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Efficient market Hypothesis: understanding and acceptance in India
(2010-03-22)
In Spite of Some empirical evidence in favour of the capital market efficiency in weak form and mildly in favour of semi-strong form, the ca[pital markets participants allege that the market is excessively speculative and ...
Progress and challenges of health sector: a balance sheet
(2009-12-12)
Considerable progress has been made in improving the health status of the population over the last half-century. Despite this impressive progress, many challenges remain. The life expectancy is still 4 years below world ...
Financial ratio patterns in Indian manufacturing companies: a multivariate analysis
(2010-03-21)
The objectives of the study were: (a) to present Indian evidence on empirical-based classification of financial ratios, and (b) to examine the intertemporal stability/change of classification of ratios so obtained for the ...
Dividend behaviour of Indian companies under monetary policy restrictions
(2010-04-05)
In this study we examine the dividend behaviour of Indian companies. We use GMM
estimator, which is the most suitable methodology in a dynamic setting. Our results
show that the Indian firms have lower target ratios and ...
Financial goals and company performance a study of companies in India
(2010-03-27)
The objectives of the study were (a) to find out the financial goals structure and the relative significance of the financial goals pursued by companies in India and (b) to examine if a company's financial performance was ...
Maternal health financing: Gujarat's Chiranjeevi scheme and its beneficiaries
(Journal of Health,Population and Nutrition, 2009-11-09)
Maternal mortality is an important public-health issue in India, specifically in Gujarat. Contributing factors are the Government's inability to operationalize the First Referral Units and to provide an adequate level of ...
Dividend behaviour of Indian companies under monetary policy restrictions
(2007-11-08)
Purpose – The dividend payout behaviour of firms is a well-studied subject in finance. In recent
times, the influence of macro economic factors and understanding their implications far corporate
financial decisions has ...
Providing skilled birth attendants and emergency obstetric care to the poor through partnership with private sector obstetricians in Gujarat, India
(2009-04-15)
Problem India has the world’s largest number of maternal deaths estimated at 117 000 per year. Past efforts to provide skilled birth
attendants and emergency obstetric care in rural areas have not succeeded because ...
Has the IIM faculty been sidelined?
(2015-07-22)
Dynamics of Team Teaching and Research in a Management School: Learning and Imperatives
(2009-08-13)
This paper discusses the experience of team teaching to address the issues of integration of academic inputs by bringing multi-disciplinary perspective together and thereby enhance learning experience of participants. The ...