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Balancing U-shaped assembly lines with resource dependent task times: a simulated annealing approach
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2013)
The advent of Just-in-Time (JIT) and Group Technology philosophies has popularized U-shaped assembly lines, which help overcome many of the disadvantages, like line inflexibility, job monotony, large inventories, etc., ...
Financial literacy among working young in urban India
(2013-11-26)
The paper reports investigation of a study on the influence of various socio-demographic factors on
different dimensions of financial literacy among the working young in urban India. While the influence of
several factors ...
Ownership trends in corporate India 2001 – 2011 evidence and implications
(2013-11-26)
The first decade of the new millennium saw dramatic changes in the ownership patterns in
major listed corporations in India. Two developments were striking: promoters especially in
the domestic private sector bolstered ...
Corporate governance: changing trends in interpreting fiduciary duty
(2013-11-26)
One of the foremost requirements of corporate governance is transparency in the system,
which ensures that individuals making decisions for and on behalf of a company do so in the
best interest of the company and clearly ...
A logarithmic goal programming approach to develop the utility function for railway travel
(2013-11-26)
A railway passenger faces a dilemma of choosing the best train among several alternatives
available in a particular route. A relative comparison of competing railways helps the
passenger to make an informed choice before ...
Sensitivity analysis of the newsboy model
(2013-11-26)
Sensitivity analysis is an integral part of inventory optimization models due to uncertainty
associated with estimates of model parameters. Though the newsboy problem is one of the
most researched inventory problems, ...
Mortality impact evaluation of chiranjeevi scheme of government of Gujarat
(Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2014)
The maternal mortality ratio of Gujarat was 148/100,000 live births in 2009 (SRS, 2011a) and the infant mortality rate 41/1000 live births in 2011 (SRS, 2011b). The government of Gujarat announced Chiranjeevi Yojana in ...
Elements of task definition shopping situations: a study in context of products high on haptic salience
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)
Marketing literature has identified task definitions as one of the important situational influences. Task definition features of a situation include an intent or requirement to select, shop for, or obtain information about ...
Measuring and managing institutional environment of institutes of professional education
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)
Questionnaire surveys of perceptions of institutional environment have been found to be a good diagnostic tool to facilitate self-renewal, leading to effective management of institutions of Higher education. Normally, such ...
Impact of store format on shopping involvement
(Indian Institute of Management , Ahmedabad, 2014)
Store formats exist in three forms of convenience, variety and experience. Shopping involvement tends to change across these formats. This current study (a) establishes the role of store formats on shopping involvement, ...