspectives
(2005-10-27)
The restructuring of organizations through downsizing is a significant phenomenon in the contemporary
global business scenario. But academic research on the subject has focused limited attention on important
stakeholder ...
Manager as a trainer, coach and mentor
(2005-10-27)
This paper argues that for effective development of managers, training programmes are far from
sufficient. The major development of managerial capabilities, in fact, takes place not so much as
a result of training ...
A multilevel search algorithm for the maximization of submodular functions applied to the quadratic cost partition problem
(2005-10-27)
Maximization of submodular functions on a ground set is a NP-hard combinatorial
optimization problem. Data correcting algorithms are among the several algorithms suggested
for solving this problem exactly and approximately. ...
Multifaceted feedback for organizational heads for self and organizational development: experiences of school principals
(2005-10-28)
The design and use of multi-faceted feedback as a developmental
tool for organisational heads is the focus of this paper. A
customised feedback instrument was designed for school principals
to enable assessment by self ...
Evidence of bullwhip effect in healthcare sector: causes, consequences and cures
(2005-10-28)
The primary issue explored in this research is how demand
distortions, called the ‘bullwhip’ effect, create inefficiencies for firms in the
service industries. Much of the prior research has focused on documenting ...