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Location identification for rapid evacuation from a disaster site: a case study from KAPS
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Robust plans need to be developed for rapidly evacuating victims from a nuclear disaster site. Although nuclear plants are constructed with multiple redundant safety features, the chances of a leak can never be zero. In ...
Implications of risk perceptions for long term future of nuclear energy in India: a sensitivity analysis around nuclear energy cost within an integrated assessment modeling framework
(IIM Ahmedabad, 2014-04)
Nuclear energy for power generation is expected to be a vital pillar of India's energy policy
as well as emission mitigation strategy. However, there are divergent views from various
quarters about the risk and liability ...
Modeling and design of container terminal operations
(IIM Ahmedabad, 2014-06)
Design of container terminal operations is complex because multiple factors affect the operational performance. These factors include: topological constraints, a large number of design parameters and settings, and stochastic ...
Electric vehicle scenarios and a roadmap for India
(IIM Ahmedabad, 2014-11)
Determinants of inter-industry variations in research and development efforts in Indian manufacturing sector: a dynamic Patel data analysis
(Innovation and development, 2014)
Several studies have explored the determinants of firms' innovative efforts, but a consensus on the conceptual underpinnings and empirical manifestations of these determinants is yet to emerge. This paper attempts to ...
Bridging gaps in engineering education: design thinking a critical factor for project-based learning
(Frontiers in Education-FIE, IEEE, 2014)
Design thinking plays a critical role in educating a new class of engineers who can a better society by innovating products and services that solve real-world problems.
Online retailing paired with kirana – a formidable combination for emerging markets
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)
The World Wide Web was launched in 1991 by Tim Berners Lee and shortly after that, in 1994, Pizza Hut delivered its first pizza after receiving an online order. Electronic commerce is one of the boons of internet and the ...
High frequency manipulation at futures Expiry: the case of cash settled Indian single stock futures
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)
Futures markets are known to be vulnerable to manipulation, and despite the presence of a variety of mechanisms to prevent such manipulation, instances of market manipulation have been found in some of the largest and most ...
Sacrifice ratio and cost of inflation for the Indian economy
(Indian Institute of Managment, Ahmedabad, 2014)
Traditional concept of the Sacrifice Ratio measures the loss of potential output sustained by the society in the medium term to achieve reduction in the long-run inflation by one percentage point. This concept is critically ...
Urban – rural income differential in major states: contribution of structural factors
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
In this paper, we have attempted to estimate the urban – rural income differential (URID) for 15 major states based on readily available data on GSDP by sectors, population and employment by sectors and urban – rural ...