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Achieving competitive advantage through environmentally sustainable business practices: the case of Arvind Envisol
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017)
It has been estimated by the Central Pollution Control Board, under the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, that 501 MLD (million litres per day) of industrial effluent is discharged by water polluting ...
Study of the policy framework for urban ambient air-quality management
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-08-27)
To combat the menace of Air pollution in India, the legislature has enacted a comprehensive set of laws with the parent act i.e. The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act (“Air Act”) dating back to 1981. This Act ...
Role of personality in the formation of psychological contract
(Sage, 2017)
The current research is aimed to investigate the association between personality and the formation
of the psychological contract (PC) in India. A sample of 262 employees was used to test the hypotheses.
The study provides ...
Financial fluctuations anchored to economic fundamentals: a mesoscopic network approach
(Nature Research, 2017)
We demonstrate the existence of an empirical linkage between nominal financial networks and the underlying economic fundamentals, across countries. We construct the nominal return correlation networks from daily data to ...
Emergence of anti-coordination through reinforcement learning in generalized minority games
(Springer, 2017)
In this paper we propose adaptive strategies to solve coordination failuresin a prototype generalized minority game model with a multi-agent, multi-choiceenvironment. We illustrate the model with an application to large ...
Productivity differences and inter-state migration in the U.S.: a multilateral gravity approach
(Elsevier B.V., 2017)
In this paper, we study the quantitative role of productivity differences in explaining migration in presence of multiple destination choices. We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model with multi-region, multi-sector ...
Partially empowering but not decent? The contradictions of online labour markets
(Springer, 2017)
Online labour markets (OLMs) are new global workplaces that represent the latest wave of offshoring. Indians have a strong presence on OLMs, being freelancers on both international and national platforms, adding to the ...
Liability and regulatory aspects of nuclear energy promotion in South Asia
(Springer Nature, 2017)
This book focuses on the issue of ‘resurgence of nuclear power’ and discusses the feasibility of nuclear in the energy mix of Asian economies. It discusses nuclear energy sector in detail in the context of India, a country ...
Nuclear energy: A nuclear safety
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
As of March 2016, there are seventy-eight contracting parties and sixty-five
signatories to the CNS. Paraguay submitted its instrument of accession on 9
January 2014, which entered into force on 9 April 2014, and Montenegro ...
Texica Limited (A): A Day in the Life of a Consultant
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2017-12-13)
The chairman of the 60-year old company Texica, Ashutosh Verma approached Dr. Asim Vakil, who has a wide experience in consulting turnaround activities in declining organizations. The organization had undergone few rounds ...