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Aspirations, Enterprise Strategy and Sustenance of a Start-up in a Competitive Environment: A Study of Developments in Air Deccan
(2009-08-03)
This paper studies the developments in Air Deccan, a start up in the Indian aviation industry and discusses the linkages among the aspirations of the entrepreneur, enterprise strategy and its sustenance in a competitive ...
Design and Application of Risk Adjusted Cumulative Sum (RACUSUM) for Online Strength Monitoring of Ready Mixed Concrete
(2009-07-29)
The Cumulative Sum (CUSUM) procedure is an effective statistical process control tool that can be used to monitor quality of ready mixed concrete (RMC) during its production process. Online quality monitoring refers to ...
Information in the Term Structure – The Indian Evidence (I): Modeling the Term Structure and Information at the Short End for Future Inflation
(2009-08-08)
This study is first in part of an on-going work on assessing the information content of the term structure in India for future inflation, future short rates and real interest rates.
In this paper, first the Indian term ...
Feasibility of Integrating Solar Desalination with Greenhouse Systems in Semi-Arid Region of North-west India
(2009-07-29)
A two-phase project is underway to develop greenhouse systems suitable for water scarce, semi-arid region of north-west India (Kutch). The first phase aimed at studying the effectiveness of natural ventilation ...
Volatility Modeling, Seasonality and Risk-Return Relationship in GARCH-in-Mean Framework: The Case of Indian Stock and Commodity Markets
(2009-07-30)
This paper is based on an empirical study of volatility, risk premium and seasonality in risk-return relation of the Indian stock and commodity markets. This investigation is conducted by means of the General Autoregressive ...
Impact of Initial-Trust Image on Shopper Trust and Patronage Intentions
(2009-08-03)
The objective of this study is to examine the role of store image in influencing shopper trust and patronage intentions when 1) the store has never been visited and 2) the store has been visited. This study also identifies ...
Sales Promotion Practices in Apparel Retail Sector and Challenges Ahead
(2009-08-03)
Indian organised retail industry is poised for growth. Apparel sector in particular has a great opportunity with alignment of Indian economy to globalised markets. With the widespread use of sales promotions- short term ...
Union Imperatives from Unionized White Collar Employees’ Perspective: The Case of Tata Employees Union
(2009-07-30)
The paper examines the attitude of white collar unionized employees’ towards their union and management under three key themes – work related dimensions, union related dimensions and staff members’ loyalty towards union ...
Earth Tube Heat Exchangers for Environmental Control of Farm Buildings in Semi-arid Northwest India
(2009-08-03)
A large part of Gujarat in the North-west region of India is semi-arid. The lands are less suited for agriculture. Animal husbandry is therefore common. Productivity of cattle is however also low due to problems of ...
ISSUES AND CONCERNS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HRIS
(2009-08-08)
The paper looks at the issues and concerns faced by nine Indian organisations in implementing and managing HRIS. The organisations are diverse in terms of size and sector that they belong. The critical success factors and ...