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Capacity management of intensive care units in a multi- specialty hospital in India
(2010-07-26)
The paper describes the capacity management of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in a 300- bed multi- specialty hospital where the alternative ICU is utilized when the appropriate ICU is full for a set of two types of ICUs. ...
Adjustment to risk in farming an assessment of drought-prone farmers strategies in Karnataka India
(2010-07-27)
Weather-induced instability in farming in the predominant rainfed lands is fairly well recongised. Faced with the problems of frequent droughts and the resultant risk in farming, farmers strategies to cope with the situations ...
Young Muslim women on the face veil (Niqab): a tool of resistance in Europe but rejected in the United States
(2010-01-15)
In order to understand Muslim women’s views on veiling in
the West, one must take into account historical and socio-political factors such as
a country’s colonial/national history, the nature of its immigration regime, ...
Outcomes of in tension to quit of Indian IT professionals
(2010-05-03)
Intention to quit has been getting attention in the context of employee attrition,
with focus on its antecedents. A related aspect that needs attention is
the outcome of intention to quit, where little research has ...
Can globalisation be an unqualified key to success? the case of Indian Rice
(2010-03-31)
For a variety of reasons, reaping higher international prices of rice in responsw to the demonstrated comparative advantages of India is not as easy a task as the recent calculations of global competitiveness coefficients ...
Disciplinary enquiries in industry: the law, the process and decision-making
(2010-03-20)
The paper examines the legal issues involved in the conduct of disciplinary inquiries in industry and outlines the process in conducting such inquiries. The paper highlights the shift of emphasis from "holding a proper ...
Concept of Bonus
(2010-03-13)
An ex-gratia payment by the textile industry of Bombay and Ahmedabad during the first world war years, with the industry booming, can be seen as the beginnings in India of the proliferation of the pay packet beyond earnings ...
The flow of funds in Indian manufacturing sector
(2010-03-20)
Econometric model portraying the behaviour of flow of funds in manufacturing sectors has been developed. Given the balance sheets constraint, decisions to acquired physical assets and other decisions about source and ...
Elicitation of subjective probabilities in the context of decision-making
(2010-03-13)
In this paper a framework is developed to seek information from the decision-maker about uncertain events, and to use this information for identifying a preferred alternative. Existing methods are examined critically to ...
Management of intangibles in Indian railways
(2010-04-01)
Managing intangibles is a major challenge before organizations. Increasingly there is an appreciation that for managing hard performance parameters, the softer aspects of management need to be looked into. In fact, several ...