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Measuring bank performance: an application of DEA
(2004-10-25)
The current paper is an attempt to use Data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the relative performance of public sector banks in India. The DEA model is most meaningful when it is applied to observation sets of units ...
An optimization based decision support system for strategic and operational planning with in process industries
(2004-10-25)
We describe how a generic multi-period optimization-based decision support system can be used for
strategic and operational planning in process industries. Built on five fundamental elements—materials, facilities,
activities, ...
Crisis and diversification in Punjab agriculture : role of state and agribusiness
(2004-10-26)
The farming crisis in post-green revolution Punjab has assumed serious proportions,
manifested in suicides by a large number of farmers. This paper examines the nature and
magnitude of crisis in the farm sector in the ...
South Africa and the AIDS epidemic diagnosis
(2004-10-26)
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n summer 2002, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa wondered what
he should do to contain the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) epidemic that had engulfed his country. One out of every nine
South Africans ...
Estimating state income at market prices in Gujarat
(2004-10-22)
The paper provides detailed estimates of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)
at current market prices (m.p.) for Gujarat state for the period 1990-91 to 2000-01.
It considers the estimates of GSDP at current factor ...
Ahmedabad Management Association : a search for strategic directions
(2004-10-25)
I
n the 1950s, when management education in India was still in an em
bryonic stage, Dr Vikram Sarabhai, scientist, visionary, and a wellknown
institution builder, foresaw the need for professionalization of
management ...
Budget 2004-05: sharper instruments and objectives
(2004-10-25)
This is after all a coalition budget and so unless the finance
minister is strong and has strategic dominance over the coalition,
large debt and deficits are inevitable. However even within those
constraints, there ...
Healthcare proposals: health insurance - not a Panacea
(2004-10-25)
Expanding the insurance services without considering whether
medical services are available or not is a sure way of making
the scheme dysfunctionalfrom the beginning. Who will regulate
the practices of providers? Is ...