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How Can Indian Railways Service the Steel Sector Better?
(2011-05-26)
The focus of this paper is on how Indian Railways can service the steel sector better. The steel sector is a core sector, with railways playing a critical role in its logistics. The paper examines the changing industry ...
Evaluating Downside Risks in Reliable Networks
(2011-05-27)
Reliable networks are those in which network elements have a positive probability of failing. Conventional performance measures for such networks concern themselves either with expected network performance or with the ...
Analysis of Non Suburban Passenger Coaching Stock Utilization
(2011-05-26)
This paper assesses the utilization of coaches on the parameters percentage of runtime, kms/day, and average speed of rakes servicing express/mails and passenger trains in the South Central Railway (SCR). This is done by ...
Climate Change Mitigation Potential in South Africa: A National to Sectoral Analysis
(2011-05-27)
This paper discusses some of the impacts attributed to climate change that are likely to hit Southern Africa as a result of increasing global greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. As South Africa is a significant ...
Speeding Up the Estimation of Expected Maximum Flows through Reliable Networks
(2011-05-27)
This paper presents a strategy for speeding up the estimation of expected maximum flows through reliable networks. Computational experiments with the strategy on three types of randomly generated networks show that it ...
Assessing the Regional and District Capacity for Operationalizing Emergency Obstetric Care through First Referral Units in Gujarat
(2011-05-26)
This study is part of a larger project for strengthening midwifery and Emergency obstetric care in India.
The study apart from giving an in-depth insight into the functioning of various health facilities highlights the ...
Configurations of Business Process Outsourcing Firms and Organizational Performance
(2011-05-26)
This paper uses a configurational approach to integrate learnings from outsourcing literature, organization and management theory, strategic management, and strategic human resource management in order to understand ...
Fertilizer Subsidy in India: Who are the Beneficiaries?
(2011-05-27)
One of the most contentious issues surrounding input subsidies in general and fertilizer in particular in India is how much of what is paid out actually finds its way into the pocket of the farmer, and how much is siphoned ...
Encouraging Cooperation in Ad-hoc Mobile Phone Mesh Networks for Rural Connectivity
(2011-05-26)
This paper proposes a rating based scheme for encouraging user participation in ad-hoc mobile phone mesh networks. These networks are particularly attractive for remote/rural areas in developing countries as they do not ...
Strategic Orientation of Outsourcing Firms: Demystifying Key Differentiators
(2011-05-26)
Despite the importance of outsourcing firms and the highly competitive nature of the outsourcing industry, there has been minimal examination of outsourcing firm strategy. This paper investigates the strategic focus of 60 ...