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Emerging markets for GM foods: an Indian perspective on consumer understanding and willingness to pay
(International Journal of Biotechnology, 2008-11-10)
A random utility approach is used to estimate the logit equations which indicate what factors affect the likelihood of consumption of non-Genetically Modified (GM) and GM foods and whether or not consumers are willing to ...
Degree of instant competition: estimation of market power in India's instant coffee market
(Indian Economic Review, 2008-11-10)
New competition policy seeks to promote competition and increase market efficiency. In fact, degree of price transmission between farmers and final consumers depends on degree of competition in processing sector. Moreover, ...
Increased mortality rate associated with chikungunya epidemic, Ahmedabad, India
(Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008-11-10)
In 2005–2006, Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean reported ≈266,000 cases of chikungunya; 254 were fatal (case-fatality rate 1/1,000). India reported 1.39 million cases of chikungunya fever in 2006 with no attributable ...
Decoding access
(Seminar, 2008-11-09)
ACCESS to higher education has been a long-standing policy concern in India. Reservation for different social groups at the central and state levels has been a typical policy response. With the implementation of reservation ...
Hey! I put in my papers!
(Human Capital, 2008)
1st February, 2005, 9.A.M.
As usual, Hari was working hard to pull out the assignment that was to be submitted that day. It was a real chilling morning in the early January of Ahmedabad. The phone rang… it was Vijay. ...
PSFC: farmers' commission or food security mission
(2008-07-24)
T
he Indian Retail Industry seems to have found its first cross road, after almost 10 years of freeway. During its course it
has sprung several surprises, several avoidable mistakes and some unavoidable circumstances. ...
Increased mortality rate associated with chikungunya epidemic, Ahmedabad, India
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2008)
In 2005-2006, R閡nion Island in the Indian Ocean reported ?266,000 cases of chikungunya; 254 were fatal (case-fatality rate 1/1,000). India reported 1.39 million cases of chikungunya fever in 2006 with no attributable deaths; ...
Lessons from experience: A new look at performance management systems
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008)
The concept of performance appraisal has changed over the years. Performance has been usually equated with annual appraisals which measure the entire year's effort of an employee in terms of numbers. This paper points out ...
Playing the game of communication: Enhancing skills through a reading of literature
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008)
Managerial communication/conversation in organizations is difficult to capture in its complexities. Even if attempts are made, the outcome is rarely, if ever, natural and spontaneous. How then do we proceed with an ...
Optimal factorial designs for cDNA microarray experiments
(2008)
We consider cDNA microarray experiments when the cell populations have a factorial structure, and investigate the problem of their optimal designing under a baseline parametrization where the objects of interest differ ...